Mmc Research Officer, Mmc Europe - Brussels, België - Dansk Flygtningehjælp

Beschrijving

Department

Belgium
Workplace

Brussels
Contract Type

National contract
Posted

01 Aug 2023
Expires

21 Aug 2023

The Danish Refugee Council, one of the world's leading humanitarian NGOs, is looking for a highly qualified Research Officer to support the Mixed Migration Centre's research in Europe.

About the Mixed Migration Centre

The MMC is a global network consisting of five regional hubs (Asia-Pacific, East and Southern Africa, Europe, West and North Africa, Latin America and Caribbean) and a global team based in Geneva.

The MMC is a leading source for independent and high-quality data, research, analysis and expertise on mixed migration.

The MMC aims to increase understanding of mixed migration, to positively impact global and regional migration policies, to inform evidence-based protection responses for people on the move and to stimulate forward thinking in public and policy debates on mixed migration.

The MMC's overarching focus is on human rights and protection for all people on the move.

The three overall objectives of the MMC are:

• To contribute to a better, more nuanced, and balanced understanding of mixed migration (knowledge)
• To contribute to evidencebased and better informed migration policies and debates (policy)
• To contribute to effective evidencebased protection responses for people on the move (programming)

Mixed Migration

Mixed migration refers to cross-border movements of people including refugees fleeing persecution and conflict, victims of trafficking and people seeking better lives and opportunities.

Motivated to move by a multiplicity of factors, people engaged in such movements have different legal statuses as well as a variety of vulnerabilities.

Although entitled to protection under international human rights law, they are exposed to multiple rights violations along their journey.

Those in mixed migration flows travel along similar routes, using similar means of travel - often travelling irregularly and wholly or partially assisted by migrant smugglers.

MMC Europe

In Europe, MMC has been carrying out 4Mi data collection since 2019, and has engaged in a number of other research initiatives and projects, all available
here.

MMC Europe is now carrying out several new initiatives, focusing on:

• Vulnerabilities to trafficking in persons and return intentions of people displaced from Ukraine in Europe;
• Experience and access to Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) services for undocumented migrants in Western Europe;
• The impact of irregularity on access to services and employment in Italy, Greece and Spain;
• Access to housing of documented and undocumented migrants in Italy, Greece and Malta;
• Migrationrelated decision making along journeys in Europe and the role of public policy.

Other thematics might arise and MMC research remains agile to respond to pressing needs for evidence-based programming and policy development.

About the job
The overall purpose of the role is to support MMC Europe with qualitative data collection and analysis.


Responsibilities

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Research design

• Assist in the development of qualitative research protocols, including analysis plans

Data collection

• Monitor mixed migration contexts/routes/trends
• Conduct desk research and mapping of key stakeholders, informants, organizations etc.
• Contribute to the drafting of data collection tools (e.g. focus group discussion guides, semistructured interview guides)
• Carry out qualitative data collection: work with colleagues to identify key informants; set up interviews/organize FGDs; conduct interviews/FGDs, both in the field and remotely.

Data management

• Support MMC's qualitative data management needs, including carrying out transcription and developing transcription protocols.
• Support Information Management staff in activities to assure data protection and data security

Data analysis and visualization

• Carry out qualitative data analysis, including coding and labelling of variables;
• Support with the visualization of data

Drafting and writing

• Draft research outputs (briefings, reports, etc)

Other

• Take notes and write briefings for meetings
• Support MMC's communications as needed
• Support fundraising as needed by providing inputs to concept notes, proposals and research design
• Support the team with any other tasks related to the running of MMC and its projects.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have experience in conducting research and drafting outputs preferably in English.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

• Masters in the social sciences
• Knowledge of and experience in research on mixed migration or closely related issues
• At least three years' experience working in qualitative research;
• Excellent English writing and editing skills; demonstrated ability to synthesize and condense information;
• Fluent in English and French, knowledg