Research Officer

• Train program beneficiaries/clients on Business skills and life skills
• Support beneficiaries in developing business plans to be funded.
• Prepare payment list and verify MPESA or bank details of the clients to ensure funds are transferred to the correct recipients.
• Support Research monitors in planning and monitoring client's business and implementing the Randomized Control Trial (RCT) interventions as per the study protocol.
• Follow up on clients whose businesses have been funded to offer support in areas of business sustainability and other areas of concern.
• Liaise with the protection team to ensure refugees who are facing protection challenges are supported.
• Prepare periodic reports of progress of program activities.
• Assist in context and stakeholder mapping and analysis to contribute to the conceptual development of Livelihoods Resource centers and mobile services.
• Help conduct outreach to community and local leaders, private sector partners and other stakeholders as directed by ERD management.
• Deliver training material to clients as the main trainer/facilitator, and schedule other trainers as necessary for specific cohorts or sessions.
• Support other program staff in delivering business and life skills sessions.
• Working with and training program staff to register clients, recommend clients for placement in RCTs
• Provide introduction sessions to RCT (micro enterprise) clients, including on attendance requirements and protection related issues, drawing in other staff as necessary
• Conduct bi-weekly meetings with beneficiaries in the form of calls, interviews or focus group discussion as appropriate. Helps ensure that payment of beneficiaries is accurately processed.
• Under the direction of the Senior Research Officer /Manager, conduct individual business development sessions with clients and coach them through the development of a business plan and grant application where applicable.
• Support monitoring of activities, conducting site visits and helping to troubleshoot any issues from clients.
• Coordinate closely with M&E and data staff on targeting, data collection, data systems and information management.
• Contribute to baseline, interim and end line assessment efforts and program reporting, providing clear input on business training, microenterprise development research activities.
• Coordinate closely with IRC logistics, finance, and grants focal point to ensure timely and compliant program activities and expenditures.
• Linkages of RCT clients to the Urban Savings and Loans Association and Financial Service Providers for business growth support (where applicable).

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, Public Administration, business administration or equivalent
• At least 3 years of experience in micro enterprise development livelihoods or community engagement programs.
• Demonstrated experience and capacity in training clients and groups and working with vulnerable populations.
• Strong ability to work independently, organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Experience working with Refugees in livelihoods programming.
• Experience managing data collection and concrete knowledge of open-source tools such as ODK collect, KoBo Toolbox, Survey CTO or CommCare platforms.
• Experience collecting Qualitative data e.g., Focus group discussion (FGD), Key informant interviews (KII) and transcription of audios.
• Experience supervising field teams
• Experience in administration and management of grants individuals and groups
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity, and flexibility
• NGO experience preferred
• Personal qualities: promotes collaboration and coordination within and across teams, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, extremely flexible and adaptable, ability to contribute across multiple activities and departments.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili required.

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