Junior Research Associate (Qualitative) Consultancy, CUBIC- Spanish speaker

The Opportunity

The objective of this consultancy, is to provide technical support to the Learn to Shine El Salvador project to produce a Behavioral Diagnosis, design behavioral solutions and produce a research protocol.

The Learn to Shine (Save the Children) Project proposes a comprehensive drop-out prevention model designed by Save the Children with local partners. The Project leverages behavioral science, local systems-strengthening, and data-driven and adaptive management to increase school retention by supporting Positive Youth Development (PYD), improving foundational and social-emotional learning (SEL), enhancing social cohesion and school-belonging, and ensuring safety and protection for 150,000 students across 500 schools in El Salvador.

Structural and systemic barriers, including limited economic opportunity, poor education quality, and violence, lead to high levels of school dropout–a challenge further compounded by the multiple psychological and behavioral biases underpinning education decision-making. Drivers of school dropout vary significantly across school and students and are influenced by a range of factors and identities (e.g., age, geography, school, individual and family circumstances, gender, LGBTQI+ status, and disability). As such, Save the Children will provide multi-level, differentiated, and targeted support to schools and students.

Save the Children’s Center for Utilizing Behavioral Insights for Children (CUBIC) is supporting Save the Children El Salvador country office to design, implement and evaluate behavioral science interventions in El Salvador. For this, CUBIC will hire a qualitative analyst to support some of the deliverables.

This role requires 30 days of work.

Role Dimension

CUBIC currently includes 14 team members based in North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, thus requiring strong remote communication and collaboration skills. The Junior Research Associate (Qualitative) consultant will develop strong working relationships with project leads in Save the Children El Salvador, and will need to be comfortable promoting CUBIC’s work to external stakeholders, including the communities we serve, governments and donors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Math, Data Science, Behavioral Science, Public Policy, Neuroscience, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of previous research and work experience in a related field, with a preference for candidates with experience in developing contexts.
• Strong understanding of Behavioral Science concepts and methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to the designing, implementing, and analyzing randomized field experiments in developing countries. 
• Strong qualitative or mixed methods skills for social research (experience working with data analysis software such as NVivo, ATLAS.ti or similar).
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English and Spanish is required

Desirable: Master degree in a related field.

Experience and Skills

• Flexible, self-motivated, able to manage multiple tasks, team members, and projects efficiently and a team player.
• Ability to succeed, detailed oriented, drive projects, and collaborate via a remote working structure.
• Excellent management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills.

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 

Application Information

Please apply by filling in this survey https://forms.gle/K8gfKWQW7P12EYTL9 (You will be asked to upload your CV) and by completing your profile in the below "Apply" link.

Closing Date for Application: 20 November 2024

You can get a copy of the full role profile from below “Download Attachment” link.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.