We are looking for a short term field manager to run a household survey in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on short notice.
- The field manager would oversee data collection exploiting a natural experiment in the roll-out of land titling in the city. The aim of the study is to investigate whether the provision of short-term land titles by the government has led to observable differences in household behaviour and welfare. This work is part of a larger portfolio of research of urban property rights in Tanzania.
- The position would be for approximately 3 months, based in Dar es Salaam from early January through March 2014
- Required: we are looking for candidates who have experience with Stata and working with household survey data. A bachelor’s or MA in a quantitative field is preferred. Previous experience working in developing countries, running surveys or managing complex projects is a plus.
- You would be working with me, Justin Sandefur and Andy Zeitlin on on a fixed contract with the University of Oxford and would oversee a third-party firm which would cover all the practical logistics of data collection. We need someone who understands data, can grasp the research design and can ensure quality.
If you are interested, please write to me at this e-mail address: matt@aidthoughts.org. Please send a CV, an e-mail cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position and your relative strengths, and a description of your experience working with data, field experience, etc. In the subject line, please write: “DSM position: <your name here>”. E-mails which fail to do this will not be considered. We will only be in contact if you make the short list.
DEADLINE: As Soon As Possible
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Job at Saferworld: NSA Project Manager, Somalia/land – based in Nairobi
Saferworld is an independent non-governmental organisation that works to prevent and reduce violent conflict and promote cooperative approaches to security. We believe that everyone should be able to lead peaceful and rewarding lives free from insecurity and violence.
The main focus of this role is to provide oversight of the Non-State Actors Programme. We are currently supporting three NSA platforms in Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia which are actively engaged in policy-dialogue on key peacebuilding, statebuilding and security issues relevant to their local contexts.
DEADLINE: December 4, 2013
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Job: World Bank Group Director, Fragility, Conflict and Violence, Kenya Based
The global development community is at an auspicious turning point in history. Thanks to the success of the past few decades and favorable economic growth, developing countries now have an unprecedented opportunity to end extreme poverty within a generation. This is the vision of the WBG: to eradicate extreme poverty by reducing the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day to 3 percent by 2030, and promote shared prosperity by fostering the income growth of the bottom 40 percent in every country.
To achieve this vision, this year the WBG Board of Governors approved a strategy for the organization. This strategy leverages, for the first time, the combined strength of the WBG institutions and their unique ability to partner with the public and private sectors to deliver customized development solutions backed by finance, world class knowledge and convening services. The strategy has three components: (1) maximizing development impact by engaging country clients in identifying and tackling the most difficult development challenges; (2) promoting scaled-up partnerships that are strategically aligned with the goals; and (3) crowding in public and private resources, expertise and ideas.
DEADLINE: December 5, 2013
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Job: Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, Africa Division
The Africa Advocacy Director is the chief advocacy strategist for HRW’s work in the sub-Saharan Africa region. S/he is responsible for ensuring the highest standards of quality and effectiveness for HRW’s diverse advocacy efforts and works both with Africa Division staff as well as the global advocacy team of core advocates in the organization to design and implement strategies to promote and protect human rights in Africa. The Advocacy Director helps to conceptualize, design and implement strategies for transforming HRW’s investigations and reports into concrete improvements in human rights policies and practices by enlisting the support of all possible allies including governments, international and regional institutions with particular emphasis on the African Union and sub-regional bodies, private and non-state actors, colleague organizations, media, and the general public. S/he also helps to shape HRW’s research agenda by identifying opportunities for impact. In addition, the Advocacy Director is a key organizational spokesperson, among those who represent the Africa Division before government officials, international agencies, media and the public. The Advocacy Director is a member of HRW’s Africa Division staff and will preferably be based in the Nairobi office with frequent travel both in the region and outside of the region.
DEADLINE: December 15, 2013
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Accepting applications for African Peacebuilding Network Research Grants
core component of the APN, the research grants program is a vehicle for enhancing the quality and visibility of independent African peacebuilding research both regionally and globally, while making peacebuilding knowledge accessible to key policymakers and research centers of excellence in Africa and around the world. Grant recipients will produce research-based knowledge that is relevant to, and has a significant impact on, peacebuilding policy and practice on the continent. For its part, the APN will work toward inserting the evidence-based knowledge that this group produces into regional and global debates and policies focusing on peacebuilding.
Support is available for research and analysis on issues such as the following:
- Root causes of conflict and conflict prevention, mediation, management, resolution, and transformation
- Environmental change and conflict
- Post-conflict elections, democratization, and governance
- The relationship between peacebuilding and state building, including state-society relations and state reconstruction
- Transitional justice, reconciliation, and human rights
- Economic and financial dimensions of conflict, peacekeeping, and peace support operations
- Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR)
- Security sector reform (SSR)
- Media, civil society, and peace
- Peace partnerships involving the UN, the AU, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), and civil society
- Gender and peacebuilding
- Peace education and social change
Grants are awarded on a competitive, peer-reviewed basis and are intended to support six months of field-based research, from May to November 2014. Up to ten individual grants of a maximum of $15,000 will be awarded.
DEADLINE: February 1, 2014