Research Coordinator

Your mission

War Child Lebanon is recruiting two Research Coordinators for separate research projects under one umbrella: Thriving Through Play
 
To work on the TeamUp (movement-based, mental health promotion intervention) Quality of Care (QoC) predictor study: We want to assess if the three Quality of Care (QoC) indicators, (i.e. facilitator competency, implementation fidelity and attendance of children) can predict psychosocial outcomes for children participating in the TeamUp intervention. The TeamUp intervention consists of a movement-based, non-verbal approach including group games, sports, dance, routines, movement and body awareness exercises. 

To work on play-based methods research project: We aim to develop and test a short, modular, play-based intervention for families with children experiencing behavioral problems in humanitarian settings. We aim for this modular intervention to be feasible to implement as an add-on to existing psychosocial interventions, effective when delivered by non-specialists, and culturally appropriate. The 2-year project will include participatory formative research in coordination with a community advisory board (CAB), Theory of Change workshops and intervention development, followed by field-testing, adaptations, and a feasibility randomized controlled trial (fRCT). 

Both funded by LEGO Thriving Through Play grant

General Objective of the Job:
 Responsible for day-to-day coordination of the respective research study, coordinating with community stakeholders, training and managing research assistants and implementation team members, while being part of an international research. 
 
Position in the Organization:
 Part of the R&D department, based in Lebanon, Beirut or Tripoli office. 
 
Detailed job description 

• Facilitate a collaborative, equitable partnership with the community advisory board (CAB); ensuring an empowering and power-sharing process that attends to social inequalities
• Support in-country approval process, including ethical review of research protocol
• Contribute to the development and contextualization of research documents and data collection tools
• Strengthen capacity and promote co-learning, including facilitating/co-leading research assistant training to enable data collection
• Coordinate and supervise all data collection and research activities, including study planning, logistics and transport, and budget management. Give support to research assistants and others collecting data. 
• Comply with data management and protection regulations and adverse events reporting.
• Coordinate closely with international research team, implementation team (incl. partner organisations), Lebanon programme team and country office
• Conducting (rapid) qualitative analysis and synthesis
• Support with quantitative data checking, management and cleaning
• Contribute to data cleaning, reporting writing, dissemination and research publications
• Representing War Child at local level, i.e. government institutions, working groups, and coordination meetings. Coordinate and communicate with in-country partners.

Your profile

Years of experience:

• Minimum of 5 year of relevant experience in a similar position preferably within an INGO;

Education level: Masters degree 
 
Education field: Education, Social sciences, Health 
 Required Qualifications and Experience:
Knowledge and Experience

• At least Masters level degree in relevant field such as Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology, Public Health, Social Science, and similar 
• At least 5 years' research experience, including 2 years' experience in coordinating field-based research with human subjects in a relevant field (i.e. psychosocial support, education, and/or child protection)
• Experience with participatory, community-based research methods, ideally experience with CABs
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative methods – data collection and analysis
• Extensive experience working in Lebanon
• Proven track record in implementing research activities and data management for research projects with human subjects
• Experience in training and supervision of research assistants
• Available full-time

Skills and Competencies

• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Cultural sensitivity and sensitivity to power dynamics, ability to create power-sharing relationships with communities
• Positive, respectful attitude and collaborative approach to diversity
• Planning and coordination skills, prioritisation of tasks
• Flexibility, proactive attitude and solution-oriented
• Eye for detail and critical thinking skills 
• Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively with team members
• Fluency in Arabic and excellent English (oral and written)
• People management skills
• Availability and willingness to travel regularly within Lebanon

What we offer

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