Female Research Assistant

Job Summary:

1.The Research Assistant will assist the Senior Research Officer to design, coordinate and conduct a variety of qualitative and quantitative research activities which will inform, guide and evaluate project activities through key audience and media insights.
2.Formative audience research will inform the content of the debates by identifying the major concerns of the audience and investigating priority topics for the audience. Research will also monitor audience reaction to the programme outputs. In addition, audience research activities will guide the development of programme marketing and assess its effectiveness through pre-testing.
3.Content analysis and monitoring of social networking sites will be used to monitor audience response and engagement with programming.
4.The Research Assistant’s work will be supervised by the Senior Research Officer based in Kabul.

Skills Required:

Requires travel to provinces:

Skills Description:

1.Fluency in spoken and written English, Pashto and Dari.
2.Demonstrated qualitative research experience (including moderating focus group discussion and conducting in-depth interviews)
3.Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately with colleagues, research participants and managers.
4.Ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues and work as a member of a team demonstrating good interpersonal skills.
5.Good computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
6.In-depth knowledge of the culture, media environment and politics of Afghanistan.
7.Ready to travel outside of Kabul with colleagues for data collection in the field.
8.Self-motivated and willing to learn on own initiative when opportunity allows.
9.Ability to apply a flexible approach to work.
10.Ability to operate effectively in a difficult environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1.Assist in research activities including design of questionnaires, data collection and analysis, oversight of field researchers and focus group facilitators and analysis and reporting.
2.Transcription and translations of focus groups and interviews, and manage data using excel data framework.
3.Assist in the analysis of data and synthesising findings into insights.
4.Assist in writing reports on research activities and other topics as instructed by line manager.
5.Travel throughout Afghanistan when necessary and as possible.
6.Follow and adhere to BBC health and safety regulations while undertaking research activities.
7.Perform other duties as required in the establishment and management of the Project.