IMPACT recrute un(e) Responsable de recherche, Abuja, Nigeria

FUNCTIONS

Under the management of the Country Coordinator, the Research Manager oversees the research activities and staff within the purview of the FCDO-funded Third Party Monitoring (TPM) Project. The Research Manager shall oversee and execute all research activities within the above-mentioned Project, meeting quarterly deliverables in a timely fashion while ensuring that the quality of research remains high. S/he will moreover liaise extensively with counterparts from TPM Consortium for the Project, while supporting the Country Coordinator in stakeholder engagement with FCDO’s Implementing Partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Research Manager responsibilities include the following:

Strategy development & implementation

•  With specific attention to the FCDO-funded TPM Project’s, and while supervised by the CC, the RM is to ensure that IMPACT has an up to date understanding of the country’s socio-economic situation, the impact of a crisis and the aid/humanitarian situation, as well as the humanitarian planning, coordination, response mechanism developments, and key humanitarian stakeholders.
• For the TPM Project, develop and oversee the implementation of the project’s strategy. In conjunction with the CC, set out the project’s overall strategy, develop concomitant workplans for each staff member, and put in place the requisite structures for the staff members such that each individual has clarity as to how to work towards the common goal of completing deliverables in a timely manner and at a high standard, and ultimately supplying impact to FCDO and Implementing Partners at the outcome level.

Research Planning

• For the TPM Project, ensure that all the research is planned in line with the relevant project and programme objectives, as well as the Project and Country Strategy. This is to include:
  • Ensure that all research complies with IMPACT’s HQ Research Department guidelines and standards.
  • Ensure that all necessary Secondary Data Reviews are conducted and integrated into the research.
  • Ensure that research ToRs are validated by HQ prior to the commencement of data collection.
  • Ensure that research ToRs are understood by the team and updated accordingly.
  • Keep track of progress and delays of all assigned assessments throughout the research cycle.
  • Liaise with consortium partners, to include their Operation Manager and coordinate in data collecting activity in the research.
  • Chair the consortium Technical Advisory Unit and facilitate bi-weekly meetings sharing activity progress update and review of research ToR, tools, and outputs.
  • Supervise international staff mainly Assessment and Data officers.
  • Where necessary, proactively support the team by conducting research (research design, ToRs, developing tools, data management, data analysis, and product drafting).
  • While supported by the CC, conduct dissemination and stakeholder meetings with FCDO and Implementing Partners.

Research Implementation

• Liaise with consortium partners, to ensure that the data is collected in the fashion and format that allows IMPACT to clean and analyse the data.
• Ensure that all collected data is stored in line with IMPACT’s Data Management Guidelines, as well as with the data management plan Annex in the Research ToR.
• Ensure that data is revised and cleaned, with all revisions recorded as per IMPACT data management guidelines.
• Oversee all the analyses of the collected data, as stipulated in the Research ToRs.
• Ensure that data and its analysis do not contain personal information and are validated by IMPACT HQ, before sharing to external parties.
• Supervise and where necessary support the team with the analysis and drafting of the information products.
• Review all products before they are sent to the CC or IMPACT HQ for validation.
• Ensure that all written products are validated by IMPACT HQ before release to FCDO and Implementing Partners.

Team Management and Leadership

• Ensure that all staff members understand and are able to perform their roles and responsibilities, as well as their reporting and validation duties to HQ.
• Ensure that all staff members have clear and regularly updated ToRs, Workplans, and Key performance Indicators (KPIs) against which their performance will be appraised.
• Promote team building, productivity, and staff welfare.
• Mentor and support the team to build capacities, improve efficiency and performance.
• Promote the growth and development of staff within the organisation, actively linking with HQ to provide feedback and support retention and internal mobility. Identify capacity building opportunities for growth, proactively provide high-performing staff with opportunities to surge (a short-term deployment to another mission) and develop pathways for junior staff to grow and move into management or specialist positions.
• Ensure communication and linkages with HQ are made immediately in case of the occurrence of an HR-related problem.

Internal Coordination and Communication

• Facilitate clear and seamless communication within the IMPACT TPM team across Senegal and Nigeria, as well as the consortium partners in Nigeria.
• Ensure regular reporting to the CC.

INFLUENCING – External Engagement

• With the support from the CC, on a quarterly basis, engage with FCDO and the Implementing Partners to share findings and hold analysis and lessons learned workshops.
• Under the supervision of the CC, and where necessary, engage with the humanitarian response beyond the remit of the TPM Project.
• In conjunction with FCDO and Implementing Partners, support the CC in the dissemination of selected research with key stakeholders and coordination forums.