Purpose
PAC is an active NGO established in 2012, registered in Turkey, active in NWS, with other small operations offices in both Yemen and Sudan.
In NWS; PAC is a leading organization in both the health and Nutrition sectors through several central programs that work to improve the resilience of crisis-affected communities in NWS.
PAC’s programs always aimed to build and support the active health and nutrition systems in the target areas through maintaining a high level of integration across several sectors and leads central services to facilitate the provision of the service that other actors are running in NWS.
PAC is fully applying for the Protection against sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) principles in all its work stages, as well, PAC is highly committed to creating a safe service provision environment based on humanitarian principles, and international humanitarian law, clean of any racism.
Position: Researcher
Department: MERL & AAP Department
Line Manager: MERL & AAP Manager
Workplace: Turkey-Gaziantep/Northwest Syria
Responsibilities
- The researcher will conduct scientific studies in the field of humanitarian interventions within the nutrition sector (no need to be a specialist in the field of nutrition).
- Contributing and developing the research problem statement, based on the accumulated data concerning beneficiaries, the researcher is encouraged to propose and execute additional research ideas related to the field. It is expected that the researcher will identify new research topics that contribute to achieving project objectives and meet the team’s needs.
- Study the impact of humanitarian interventions in the nutrition sector on the surrounding community (the specific limitation can be discussed upon hiring the researcher).
- Designing data collection tools (there will be full support from the MERL side regarding the technical issues) if the research requires collecting additional primary data on relevant topics to fulfil the research objectives.
- Analyzing the required data which could be the collected beneficiaries’ data or any additional related data.
- The academic researcher will play a pivotal role within the MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) team, actively contributing to the overall project evaluation process.
- Any other tasks related to the subject are assigned by the MERL Department.
Position Requirements
- A master’s or doctoral degree in the field of humanities or any field related to the subject.
- Experiences in the field of academic research.
- Experience in the field of statistics.
- Very good in English and Arabic (both written and spoken).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively in a team.
- Familiarity with humanitarian and development contexts, particularly in the NWS region.
- It is preferable to have DMDA (Data Management and Data Analysis) skills.
- More than two years of professional experience conducting research.
Child Protection Policy
Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to PAC, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. PAC is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.
Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policy
PAC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status.
PAC employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside PAC.
Applications are strongly encouraged from female candidate.
Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis. PAC reserves the right to close this advert before the confirmed closing date when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.
The general objectives of hiring a researcher can be summarized as follows:
- Conducting Scientific Research: to conduct scientific research that contributes to generating knowledge and scientific understanding in nutrition fields, providing solutions to specific problems, and offering comprehensive assessments of projects or programs.
- Decision Support: provide evidence and data that assist in making important decisions and contribute to improving organizational policies and programms.
- Developing Techniques and Methodologies: work on developing new techniques and methodologies in nutrition fields, contributing to the advancement of knowledge.
- Achieving Organizational Goals: to help the PAC organisation team achieve the objectives and visions, the research can be an essential part of an organization’s strategy for change and development.
Enhancing Experience and Learning: to increase knowledge and experience in specific areas.