MRM Field Researcher

Adam Smith International

MRM Field Researcher

Posted

25 September 2024 04:55pm

Apply by

08/10/2024

Regions

Pacific

Sectors

Operations

Summary

This is a call for expression of interest (EOI) in the role Monitoring and Results Management (MRM) Field Researcher for Australia’s Strongim Bisnis

Position Description

Position: Monitoring and Results Management (MRM) Field Researcher

Program: Strongim Bisnis

Location: Honiara, Solomon Islands with extensive domestic provincial travel

Duration: Full time, fixed term

Line manager and Directly report to: MRM Manager

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Application deadline: 8 October 2024, 11:59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST). Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.

Applications and questions should be sent to: operations@strongimbisnis.com.sb

‍Background to Australia's Strongim Bisnis

Solomon Islands-Australia Partnership’s Strongim Bisnis is an innovative pro-business program funded by the Australian Government.

Strongim Bisnis supports Solomon Islands businesses to increase productivity, and access greater income earning opportunities and higher value markets with the intention of enabling greater resilience and job creation. Poverty reduction is the desired result. Strongim Bisnis also supports the private sector and the Solomon Islands Government to work together effectively to increase opportunities for trade and investment and to accelerate business growth. A key focus of the program ensures that Solomon Islands women, youth and people with disabilities have increased economic opportunities.

The program takes a market systems development (MSD) approach to unlocking opportunities for growth in selected sectors (cocoa, coconut, tourism, timber, horticulture and waste management) and GEDSI. MSD requires Strongim Bisnis to carefully select partnerships, and design interconnected activities that deliver tangible and measurable results. For each activity it must be possible to track progress from improving the performance of Solomon Islands enterprises, to achieving resilient systemic change in markets, and ultimately increasing income and employment. In this way, Strongim Bisnis avoids ad hoc activities and seeks deep engagement with market actors.

Strongim Bisnis activities may include developing and testing new business models, sharing the risk of new ventures in partnership with private sector actors, facilitating market access, supporting structural changes to the ‘business enabling environment’, product marketing to bring about greater scale, and improving women, youth, and people with disability’s participation in markets and their access and control over productive resources.

Description

Position Summary and Justification for the Role

Strongim Bisnis implements a large and growing portfolio of partnerships whose activities have the potential to reach beneficiary households and small businesses located across provinces in Solomon Islands. It is essential to continue to evolve and maintain a robust monitoring and results measurement (MRM) system that supports the monitoring of the progress of partnership activities in the field, and that efficiently tracks and assesses the influence of these activities on outcome and poverty level performance metrics such as end beneficiary household incomes, new paid employment creation, and improvements in vulnerable groups (i.e. Women, youth and people living with disabilities) agency over economic resources.

To support this work, Strongim Bisnis requires a Field Research Officer who will work closely with the MRM Manager and MRM Senior Coordinator to collect, verify, and report on-the-ground data related to partnership activities and target beneficiary impact.

This role is expected to be largely field based outside of the Strongim Bisnis office in Honiara, with significant time spent either on verification visits to partner activity sites or participating in research studies and impact assessments.

Strongim Bisnis seeks an individual with experience in field research who is enthusiastic to explore how economic growth and market development works in the Solomon Islands context. The prospective candidate must be comfortable in conducting surveys and interviews with a variety of stakeholders, from farmers in rural communities to business owners in urban centres. It is essential that the prospective candidate have good health and the necessary physical condition to undertake the extensive travel required for this role, especially to outer provincial areas.

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For more information on the role please refer to the Terms of Reference (TOR) attached as a supporting document below

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How to Apply

Please submit your application before 8 October 2024, 11:59pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) to: operations@strongimbisnis.com.sb

Please use the following subject line in your email: "Application for MRM Field Researcher vacancy."

Applications should include:

A cover letter of no more than two pages addressing the position selection criteria
A CV of no more than four pages
The contact details of three professional referees

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Salary level is negotiable, commensurate with experience and the Solomon Islands market. Applicable benefits and entitlements are in line with Strongim Bisnis policies and applicable Solomon Islands’ laws.

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, we encourage you to reach out to the Strongim Bisnis team via operations@strongimbisnis.com.sb or call the Strongim Bisnis Office on +677 25664.

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‍This position will be recruited through Adam Smith International (ASI). ASI is committed to continually improving the diversity of our workforce through the attraction, retention, and development of a diverse range of talented people. Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We want people to be comfortable bringing their whole self to work and recognise that inclusion brings further opportunities for innovation and creativity.