Reporting Officer 4Mi (Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism Initiative) at Danish Refugee Council

Required Qualifications/Skills

Essential:

• Master’s degree in relevant field, including but not limited to international relations, political science, sociology, psychology, social science, journalism, or international development.
• Experience writing academic articles in the spheres of migration, aid, or international development sectors
• Written and verbal fluency in English
• Demonstrated ability to produce cogent analyses for a wide variety of audiences.
• Previous experience as a research assistant, including drafting articles, summarizing and analyzing quantitative & qualitative data, editing written pieces, doing literature reviews.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated command of working with large quantities of data in Microsoft Excel and being able to conduct trends analysis.
• Understanding of Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience working effectively in a team and/or managing projects remotely.
• High level of organizational skills and balancing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Maintains confidentiality on programming operations.
• Must work closely and collaboratively with RMMS and 4Mi staff in analyzing combined information sources.
• Enthusiastic about learning and pushing technical limits and finding new solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication aptitude.

Preferable:

• Written and verbal fluency in at least one of French, Arabic, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, and Tigrinya
• Experience in data visualizations
• Experience in data collection systems
• Understanding of survey methodology as it pertains its relevance to results
• Experience with NGOs
• Creative and able to think outside the box.
• Capable of working under minimal supervision.

Reporting

The 4Mi Reporting Officer will report to the Project Manager – 4Mi.

Conditions

Availability: December 2016

Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya

Contract: This is a nine months’ contract.

National terms and conditions apply in accordance with the Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National staff.

Commitments

DRC adheres to the Core Humanitarian Standards. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of these standards.

DRC has a Humanitarian Accountability Framework, outlining its global accountability commitments. All staff are required to contribute to the achievement of this framework.