Research
Analyst
Introduction and Background
The Australia Indonesia Partnership for Decentralisation (AIPD) is a
five-year (2011-2015) program of cooperation between the Governments of Indonesia and
Australia to improve service delivery in health and education. AIPD does this by
providing technical assistance and capacity building to support local
governments and civil society better manage public resources.
From 2011 to
2013, AIPD provided support to key supply and demand side stakeholders to
improve their capacity to allocate and manage resources for health and
education. On the supply side, the program worked
through the machinery of government to help build capacity to improve planning,
budgeting and evaluation of priority programs at provincial and district levels. On the demand side, AIPD
facilitated improved transparency and accountability, and strengthened civil
society engagement in budget planning and monitoring. AIPD also facilitated information
and knowledge sharing among stakeholders related to planning and delivery of
public services.
In the
remaining one-and-half years of the program, AIPD will accelerate
implementation by prioritising interventions that improve specific frontline service priorities in four thematic
areas: resource allocation and management, sectoral governance, community-based
services and open government. With a mandate and core competence in Public Financial Management
(PFM), AIPD will focus implementation more at the level of basic
service providers and citizen/community
levels, forging stronger links between the two actors. AIPD will
continue to complement this with interventions to improve planning, budgeting,
and accountability at provincial and
district levels.
At the
national level, AIPD provide
policy makers with information from the field to support reforms in decentralisation
and frontline service delivery governance. A strong knowledge management approach is critical
to strategically position AIPD to reinforce linkages, relationships and knowledge sharing
between key stakeholders on decentralisation governance reform.[1]
AIPD established Results and Knowledge Facility (RKF) in December
2013 to integrate the process of measuring, communicating and sharing of
results and knowledge. RKF plays a strategic role in strengthening quality data collection on program implementation to generate defensible claims about what is
changing in local governance and basic service provision. It facilitates
information and knowledge sharing by functioning as a one-stop shop for AIPD
and DFAT to learn about what works and what doesn’t work. RKF helps AIPD and
DFAT to find credible and practical solutions to tackle bottlenecks in basic
service delivery and influence policy dialogue and debate. RKF prioritises
gender considerations in its monitoring and evaluation system and
highlights stories of women’s
empowerment in its knowledge sharing.
Purpose
This is a
fixed term maternity cover position to support Results and Knowledge Facility (RKF) Coordinator in managing and supervising research
studies and other analytics undertaken by AIPD between
November 2014 to April 2015.
Duties and responsibilities
The Research Analyst is responsible to
support the Results and Knowledge Facility (RKF) Coordinator to develop and manage
research studies and any other analytics commissioned by AIPD. More specifically, the Research Analyst strengthens the methodology aspects of the studies and provides quality assurance support on methodologies for all studies or
analytics undertaken by AIPD or its implementing partners including:
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Developing Terms of References for all studies.
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Reviewing research designs, methodologies and
guidelines, and provide inputs for improvement. Research methodologies should be defensible academically, but
realistic for implementation in a development program context.
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Performing an oversight role for data
collection
to ensure data quality. If necessary, undertaking verification/spot
monitoring.
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Review and provide inputs on research outputs.
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Developing ways to share research results
internally within AIPD and externally with key stakeholders, including DFAT, in
collaboration with RKF team members responsible for communications and
knowledge sharing.
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Any other tasks or duties assigned by the RKF
Coordinator or the AIPD Program Director.
Outputs
1. Strong but feasible research methodologies for the research studies or any other analytics commissioned by AIPD, taking into
account resource availability (e.g.
human, financial and time).
2. Research reports for internal decision making and further dissemination to external audiences.
3. Any other outputs required by the RKF Coordinator or the AIPD Program
Director.
Liaison / Reporting
The Research Analyst will report to RKF Coordinator, work closely with the other RKF team members and liaise with other AIPD specialists – TSF team members (PFM, Knowledge Management,
and Civil Society), Assistant Program Directors (APDs) and their respective provincial/district teams, and the Contract Officer.
Qualifications / Experience
Key Requirements:
1. A post-graduate degree in social, political sciences or public policy.
2. A minimum of five-year experience in research and analytical work
related to developement programs at both national and sub-national levels.
3. Strong capacity in
both quantitative and qualitative research and in data management. Ability in using
the statistical software is a plus.
4. Ability to work
independently with minimum supervision.
5. Ability to
identify risks in a timely manner and elevate to supervisor.
6. Willingness to
travel to remote locations.
Preferable:
1. Experience in conducting
research for development programs.
2. Good report writing
skills.
3. Good interpersonal
skills and commitment to working in a team.
4. Good understanding of
Government of Indonesia systems and public finance management and service
delivery issues.
5. Fluency in both
verbal and written English and Bahasa Indonesia.
6. Familiarity with relevant
national and sub-national data, such as SUSENAS, IDHS.
Timing / Duration
November 2014 – April 2015
Position and Location
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Please send your application, updated CV, and three latest references to recruitment@aipd.or.id not later than 22 November 2014.
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