Research Officer

Project Overview

Siren is a not for profit organization working on security and broader public sector reform. Siren bases its projects on root cause analysis and implements solutions in light of findings and recommendations, working through process mapping, analysis, optimization and automation as well as training and mentoring. www.sirenassociates.com

Job purpose

To support the research team on a large, multi-year systems change project in the public sector in Lebanon.

Responsibilities

· Support the research manager to deliver contractual reporting across a range of informational,

analytical and research products

· Draft literature reviews on a range of thematics for specific audiences

· Support the research manager in research design, and subsequently carry out data collection, cleaning

and analysis activities where relevant

· Research and apply innovative approaches to research in complex settings

· Ensure all research activity and reporting is gender, inclusion and conflict sensitive

· Support the research manager with visualization of key data, findings etc.

· Any other research tasks as reasonably requested by the Research Manager or RMEL lead

Qualifications

Essential:**

· 3-5 years’ experience

· Fluent in English and Arabic

· Advanced degree, ideally in (social) sciences, international relations, political science

· Excellent understanding of qualitative and quantitative methodology

· Excellent understanding of theory and practice related to research ethics

· Previous experience mainstreaming gender, inclusion and conflict sensitivity into research design and

implementation

· Out of the box thinker, motivated by contributing to change in Lebanon, and keen to work on an

exciting team

Desirable:

· Experience using Tableau, PowerBi and other information management and visualisation tools

· Past experience working on systems change projects, ideally in public sector and/or in security sector

· Experience showing innovative approaches to research in complex contexts and/or projects

· Experience working in diverse teams