COMPANY PROFILE
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Overview:
As is reflected globally, the majority of the Haitian population now lives in urban settings, with just under half the population in rural areas. Latin America and the Caribbean have a declining proportion of the global urban population, but an increasing proportion of the world’s fastest-growing large cities. Haiti’s urban areas are characterized by population growth, expanding slums, a youth bulge, extreme poverty, climate change, high disaster risk, displaced persons, child trafficking and violence thus the learning from this award will contribute to clear value propositions for Save the Children’s 2016-2020 urban strategy. In addition, Haiti has experienced one of the world’s largest humanitarian responses in recent years, following the 2010 earthquake, and remains vulnerable to disaster. Through a nine month long research process, Save the Children International Haiti seeks to address the following cross-cutting question: ‘What are the specific challenges and opportunities of urban environments for children?’

ROLE PURPOSE:
Through a learning project, identify promising value propositions, demonstrating how Save the Children can uniquely address the needs of vulnerable urban girls and boys, in particular through integrated education and child protection programming. To work towards an integrated urban programming model for education, child protection and livelihoods, including post-disaster. Save the Children is also implementing research on maternal and bilingual literacy through an additional funding source; this position may be called upon to integrate and support this research.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Deputy Program Director
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values)
Accountability:
 Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
 Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
 Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
 Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
 Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
 Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
 Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
 Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
 Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Responsibilities:
- Define research methodologies and create implementation work plan;
- Desk review of existing literature on the urban context in Haiti, drawing out features of urban context, and successful strategies to overcome the specific challenges of urban programming. Identify gaps in existing research;
- Addition of relevant international literature on education and child protection through liaison with Urban Convenor and Urban Learning Group;
- Mapping recent and current urban programming with local stakeholders in Haiti;
- Plan and host Urban Learning Workshops (current and former SC Haiti staff, local stakeholders including beneficiaries) covering topics such as:
o Factors for successful urban programming which should shape the model for future program delivery strategies- conditions that helped programs succeed – program impact;
o What lessons can be drawn from recent humanitarian responses [earthquake, cholera, hurricane, flooding] in urban areas of Haiti? What were the most effective interventions, and who were the critical partners? What have been the results of interventions, and who benefitted?
o Features of an integrated urban programming model in child protection, education and livelihoods.
- Identification of outstanding questions/unknowns of urban context/programming impact;
- Participatory data collection and dialogue to fill gaps in current knowledge of urban context;
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JOB DESCRIPTION
- Conduct interviews with a variety of actors (government, traditional leaders, CSOs, youth groups, women’s leaders, etc), using a full-range of qualitative research techniques;
- Elaboration of integrated urban programming model - focused and actionable;
- Filter and adapt model versus following six criteria: 1) addresses priority needs of urban children, 2) contributes to one or more breakthroughs, 3) is adapted to the urban context, 4) is within Save the Children’s core programming capabilities (ie within our thematic grid), 5) is, or has the potential to become, evidence-based, and 6) is potentially replicable and scalable
- Seek feedback and validation of model by local and international stakeholders;
- Provide insights into the findings of field research, using substantial local knowledge (political, institutional, cultural, etc);
- Other duties as required.
Deliverables:
 Month-by-month implementation plan;
 Desk Review Plan/Outline;
 Urban Programming mapping detailed methodology;
 Draft Desk Review;
 Urban learning workshop plan;
 Urban Program mapping report;
 Urban learning workshop report;
 Integrated urban program mode.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
1. This position requires a Master’s degree in development, urbanisation or any related Social Sciences. Master’s degree must be accompanied by at least three years’ experience working in Humanitarian/Development programming work with at least two years in the urban context.
2. Expertise in child protection and/or education programming strongly desired. Child participation skills will be looked upon favourably.
3. Experience in independently conducting or supporting research is essential.
4. Trilingual (written and spoken English, French and Haitian Creole). This is a national level position.
5. Competencies: at a minimum strong research skills, good people management skills, team player, budget management, good communication skills including report writing skills and analytical skills.
6. Must be comfortable organising and facilitating workshops, as well as representing the organisation.

Additional job responsibilities
The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Health and Safety
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.


JOB TITLE: Urban Researcher
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Child Protection/Education
LOCATION: Port-au-Prince (Haiti) with occasional travel
GRADE: 2
Type of Contract: 9 months
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 1 – No CRB check is required as you will not have contact with children or young people or access to data.

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