Yemen Researcher
ARK Group, Jordan

Location: This is a globally remote position with potential occasional travel to/within Yemen. For candidates based in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen and Dubai, there will be an option to work from one of our offices.

Contract type: Consultancy with potential to become permanent, supporting a 17-month project. Average 9.5 working days per month.

Reports to: Head of Research, based in Portugal

Closing date: 5th October 2023

About ARK

ARK is a social enterprise, empowering local communities through the provision of agile and sustainable interventions to create greater stability, opportunity and hope for the future.

We believe that strong, resilient communities are the foundation of local, national, regional and international development and stability and ultimately a safer, peaceful and more prosperous world. At ARK, we have delivered research and programmatic interventions validating this approach in over twenty countries since 2008. As a social enterprise we work in partnership with communities, our donors, and other implementers to build local capacities, generate opportunity and bring about sustainable change.

Learn more about our impact here: https://www.ark.international/impact

ARK Group has been working in Yemen since 2010, where we have an operational office, with a programme office in Amman supporting in-country programme/project delivery. Present and past ARK Group donors in Yemen include among others the US Government (Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)), the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY), and the World Bank.

ARK Group is looking for a Researcher to join our Yemen research team. Reporting to the Head of Research and working closely with senior members of the Yemen research team, you will conduct mixed-methods research and collaborate with other members of the research and project(s) team(s), depending on the specific requirements, in the design, data collection, cleaning, and analysis, and the production of research outputs and deliverables. You will also contribute to business development activities related to ARK Group’s Yemen portfolio and build a public profile as subject matter expert through publications and the participation in relevant fora.

What you'll be doing

• Contributing to the design of research plans, deliverables and data collection tools, such as semi-structured Key Informant Interviews, Focus Group Discussions, field surveys, online questionnaires, participatory and observational research methods;
• Cleaning and analysing primary and secondary data and draft thematic and analytical reports;
• Producing and/or contributing to data visualisation products such as maps, dashboards, infographics, and graphs;
• Participating in the training of enumerators and assisting with supervision of data collectors and field researchers and associated protocols and quality control mechanisms;
• Editing and reviewing research outputs and deliverables produced by other members of the team;
• Reviewing and synthesizing relevant scholarly and specialist material from academic journals, policy institutes/think tanks and international organisations;
• Maintaining situational awareness by keeping abreast of relevant socio-political, economic and security developments in Yemen, which may directly or indirectly impact research, data collection and project implementation activities;
• Monitoring social media and mainstream online media and collecting, analysing and managing data from monitoring activities;
• Contributing to the preparation of project-related presentations and attend meetings and calls with research clients and/or other relevant stakeholders;
• Building a profile as a subject matter expert through the development of papers and publications, as well as participation in relevant conferences and events;
• Contributing to ARK’s Yemen business development activities.

Requirements

You will have policy-oriented research experience in/on Yemen; a commitment and passion to studying the challenges facing local communities and how Yemen donors can sustainably contribute to address those challenges; strong attention to detail; and advanced analytical and writing skills.

Essential

• Comprehensive experience conducting policy-oriented/applied research on Yemen;
• Strong interest and knowledge of Yemen, with regards to themes such as community resilience, social cohesion, conflict prevention and mitigation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, political and organised violence, refugees and IDPs, governance, among others;
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