Research Assistant (Quantitative) - Dhaka

Job Description

Title: Research Assistant (Quantitative) - Dhaka

Company Name: BBC Media Action

Vacancy: --

Location: Dhaka

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years

Published: 16 Jan 2025

Education:
∎ A minimum bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Bio-Statistical, Applied Statistics, Economics, and any other relevant discipline.

Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Reports To: Senior Research Officer
∎ Duration: Fixed-term contract till March 2026 with potential scope of extension
∎ Start Date: March 2025
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∎ Context
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∎ BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international charity. We use media and communication to help deliver stronger democracies, a safer, more habitable planet, and inclusive societies. We combine a unique blend of journalistic, creative, research, and international development expertise, deep local knowledge of our audiences in the places we work, strong networks of local partners, and our invaluable link to the BBC and everything it stands for.
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∎ We serve people most vulnerable to information disorder (including mis- and disinformation and information poverty), division, and distrust. We focus on people underserved by public interest media and at the frontline of global challenges, risks and crises. We have a particular affinity for and track record of working with young people as agents of change; they will continue to be a central focus. BBC Media Action works with partners around the world to provide impartial, impactful, trustworthy media to people in need so that they can make informed choices to transform their lives.
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∎ Job purpose
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∎ BBC Media Action is looking to hire a Research Assistant for its Bangladesh country office to support its quantitative research and monitoring activities. The Research Assistant will assist the team in analysing and reporting on various surveys and monitoring data. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of statistical tools and techniques and practical experience using SPSS software for their work.
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∎ View Detail: https://hotjobs.bdjobs.com/jobs/bbcmediaaction/bbcmediaaction301.htm

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Dhaka

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Company Information:
∎ BBC Media Action
∎ Concord Rafat Kamar, Flat 2A, House 143, Block A, Road 27, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh.
∎ BBC Media Action is the BBC`s international development charity. We use media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights in developing countries. We partner with civil society, local media and others to produce creative programmes in multi-media formats which inform and engage audiences around key development issues, and strengthen the media sector through capacity building. Our work is built on insights from our research and engagement with communities, and is focused on three key themes: governance and human rights, health and resilience.

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∎ Concord Rafat Kamar, Flat 2A, House 143, Block A, Road 27, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh.
∎ BBC Media Action is the BBC`s international development charity. We use media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights in developing countries. We partner with civil society, local media and others to produce creative programmes in multi-media formats which inform and engage audiences around key development issues, and strengthen the media sector through capacity building. Our work is built on insights from our research and engagement with communities, and is focused on three key themes: governance and human rights, health and resilience.

Application Deadline: 31 Jan 2025

Category: NGO/Development