Consultant (Individual)

Job Description

Title: Consultant (Individual)

Company Name: American Red Cross Bangladesh Delegation

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Post graduate degree, from a recognized institution, in social research particularly qualitative studies, or monitoring & evaluation

Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 7 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Duration of the contract: October to December 2021
∎ Reporting to: Country Representative, American Red Cross Bangladesh Delegation

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The consultant will be responsible to ensure the assessments utilizes methodologies that meet qualitative research standards of the scientific community. The scope of work must include the following:
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∎ Review of secondary sources of information
∎ Collect and review relevant data, reports and publications, both project-related and disaster risk reduction program component- related, as part of the overall analysis and reporting
∎ Assessment Tool Adaptation (in close consultation with the project team and American Red Cross Regional Technical Advisors)
∎ Provide technical support in adapting the assessment tools (if applicable)
∎ Translate data assessment tool into local language(s) where relevant.
∎ Conduct community (and school) disaster readiness assessment (in close consultation with the project team and American Red Cross Regional Technical Advisors)
∎ Recruit and train data collectors/facilitators
∎ Provide necessary guidance to data collectors/facilitators
∎ Establish mechanisms to ensure data quality
∎ Lead and coordinate data collection
∎ Data management, analysis, and reporting (in close consultation with the project team and American Red Cross Regional Technical Advisors)
∎ Perform data cleaning and consolidate findings from the community and school assessments
∎ Perform data analysis
∎ Prepare the assessment report
∎ Present the results to the project team and other stakeholders as relevant

Additional Requirements:
∎ Five to seven years' experience conducting and leading survey research and assessments, both quantitative and qualitative, 4 of which should be with international organizations (NGOs, UN, and other humanitarian agencies)
∎ Demonstrated experience in training and managing data collectors/facilitators of the qualitative study
∎ Experience with work in DRR or related sectors
∎ Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation (preferably in DRR or related sectors)
∎ Excellent knowledge and skills in qualitative research methodology including data analysis techniques with Excel or other software such as NVivo; Atlas Ti.
∎ Excellent communication skills for training and facilitation, and leadership to manage and coordinate a team of data collectors/facilitators (working knowledge of local dialects is an added advantage)
∎ Ability to work independently, ability to juggle and coordinate various tasks simultaneously, ability to prioritize tasks, well organized, reliable and trustworthy
∎ Excellent in English and Bangla writing and presentation skills
∎ Immediate availability for the period indicated
∎ Experience working with RCRC Movement
∎ Well acquainted on disaster management structure of local government and experience to work with local government institutes

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 19 Sep 2021

Company Information:
∎ 1 Sep 2021
∎ American Red Cross Bangladesh Delegation

Category: NGO/Development