The IRC is initiating a project funded by The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) on strengthening humanitarian response to the climate crisis by providing research-based recommendations on effective climate-smart interventions and approaches—across intervention areas in Health, Water and Sanitation, Protection, Livelihoods/Cash and Education. As part of this project the Evidence to Action (E2A) team will conduct a rapid landscape review of climate interventions as well as build a robust evidence gap map (EGM). The purpose of this process will be to map and analyze existing technical intervention approaches, which are well established and cost-effective, and where there are outstanding questions regarding intervention effectiveness. We will focus on evidence from conflict-affected and fragile contexts affected by climate change, such as the Sahel, Horn of Africa and/or Southeast Asia.
The E2A Climate Specialist, under the mentorship of Senior Advisor, E2A will lead the execution of these products.
Main functions:
Be responsible for the development of the landscape review and EGM:
- Collaborate with the Climate Advisor and E2A team to define the vision, theory of change and strategy for this work stream
- Support the E2A Senior Advisor to resolve scope of the work and engage with thought partners and technical authorities.
- Complete the review and EGM; including protocol development, systematic searching, screening and coding, data analysis, critical appraisal, mapping and evidence synthesis.
- Hire and lead additional support personnel to advance evidence synthesis work, as needed
- Make use of technology and machine learning approaches for improved speed, quality and accessibility of the products.
- Identify and consolidate programmatic learning on climate-adapted programming across IRC countries
Support in communication and dissemination of evidence and learning:
- Support the dissemination of the project results.
- Support evidence translation to be used in resource packs developed by the project team.
- Participate and share in learning and exchange sessions/events.
Position Requirements:
- Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, and Political Science, Humanitarian Studies, Economics or related fields required.
- University-level training in quantitative and/or mixed-methods research required.
- 3-4 years’ experience in primary or secondary research required; preferred experience developing literature or systematic reviews, evidence synthesis products or evidence gap-maps (EGMs).
- Experience in technical/thematic areas of climate change and climate-smart humanitarian/development programming preferred.
- Strong project and time management skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work across multiple teams.
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is required, proficiency in French or Arabic a plus.
