Introducing Integrity
Integrity is an ethical consultancy and service provider working in challenging and complex environments around the globe.
We help our clients succeed in fragile and challenging environments while building trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change. We work across all phases of the program and project cycle, delivering eleven complementary services: monitoring, evaluation and learning / data and knowledge management / research, evidence and analysis / advisory / project management / communications / risk management / technical assistance / capability and capacity development / stakeholder engagement / grant and fund management. Our services are underpinned by the principles on which we were founded, a commitment to providing reliable information and evidence, and expert and high-quality delivery.
Headquartered in London and Washington DC, Integrity also has offices in Jordan, Kenya, and Pakistan. Our multi-national team of over 80 deliver multi-year projects, programs and consulting assignments to a wide range of government clients, international organizations, foundations and private sector clients.
VISION: To set the international standard for ethically delivered expert services in complex and challenging contexts.
MISSION: We use evidence and learning to provide trusted advice and enable change for a sustainable future.
VALUES:
• Courage: We work on many of the world’s most complex problems. We stand against violence in all its forms. We are unafraid to stand up to illegal or unethical practices.
• Objectivity: We challenge conventional thinking. Our recommendations are not based on assumptions or ideology but evidence and learning.
• Diligence: We incorporate our best individual and collective intellect through rigor, reflection, and collaboration.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for the quality of our work and performance. We hold ourselves to account through clear policy and process, sustained by long-term profitability.
• Sensitivity: We understand the impact of our presence and our work, empathize with people’s situations, and commit to do no harm.
ETHICS: Integrity upholds the highest ethical standards in our work, our employment of staff and our interaction with people. Through adherence to our core values, we ensure the best possible service, and benefit the communities amongst whom we work.
We commit to building a diverse and inclusive organization where all feel safe and able to progress, contribute and be heard, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, marital or parental status.
Further information about Integrity can be found at www.integrityglobal.com.
Project Background
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support (MELS) serves as USAID/South Sudan’s primary mechanism for monitoring, evaluation, learning, and adaptive management services for ongoing activities and programs. In a dynamic operating environment, MELS provides USAID/South Sudan with flexible, demand-driven technical, analytic, and advisory support to strengthen collaboration, learning, and adapting (CLA); promote institutional memory; produce monitoring, evaluation, and learning products as appropriate; strengthen knowledge management and organizational learning (KMOL), organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency; and strengthen data-driven decision-making through efficient use of GIS and other innovative spatial analysis.
Scope of Work
The Senior Researchers will receive training on PEA data collection instruments, which could include Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), surveys or Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), and will be tasked with using these various instruments to collect data in Kapoeta North (Equatoria), Akobo and Leer (Upper Nile), and Wau (Greater Bahr el Ghazal) counties per the data collection plan of the PEA which will be provided. This position will collect data in their specific county (approx. 10 KIIs with other possible data collection) and transcribe interviews, providing summary sheets, notes, and daily updates/out briefs as needed during collection. This position will report directly to the Team Leader.
Terms of Reference
- Conduct KII’s, surveys, and FGDs as needed with key political, community, religious, and other informants in Kapoeta North (Equatoria), Akobo and Leer (Upper Nile), and Wau (Greater Bahr el Ghazal) counties.
- Produce data collection transcriptions, summary sheets, notes on a timeline required by the Team Leader
- Perform necessary quality control checks on data collection and entry.
- Assist in scheduling data collection (setting appointments with key informants, etc.).
- Assist in logistics of data collection (travel, hotel, and food arrangements)
- Other tasks as requested/required by the Team Lead and Deputy Chief of Party
Your Experience and Expertise
- Master's degree preferred in a field relevant to economics, statistics, international development, or related studies.
- Experience in conducting KIIs, FGDs, and surveys in similar contexts.
- Experience producing data collection notes, summary sheets, and other data entry and quality control practices.
- At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in the humanitarian or international development field.
- Written and oral fluency in English.
- Ability to work for extended hours when required.
- Language capability relevant to conducting interviews with the ethnic groups in the target counties of Akobo, Kapoeta North, Leer, and Wau.
- Good interpersonal skills, including working well with field-based local staff via telephone, e-mail, and governmental, regional, and civil society actors.
- Experience in fieldwork in Akobo, Kapoeta North, Leer, and Wau preferred.
- Demonstrated experience implementing South Sudan-specific conflict research, evaluation, or learning development projects.
- Knowledge of the social, political, and economic factors affecting populations in South Sudan
Integrity Global is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We strive to develop and maintain a culture that honors the perspectives and identities of our employees, our communities, and those impacted by our work. We encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, marital or parental status. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by data protection Laws.
NOTE: Open to South Sudanese citizens only
How to apply
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete the application form at https://tinyur.com/joinSSMELS attach a CV and cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position Or by email: ssmels.recruitment@integrityglobal.com
The closing date for application is October 4, 2023. We will review resumes on a rolling basis and the vacancy may be filled before this deadline. We encourage early applications. Please be advised that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.