Location base : Kathmandu, Nepal

Contract : One year contract with the possibility of extension.

Organisation structure : The Research Manager reports into the Country Director.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Strong research management skills, including planning, budgeting, and resource management.
• Strong qualitative and/or quantitative research skills and experience, including method and instrument design, as well as data management, analysis, and reporting.
• Good quantitative analysis skills with knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other statistical software packages such as SPSS or similar.
• Experience of conducting digital research and innovative technology research, including the use of digital research tools and software and social media analytics.
• Experience of undertaking and managing fieldwork (including management of research agencies and freelancers) and adapting research methods to challenging and resource-constrained conditions.
• Strong research report writing and presentation skills, communicating in non-technical language to a range of audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage appropriately with audiences, researchers, partners, senior project staff and donors, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Extensive experience of managing, motivating and developing teams as well as collaborating with diverse teams.
• Ability to plan resource, monitor research progress, manage risks and evaluate outcomes of research with minimal supervision.
• Excellent numeracy skills, including the ability to design, manage and track budgets and expenditures.
• Good organisational and time management skills, with the proven ability to prioritise across multiple tasks, work independently and maintain attention to detail.
• Track record of delivering research findings on time and to a high standard.
• A clear commitment to making a leading contribution to the research environment and producing high-quality research outputs.
• Proven ability to support or contribute to new business and proposal development.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Experience of working in both the media/communications and development sectors, preferably both.
• Ability to travel and work outside of Kathmandu, with potential overnight stays.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Strong background knowledge and experience of media and communication and/or understanding of the media landscape in Nepal and the role that media can play.
• Knowledge of the Nepali development context, youth development, and policy environment.
• Experience working with media organisations to apply research findings to production of media outputs and broadcast strategy.
• Advanced skills and experience in large-scale data analysis/complex analysis.
• Experience working with research contexts aimed at informing project development by building a rigorous high-quality evidence base.

Source: Merojob

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