Research and Insights Specialist; Social Innovation Lab (SIL)
Job Description
Title: Research and Insights Specialist; Social Innovation Lab (SIL)
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelors from any recognised university with minimum 2nd division/ class or equivalent GPA/ CGPA in all academic examinations
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Frame research problems and conduct secondary analysis
∎ Design, scope, and run primary research that helps tackle client research
∎ Creatively articulate the insights and stories behind the research concepts
∎ Assess the need for the required methodology and develop a detailed research design.
∎ Design advocacy plan/ technology interventions/ enterprise or service models based on research finding that enhances and extends desired impact delivery.
∎ In-depth landscape or market study of the particular problem or product and providing insights to the client (secondary research)
∎ Support social entrepreneurs in analysing the market opportunities and willingness to pay the clients for socially responsible businesses conducting IDI, FGD, Ethnographic study, etc.
∎ Designing evaluation framework for the prototype and pilot phases, collecting information, and analysing the outcomes.
∎ Develop and implement knowledge management framework; support content development such as articles, blog posts, and case studies for internal and external use.
∎ Building the capacity of internal SIL teams on data-driven prototype and pilot designing.
∎ Capture evidence of innovation from field level, generate insights and advocate the organization: Facilitate executive decision-making based on research outcomes
∎ Managing relationships with external practitioners, academics, and the international development community to learn and document social innovations around the globe and share BRAC's learning
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years of experience in the local or international corporate or development sector, preferably in research design, knowledge management, partnership development, and communications is required. Candidate having experience in solution design and M&E related activities will be given preference.
∎ Have knowledge on academic research or action research (Development Sector), equity and inclusion, qualitative research methodologies (e.g. ethnographic approach, observation techniques, interview guideline design, usability testing and experimental design)
∎ Advanced/expert knowledge in quantitative research methodologies.
∎ Have skills on Strong written and verbal communication both in Bangla and English, and the ability to distill complex information into concise and pragmatic messages
∎ Have experience in creative/ experimental writing
∎ Proficient/ expert in data visualization and analysis tools, project management and communication
∎ Demonstrates strong interpersonal communication, gender sensitivity, and empathy at work
∎ Drive, flexibility, resilience, and the ability to work under pressure on different projects simultaneously
∎ Ability to initiate and facilitate interactions with people who can share their insights and knowledge
∎ Know-how to validate, record, and store knowledge in a useable, structured, and digital format/repository
∎ Fluency in English required (spoken, reading, and written)
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Contributory Compulsory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and Life Insurance and others
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 12 Jul 2021
Company Information:
∎ 5 Jul 2021
∎ BRAC
∎ Business : BRAC’s vision is a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. The organisation was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and acts as a catalyst, creating opportunities for people to transform their lives. BRAC believes in integrity, inclusiveness, effectiveness, and innovation in all areas of work. BRAC uses an integrated model to change systems of inequity, through social development programmes, humanitarian response, social enterprises, socially responsible investments and a university. It operates in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings in 11 countries across Asia and Africa.
BRAC is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes, and has been ranked the #1 NGO in the world for the last five years consecutively by NGO Advisor.
Category: NGO/Development
