ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

RESILIENCE MEASUREMENT

• With support from other Resilience Knowledge Hub members, collecting and leveraging key lessons learned from ZRBF1 to develop a comprehensive and strategic resilience measurement approach and system, and research protocols, including for annual two annual outcome monitoring surveys (OMS).
• Define methodology and process for “sensemaking” sessions with ZRBF partners to analyse and discuss resilience data and generate key insights and programmatic recommendations.
• Work with learning champions from the different partners to collaborate and develop relevant communication products.
• Work closely with the RKH Team Leader and ZRBF consortia partners on developing innovative mechanisms to collect and share RKH and ZRBF  learnings in various forums.

•           RESEARCH

• Advise ZRBF partners for conducting informed applied research studies on the impact of resilience building efforts to achieve ZRBF objectives.
• Provide technical guidance to partner research efforts to ensure methodological soundness of research studies and evaluations.
• Designing, managing, and supervising context analysis, scenario planning and mapping studies.
• Support the documentation of research findings and lead on presentation of research findings and contribute to publications and reports.
• Organizational Learning

• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
• Accountability to PARTICIPANTS

• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our participants and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging participant communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our projects.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Actively learns safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
• Practices the values of Mercy Corps including respecting the dignity and well-being of participants and fellow team members.
• Encourages openness and communication in their team; encourages team members to submit reports if they have any concerns using reporting mechanisms e.g., Integrity Hotline and other options

ACCOUNTABILITY

Reports Directly To: Resilience Knowledge Hub Team LeaderWorks Directly With: Mercy Corps Zimbabwe Country Office, Regional Resilience Senior Director, Global Resilience Technical Resource & Quality team, Global Gender Advisors and partner organizations

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• University Master’s Degree or Advanced University Degree (or equivalent) in development studies, statistics, applied research related to  climate change, Disaster Risk Reduction or other closely related fields.
• At least 7 years of relevant or associated management experience in resilience measurement and research in an NGO environment.
• Experience in international development and with international organizations, in the field of resilience with strong background in research, monitoring, evaluation and analytics.
• Solid experience in both qualitative and quantitative study design, methodology, data collection and analysis, and interpreting and reporting results.
• Excellent communication skills, including a sound ability to adapt material for different audiences.
• Strong writing skills, including past experience generating substantive written products; excellent verbal communication skills.
• Must be adaptable to and comfortable with shifting priorities.
• Experience in the Zimbabwean context is an advantage.