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BBC Media Action Job Opportunities for Researchers in Nigeria, November 2014
BBC
Media Action is the international development charity of the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), working in over 25 countries across the
world. BBC Media Action works in partnership with local media agencies,
Civil Society Organizations, and governments to achieve long term
development goals. We produce creative media content to inform and
engage audiences, and strengthen the media sector by building
professional skills and technical capacity.
Job Title: Researchers – BBC Media Action Pool
BBC
Media Action is looking for interested/motivated freelance individuals
to join the Nigeria team’s Researchers’ Pool, comprising various
categories of researchers to include moderators, recruiters,
supervisors, interviewers, data analysts, sampling consultants,
translators transcribers etc, who could work on our research studies
which are often conducted in different locations across Nigeria, using
diverse languages as applicable per study.
Acceptance into the
Researchers’ Pool does not guarantee an offer of freelance work or full
time employment, but the pool represents BBC Media Action’s first point
of call for freelancers working on our research studies.
As
freelance positions become vacant, hiring managers will contact suitable
candidates from the pool to ascertain availability for roles.
Individuals may also be required to undergo a bidding process depending
on the role and need.
Below is an outline of expected duties for
the different roles, which may also be expanded upon to suit the needs
of the studies as required.
Duties and Deliverables
- Moderators:Conduct Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and / or
In-Depth Interviews (IDI) in line with BBC Media Action’s
specifications.
- Recruiters: Recruit respondents for focus group discussions and In-Depth Interviews in line with specifications provided.
- Quality Control Officers/Supervisors:Oversee the conduct of
fieldwork such as face to face interviews during surveys, Focus Groups
etc ensuring quality and high standard data collection.
- Survey Interviewers:Conduct face to face interviews within
households (or designated locations) during surveys, ensuring data
collection to high standards and quality.
- Quantitative data entry personnel/clerks: enter data from
quantitative survey questionnaires into appropriate data entry formats /
templates using appropriate software.
- Quantitative data analysts: run analysis of quantitative data
collected during fieldwork which may have been entered into appropriate
software or format.
- Translators:Translate relevant research study related documents
and instruments e.g. Discussion Guides, Questionnaires etc from English
into appropriate local language (e.g. Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin) or
from local language (e.g. Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin) to English.
- Transcribers:Listen to audio and / or watch video recordings and
type up the content (e.g. discussion among focus group participants)
verbatim in MS Word format.
- Note takers: take detailed notes of discussions and proceedings
during qualitative studies e.g. during focus group discussions.
- Sampling consultant/Statistician:undertake the calculation of
design effect, design of robust sampling frame(s) and production of
Enumeration Area (EA) maps that meet study objectives and requirements.
- Data Manager:Set up data entry templates, oversee the data entry
and processing and transfer data from the data entry software into
suitable format for analysis.
- Report writing consultant (quantitative / qualitative):analyse
data collected from qualitative and / or quantitative research and
prepare research reports presenting findings from the study.
The Freelancers will also render all and any other such services
which are usually rendered by a Freelance in the capacity of moderator,
recruiter, interviewer, supervisor, translator, transcriber, data
analyst, data entry clerk etc as required by the BBC Media Action.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should please send in the information
listed below to
[email protected] , with the
position applied for clearly stated in the application e-mail heading:
- CV
- Statement of language proficiency in English and any other Nigerian language
- At least 2 professional referees, with contact numbers and e-mail addresses
- Availability and flexibility
- An indication of your fees / charges – e.g. daily rate
Only shortlisted / qualified candidates will be contacted when required.
NOTE:
1.Experience required: interested individual must possess at least 1 year of research experience in similar role as applied for.
2.If
you have sent your CV in response to a previous announcement for
freelancers to be included in the pool, you do not need to resend except
you wish to replace your current CV. If the latter is the case, please
specify so
