NGO Job Opportunity for Research Analyst

Bradfield Consulting Limited, Our client is an NGO whose aim is to stop
child abuse in Nigeria. We are currently looking for a highly motivated
and capable staff member to fill the position below:

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Reporting to the County Program Manager, you will provide
  foundation executives, boards, and staff with data-driven insights to
  enhance the effectiveness of their work; write project reports and
  research proposals.
• The ideal candidate will be a talented writer who can translate
  numbers into stories, or a strong data analyst who can write better each
  time. Previous international exposure/experience preferred

Education and Experience

• Masters or Bachelors degree in Economics, Statistics or related fields
• 3 years’ social work experience, preferably with international exposure/experience preferred
• Experience in market research or development economics is desirable.
• Good project management skill and client contact
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and experience with statistical packages (i.e. SPSS, SAS, STATA, R) desirable
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to analyze complex data and run reports
• Demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative analysis and synthesize findings into persuasive recommendations

Responsibilities

• Identify priority program areas for implementation of organization’s mission and goals.
• Conduct research and advocacy to influence policies and
  practices of governments, IGOs, and NGOs, with a particular focus on
  Child abuse.
• Collect and maintain information (data and reports) in a
  well-organized manner to support analyzes and for further dissemination.
• Draft research reports designed to influence child rights and
  conduct policy-relevant research on child abuse towards developing
  innovative approaches to conceptualizing child rights.
• Implement advocacy using research results, through report
  dissemination, one-to-one meetings, training and focus group
  discussions.
• Assist in the process of building collaboration with other
  partner institutions, i.e, maintain and update contact lists of
  implementing and research partners, other key stakeholders, and
  consultants, keep confidentiality of files on projects.
• Contribute to the overall research process of preparing
  technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analyzes by
  identifying current scientific literature as assigned by the Program
  staff.
• Provide logistical support to staff in planning and organizing
  conferences, workshops and meetings and participate in relevant
  meetings.
• Develop and maintain relations with key stakeholders and
  interlocutors in order to build networks to learn and share advocacy
  messages.
• Contribute to strategies, approaches, and projects designed to
  address child abuse and other priority research topics, as and when
  identified, and contribute to fundraising.
• Perform a wide variety of research field work preparation tasks
  i.e, make detailed observations, enter data in Excel format, assist in
  analyzing data and collect supporting documents or literature from the
  internet and other sources for interpreting results.

Skills and Competencies

• Detail oriented, strong primary, secondary and on-line research skills
• Strong communications skills, comfortable working in team
• Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative skills

How to Apply

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