Researcher and Policy Outreach Specialist for Reality Check Approach + Phase 2 Program
Reports to: Technical Adviser
Duration: 23 Months commencing in July 2015
1. PURPOSE
A key aspect of RCA phase 2 is to
inform policy making and to enhance development programme design and
practice. The Researcher and Policy Outreach specialist will undertake
some research directly and be responsible for supporting the team
to ensure effective use of research findings by programmers and policy
makers as well as monitoring and evaluating policy influence effect of
the RCA+ project.
2. BACKGROUND & RATIONALE
‘Reality
Check Approach +’ Phase 2 is a project funded by DFAT through the
Knowledge Sector Initiative. Reality Check Approach (RCA) + has been set
up to expand the capacity of local Indonesian research organizations
to undertake high quality RCA studies. Over 24 months the program will
design, implement and track the policy influence of a number of RCA
studies whilst running a parallel capacity development process.
RCA
is a qualitative approach to feedback and evaluation which involves
outsiders living with people living in poverty in their own homes and
joining in their everyday lives, usually but not always involving repeat
visits over several years. The relaxed environment this provides
enables easy informal conversations with all members of the family,
their neighbours and others who interact with the household, especially
frontline service providers. It enables the outsider
to experience and observe for themselves and provides a meaningful
basis for joint reflection on experience of services and change over
time with the family. The approach benefits from inherent opportunities
for triangulation and depth of information shared.
It helps to shed light on disconnects between knowledge, attitudes and
practice which conventional evaluation is often unable to do. A key
intention is to understand better whether and how policies intended for
people living in poverty translate into effective
change on the ground or not, and how the efforts and changes are
perceived (Lewis, 2012). It is also expected that the voices of people
living in poverty feed into policy dialogue so that future policy and
practice is better geared to real needs and context.
3. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Master’s degree in international development, public policy, political science social science, anthropology or other related field
- Demonstrated experience of qualitative methods research, preferably in different sectors
- Experience with working with government at Ministerial and local level.
- Fluent in Bahasa Indonesian and have excellent spoken and written English skills.
This role is best suited for candidates based in Jakarta. Applicants must have eligibility to work and live in Indonesia.
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Applications close on 14 June 2015.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
