Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 16 Jul 2019
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is the world’s authoritative source of data and analysis on internal displacement. Since our establishment in 1998 as part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), we offer a rigorous, transparent and independent service to the international community, and inform policy and operational decisions to improve the lives of people living in, or at risk of, internal displacement.
With a team of 30 people in Geneva and an annual budget of 5 million USD, we monitor more than 200 countries in the world for which we provide verified, consolidated and multi-sourced estimates of the number of people internally displaced or at risk of becoming displaced by conflict, violence, disasters and development projects. We complement this global data with interdisciplinary research into the drivers, patterns and impacts of internal displacement. Using this evidence, we provide tailor-made advice and support to inform global, regional and national policy-making. Our data and evidence are published on our website and via our Global Internal Displacement Database (http://www.internal-displacement.org/database/displacement-data). Our flagship report, the Global Report on Internal Displacement (http://www.internal-displacement.org/global-report/grid2019/*), published every year in May, is the world reference on IDP statistics, featuring trends and thematic analyses, country and regional spotlights.*
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Junior Fellow will support the Data and Analysis team, in the areas of monitoring and analysis of internal displacement due to conflict, disasters and development projects. The Junior Fellow will provide support as well as work closely with other members of the IDMC department to ensure the production of documentation, research and draft reports.
TASKS
The Junior Fellow will provide support in the following core tasks:
- Monitor internal displacement for a number of countries with a portfolio
- Ensure an up-to-date review of caseloads in order to maintain our “Internal Displacement Update” product .
- Record all metrics related to displacement (housing destructions, pre-emptive evacuation, people officially or unofficially sheltered), the causes, disaggregated by gender, age if possible, including location.
- Record when is possible all information related to the duration of displacement, (all movement related to both, conflict and disaster caseloads, including new displacements, stocks, returns over time etc.) .
- Support the production of core IDMC products, such as:
- Figures analyses.
- IDMC country pages.
- Global Report on Internal Displacement figures.
- Mid-year update of displacement figures.
- Backstop and peer review the work of other members of the monitoring team.
- Clean-up data, as required, in coordination with the MEs and Database developer.
- Supporting outreach and expansion of IDMC’s network of partners and data providers.
Additionally, the Junior Fellow will also:
- Attend all-staff and departmental meetings and receive updates from the organisation
- Draft blog posts, contribute to research projects and other written products
- Present results of monitoring to IDMC staff and, when relevant, externally
- Perform other duties in support to IDMC’s work, as required by role.
SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduate student or recent post-graduate with appropriate research skills and experience in a relevant field (e.g. displacement, disaster management, humanitarian, development, human rights, international policy, research methods).
- Competence in the use of Word, Excel, databases and online research tools for the capture, organization and analysis of information.
- Understanding of concepts related to displacement and migration.
- Ability to apply web-based information management techniques and analysis to analyse sources and identify relevant information and of conducting desk reviews of secondary literature.
- Knowledge of humanitarian, development, human rights and disaster risk management actors and systems desired.
- Knowledge in Geographical Information System (GIS) would be an asset.
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English required, additional language skills a plus .
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to deliver according to agreed deadlines.
- Positive, can-do attitude; solutions-oriented; team player; and proactive communicator.
Miscellaneous
- This is a one year fixed-term contract, start date as soon as possible.
- The position is full-time, 40 hours per week.
- Please note that for reasons related to the procedure for work permits in Switzerland, only candidates with an EU/EFTA nationality or a valid work permit for Switzerland can be considered for this role.
How to apply:
Candidates should complete an NRC WebCruiter application including their CV and personal details.
Applications will only be accepted through the NRC recruitment platform
Please note that for reasons related to the procedure for work permits in Switzerland, only candidates with an EU/EFTA nationality or a valid work permit for Geneva, Switzerland can be considered for this role.
We look forward to receiving your application!