Research Officer

Position Location:        Amman, Jordan

Position Summary: 

The Research Officer will provide research support within the Monitoring, Evaluation and Research (MER) Unit of the program through data analysis, technical support, and oversight of field research activities. 

Note: Only candidates fully bilingual in Arabic and English (written) will be considered.

Reporting & Supervision:

Reports to the Research Manager; Manages Field Officers.

Primary Responsibilities:

Oversee the collection of atmospherics data from community counterparts and Field Officers;

• Develop and manage the implementation of research activities for AJACS, under the supervision of the Research Manager;
• Support and coordinate with local partners as needed to ensure that any future program implementation is on schedule and that partners adhere to program and donor regulations and guidelines;
• Communicate with local partners on reporting, monitoring and evaluation of activity implementation; results and other possible follow up activities;
• Manage the efficient and timely delivery of all deliverables (Atmospheric Reports, Requests for Information (RFI), Critical Impact Reports (CIR), etc.).

Provide support to the thematic research and programme evaluations through:

• Desk review of key project documents as an input to the research concept;
• Coordinate with the Research Manager in the development of the tools for alignment and quality assurance purposes;
• Work with other component teams to collect, analyze, and synthesize data for all program deliverables;
• Research, write, and edit Requests for Information, Critical Impact Reports, Atmospherics Reports, and other deliverables;
• Ensure the deliverables are quality assured before it is submitted to the Research Manager;
• Assure timely submission of all deliverables.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• College degree (advanced degree is desirable) in a field related to international development, with the specific focus on information management, project management, or other relevant academic backgrounds;
• Minimum of 3 years of monitoring, evaluation, and/or research experience;
• Demonstrated capacity to produce high-quality briefs and reports in both Arabic and English;
• Proficiency in Windows Excel and quantitative analysis;
• Ability to design M&E tools, surveys, surveillance systems, and evaluations;
• Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others;
• Strong personal organization, interpersonal and communication skills;
• Bilingual in English and Arabic;
• Experience working on U.S. Government or European Union-funded programs preferred.