Become an Affiliate Researcher or Consultant!
Our affiliates are trusted evaluators, researchers, and advisors to MEAL executives, project teams, managers, donors, and diverse stakeholders. We help to build strategic plans, execute theory of change, and improve impacts through scientific-based evaluations, MEAL system support and capacity building.
If yes, then you might be the right candidate we are looking for. As an affiliate consultant/researcher, you are responsible for the acquisition of projects, taking part in evaluations/research that fit your area of expertise, assure quality of your projects, and undergo the FIFE toolbox kit training.
FIFE affiliate consultants/researchers are specialised in respective fields with qualifications spanning across climate change, food security, poverty, WASH, human rights & gender, migration, project management, capacity training, auditing etcetera.
To become an Affiliate consultant, you should meet the following requirements:
Successfully graduated in the fields of: sociology, politics, economics, psychology, education, health, Agriculture etc.
Comprehensive knowledge of quantitative and qualitative social research methods for data collection and analysis
Comprehensive knowledge of evaluation research and practice
Perennial experience in project management
Ability to work independently
High communication skills, flexibility and ability to work in teams
Very good English in speaking and writing (additional languages are of advantage)
Knowledgeable of the regional and country context where you are currently located
Willingness to travel (proof of fitness for travel in the tropics is of advantage for the domain of development cooperation)
Good physical and psychological capacities
We do not offer paid contractual positions but we provide contracts as and when projects demand specific expertise for a duration of time. Successful applicants will be shortlisted and invited for discussion before they are accepted into the professional network.
We offer our evaluators and researchers:
Work with professionals and projects in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America
Evaluations, Consulting, Research, and Training opportunities
Education, health and nutrition, food and agriculture, WASH, mobility and migration, climate change, emergency management and protection
Continuous learning and development possibilities
Conducting evaluations, advancing theoretical and methodological approaches to evaluations
Developing, implementing results-based MEAL systems, and scientific support for internal evaluations
Conducting ex-ante project research and purely academic research
Offering individual and group-trainings
We would like to hear from you. Apply to become an Affiliate Consultant or Research Affiliate today.