Job
Research and M&E Specialist
- Organization: Sustainable Research and Development Center
- Location: Jordan
- Deadline: Wed Jul 15 2026
- Category: Monitoring and Evaluation
About this opportunity
**Job description**
SRD Center is looking for a Research & M&E Specialist to support the design and implementation of a baseline study in Jordan. The specialist will contribute to the research methodology, data collection tools, fieldwork planning, data quality assurance, analysis, and reporting.
The role requires strong experience in mixed-method research, monitoring and evaluation, baseline studies, and field data collection.
**Tasks**
The specialist will:
- Support the development of the baseline study methodology and workplan.
- Design or refine quantitative and qualitative data collection tools.
- Support sampling, fieldwork planning, and coordination with the data collection team.
- Train or orient enumerators and field researchers on tools, ethics, and data quality standards.
- Supervise or support field data collection in the target governorates.
- Review and clean quantitative and qualitative data.
- Conduct data analysis and prepare clear findings.
- Contribute to the inception report, fieldwork summary, draft baseline report, and final baseline report.
- Support stakeholder analysis, service provider mapping, and community mapping outputs.
- Ensure that research findings are practical, evidence-based, and useful for project planning.
**Qualifications**
Candidates should have:
- University degree in research, statistics, social sciences, development studies, monitoring and evaluation, public policy, or a related field.
- Strong experience in baseline studies, evaluations, assessments, or applied research.
- Good knowledge of mixed-method research, including surveys, KIIs, FGDs, and participatory tools.
- Experience with data collection tools such as KoboToolbox, ODK, Excel, SPSS, STATA, Power BI, or similar tools.
- Strong skills in data analysis and report writing.
- Experience supervising or supporting field data collection teams.
- Good understanding of ethical research, informed consent, confidentiality, and data protection.
- Fluency in Arabic is required; strong English writing skills are highly preferred.
- Previous experience in disability inclusion, protection, social inclusion, or community development studies is an advantage.
SRD Center is looking for a Research & M&E Specialist to support the design and implementation of a baseline study in Jordan. The specialist will contribute to the research methodology, data collection tools, fieldwork planning, data quality assurance, analysis, and reporting.
The role requires strong experience in mixed-method research, monitoring and evaluation, baseline studies, and field data collection.
**Tasks**
The specialist will:
- Support the development of the baseline study methodology and workplan.
- Design or refine quantitative and qualitative data collection tools.
- Support sampling, fieldwork planning, and coordination with the data collection team.
- Train or orient enumerators and field researchers on tools, ethics, and data quality standards.
- Supervise or support field data collection in the target governorates.
- Review and clean quantitative and qualitative data.
- Conduct data analysis and prepare clear findings.
- Contribute to the inception report, fieldwork summary, draft baseline report, and final baseline report.
- Support stakeholder analysis, service provider mapping, and community mapping outputs.
- Ensure that research findings are practical, evidence-based, and useful for project planning.
**Qualifications**
Candidates should have:
- University degree in research, statistics, social sciences, development studies, monitoring and evaluation, public policy, or a related field.
- Strong experience in baseline studies, evaluations, assessments, or applied research.
- Good knowledge of mixed-method research, including surveys, KIIs, FGDs, and participatory tools.
- Experience with data collection tools such as KoboToolbox, ODK, Excel, SPSS, STATA, Power BI, or similar tools.
- Strong skills in data analysis and report writing.
- Experience supervising or supporting field data collection teams.
- Good understanding of ethical research, informed consent, confidentiality, and data protection.
- Fluency in Arabic is required; strong English writing skills are highly preferred.
- Previous experience in disability inclusion, protection, social inclusion, or community development studies is an advantage.
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