Researcher (Quantitative And Qualitative)
CurrentTeam Leader and Lead Local Researcher for social impact evaluations for:- Unicef Baseline Assessment of PBEA program (Liberia, 2013). Organization of logistics for fieldwork; oversight of local field team collecting data in 40 communities across 6 counties of Liberia; taking lead role in qualitative and quantitative research with adolescents, adults, government officials, school administrators and teachers, NGO project staff. Data maintenance from the field and transcription of notes. -… Show more Team Leader and Lead Local Researcher for social impact evaluations for:- Unicef Baseline Assessment of PBEA program (Liberia, 2013). Organization of logistics for fieldwork; oversight of local field team collecting data in 40 communities across 6 counties of Liberia; taking lead role in qualitative and quantitative research with adolescents, adults, government officials, school administrators and teachers, NGO project staff. Data maintenance from the field and transcription of notes. - Plan UK Baseline Assessment of GEC program (Sierra Leone, 2013). Primary local team leader, responsible for recruitment of additional local consultants (21), training of additional local consultants during three rounds of training; organizing all field logistics to undertake study; providing QA on additional team leaders throughout the country (sometimes requiring a personal visit to correct problems); personally leading team of 6 enumerators to 60 communities across 3 districts who visited 600 households (1200 interviews) for quantitative data collection; maintained data on computer from all enumerators using electronic data entry devices; uploaded data weekly to global team leader; led qualitative research in 3 communities- USAID RISE Scoping and PEA research (Liberia, 2012, 2013). Providing field assistance as-needed by global team. Assistance in organizing logistics for field visits; assistance with primary social scientist on refinement of field tools- Oxfam GB: Raising Her Voice Poor and Marginalized Women’s Advocacy program (2012). Assisted primary consultant on process-tracing and participatory methods to evaluate effectiveness of programme as implemented through local NGOs in Liberia. Assisted in recruitment of additional field staff; identified persons for interview (unsupervised), conducted in-depth open ended (unscripted) interviews as per themes of the project Show less