International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and implemented over three hundred projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, economic growth, education, environment, and global health.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Ghana Lead Researcher<\/strong><\/p>\n Department\/Location: Remote, with three weeks field research in Ghana Overview: IBTCI seeks a lead researcher who specializes in politics and\/or security in Ghana to lead a violent extremism (VE) risk assessment of Ghana \u2013 including a literature review and field research. This assessment is funded by USAID West Africa\u2019s Peace through Evaluation, Learning and Adapting (PELA) Activity. The purpose of this activity is to support USAID\/West Africa to be a more effective, efficient and adaptable operating unit in achieving the development objective of strengthening systems of non-violent conflict management in West Africa. This is a ten week consultancy beginning on or about February 26, 2019, which includes 3 weeks of field research in Ghana.<\/p>\n Using your research and subject matter skills, perform tasks on specific task order and\/or contracts. Tasks could include, but not limited to: Other duties as assigned.<\/p>\n Serve in the above consultant capacity to support the IBTCI technical practices of Crisis, Conflict & Governance, Agriculture & Food Security & Economic, Education & Growth and Global Health and\/or Business Development divisions. Minimum Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n 5-8 years of research experience in Ghana or West Africa is required; 2 or more years of field research or living experience in Ghana preferred. Travel: Travel is required.<\/p>\n No phone calls please. All candidates will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted.<\/p>\n IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and implemented over three hundred projects……<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[106],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-9ia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35722"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTechnical Point of Contact: Research Director, PELA
\nType: Short Term Consultancy
\nClassification: Consultancy<\/p>\n
\nScope of Work:
\nAdvise PELA on the recruitment of the local research team (Ghana local researcher and logistics coordinator);
\nLead a literature review on risk factors to VE or violent conflict in Ghana;
\nLead primary source data collection on Ghana, according to the VE risk assessment framework;
\nCollaborate with the PELA Research Director and the Ghana local researcher to develop key informant (KII) and focus group discussion (FGD) questionnaires and protocols;
\nLead a team of researchers to collect key informant interviews (KII) and focus group discussions (FGDs) in assigned locations in Ghana, to include a morning brief with the team on each day\u2019s research agenda and an evening debrief with the team on any adjustments that need to be made, be it regarding logistics (e.g., interview schedules) or substance (e.g., adjustments to interview techniques, note taking, etc);
\nEnsure that the data collected in the field are of the highest possible quality and are recorded and stored in a manner that meets ethical standards for human subject research and USAID regulations;
\nAdvise the PELA Research Director on the research permissions required by the Ghanaian government and working with the assessment team\u2019s local researcher to ensure that the project complies with Ghanaian law and procedures for international research;
\nProvide daily updates to the PELA Research Director during field research data collection;
\nEnsure that transcripts and\/or notes of each KII and FGD are typed and made available to the PELA team within 48 hours of the KII or FGD;
\nAnalyze the data;
\nDraft a 15 to 25-page report of the assessment and findings;
\nParticipate in weekly coordination meetings with the PELA Research Director and the assessment teams from other West African countries, or as needed; and<\/p>\n
\nThis position does not authorize\/require the consultant to directly communicate with IBTCI clients.
\nThis position does not authorize\/require the consultant to have decision making authority on final work product.
\nPreferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
\nOral and written fluency in English is required. Additional oral proficiency in a major Ghanaian language preferred.
\nFamiliarity with the West African context is preferred.<\/p>\n
\nExpertise in Ghanaian politics and\/or security is required; additional expertise in violent extremism or violent conflict is highly preferred.
\nResearch skills \u2013 ability to conduct literature reviews, use bibliographic software such as Zotero, attention to detail, ability to collect \u201coff-the-shelf\u201d data, and conducting interviews and FGDs \u2013 is required.
\nPast experience and demonstrated success in leading cross-cultural teams of researchers in the field is required.
\nAbility to communicate well through written work with diverse stakeholders, including donors, beneficiaries, and local officials is required.
\nProficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required.
\nAbility to meet deadlines is required.
\nEducation: Master\u2019s degree in international relations, politics and governance, peacebuilding, security studies, international development, or related field required. A PhD in one of these fields is highly preferred.
\nSupervisory Responsibility: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.<\/p>\n