Job Description

ob Description

Job Title: Research Unit Officer

Reporting to: MEAL Officer

Place: Aden

Deadline: 22 February 2024

About Afaq Shababia Foundation (ASF)

ASF is a registered national NGO with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor No 271. Our mission is to Contribute to youth and community development by implementing quality programs and building effective partnerships in accordance with best institutional practices. ASF started its work in Yemen since 2013 and has been implementing projects in 4 sectors namely skills-building, peace-building with good governance, FSL, and Education with Child Protection.

Purpose of the Job

Under the supervision of the Programs manager, the main purpose of the Grants Officer position is to Mobilize funds, write and develop proposals for donors, and develop a concrete resource mobilization plan. The position is also responsible for ensuring the timely submission of quality internal and donor reports.

Duties and Responsibilities

ASF is looking for an efficient and qualified person to fill the position to carry out the following Tasks and Responsibilities:

• In cooperation with the Program Department, works to develop plans for implementing the required studies, research, and evaluations according to the organization’s plan.
• Develop action plans to guide the process of developing and producing assessments and studies.
• Implement and follow up on the completion of studies, research, and evaluations according to previously approved plans.
• Manage the implementation of focus sessions, KII, and in-depth interviews to develop and produce assessments and studies.
• Develop evaluation and field research tools and insert them electronically into one of the electronic programs used for research.
• Follow up and lead the field team in implementing assessments, studies, and research.
• Building the field team’s capabilities and including training on tools, methodology, basic data analysis, and report preparation.
• Reviewing, sorting, analyzing, and preparing reports based on studies, and research data.
• Developing high-quality reports, studies, and research.
• Ensuring that studies, reports, and documents are issued accurately and promptly.
• Communicate and collaborate with other stakeholders for coordination, providing feedback, and obtaining information.
• Any other tasks assigned to him within the framework of work tasks.

Required Profile and Experience

Education:

• Relevant university degree or higher education, preferably in international relations and/or development, social sciences, or management.

Professional Experience:

• Essential working experience in a related position before. 

Professional Skills & Competencies:

• Strong IT skills and literacy in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).
• High abilities in using data collection and analysis programs and writing research reports and studies.
• Possess well-developed communication skills in both written and spoken English as well as Arabic, with the ability to accurately translate and back-translate technically written text from English to Arabic
• Strong skills and experience in all aspects of program development, including program/project design, proposal development, implementation, monitoring, review & evaluation. 
• Able to handle a large workload, work under pressure, independently and with limited supervision
• Ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
• Excellent personal and communication skills.
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented, and result-oriented.
• Thorough and able to pay attention to detail while also able to meet deadlines.
• Have skills to maintain productive work relationships in a multi-cultural work environment.