Overview
The Coordinator, Research will lead research, data, and global training initiatives aligned with current and emerging global priorities to support the integration and analysis of community engagement and accountability in humanitarian action.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a global CEA research capacity strengthening strategy.
- Oversee rapid, participatory context analysis and research across emergency responses.
- Lead on multi-thematic research initiatives with communities.
- Deploy in emergency contexts to support rapid collection, analysis and use of community insights.
- Strengthen strategic partnerships to ensure inclusion of community evidence in public health and humanitarian response.
- Lead the development and localization of the Community Trust Index.
- Develop an implementation guide and lead capacity strengthening efforts for the Trust Index.
- Coordinate national analysis on trust drivers and enablers.
- Supervise the work of consultants and contractors.
- Develop an operational workplan for research and community insights priorities.
- Recommend harmonized and adaptable approaches to capacity strengthening and social science research.
- Engage with leadership and key stakeholders to prioritize community evidence for advocacy efforts.
- Lead the community engagement/accountability Impact initiative by developing evidence-based tools.
- Develop, localize, and scale up a structured framework and guidance for measuring and tracking the impact of community engagement/accountability.
- Identify and create opportunities to build internal and external partnership networks.
- Coordinate with Operations, Information Management Team, and PMER unit to identify community-level evidence needs.
- Liaise with donors and agencies to identify funding opportunities and develop proposals.
Required Experience
- Min. 5-7 years of CEA experience, including in public health programmes and with at least 3 years of experience in the Global South in response settings.
- Proven experience in coordinating diverse range of teams, partners and networks to strengthen community-centred approaches.
- Experience in leading community engagement approaches and delivering/coordinating capacity building efforts of local organizations.
- Experience in data collection, aggregation, and analysis.
- Experience in an international organization or NGO.
- Preferred: Experience in leading teams and managing people.
- Preferred: Experience within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Qualifications
- Advanced degree (Master) in public health or social sciences related discipline – preferably in anthropology, sociology.
- Preferred: Basic delegate training course, IMPACT or equivalent knowledge.
