[Hiring] Individual Consultancy: QuIP Researcher @AGORA

Role Description

The objective of this consultancy is to support the above-mentioned research activities in Sudan. The consultancy will support the finalization of the midline design (protocol) and instrument, amendment of the ethical clearance, training of the fieldwork team, quality assurance of field data, causal analysis of the interviews with Causal Map and thematic analysis of the focus groups with MAXQDA, drafting of report (draft and final versions) and brief (draft and final versions) and dissemination activities.

• Inception: Conduct up to 10 key informant interviews at the programme level to complement the description of the intervention; conduct desk research about maternal health, care practices and gender norms in the region, for the background chapter of the report.
• Design: Develop the final study design, research protocol, instrument, and amendment of the ethical clearance (including addressing the Board requests, as needed).
• Training: Prepare the QUIP enumerators training and facilitate the training, in close collaboration with the national partner (data collection firm). This will require an in-country mission of approximately 7 working days.
• Data collection: Monitor the data collection operation and the transcription process (in close collaboration with the local data collection firm), transcripts quality assurance.
• Analysis: Elaborate the analytical strategy and codebook for the thematic analysis, clean the QuIP data set, conduct the coding and analysis through Causal Maps and MAXQDA of the 112 transcripts.
• Draft report: Following the analyses, draft the report (all chapters), including revisions following the internal review.
• Validation workshop: Preparation work for the workshop, presentation of the report preliminary findings to key stakeholders to collect their feedback. The workshop will be held online.
• Final report (post-workshop): draft of the final version of all chapters based on the feedback collected from the validation workshop, and feedback from two external reviewers.
• Dissemination activities: draft the report brief (including any revisions), one slide-deck, and deliver presentations as required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Sociology, anthropology, public/social policy, public health, or related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in qualitative research and evaluation, in low- and middle income contexts, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Strong experience with Qualitative Impact Protocol (QUIP) data collection, including in QuIP training for data collection.
• Strong experience in applying the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QUIP) for the analysis using CausalMap.
• Excellent qualitative analytical skills and writing skills.
• Expertise in social protection.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Requirements

• Proficient in Arabic.
• Research experience in Sudan and/or in humanitarian contexts.
• A PhD in Sociology, anthropology, public/social policy, public health, education, or related field.
• Knowledge of maternal health and nutrition, and their linkages to social protection.
• Experience with mixed-method impact evaluation.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave.
• Breastfeeding breaks.
• Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.