Chief Technical Advisor

Checchi and Company Consulting

Location:

Afghanistan (Kabul)

Website:

www.checchiconsulting.com

Contact Information:

Alice Gillispie

Phone:

202-452-9700

Email:

agillispie@checchiconsulting.com

Description:

Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc is implementing a USAID project in Afghanistan focusing on the traditional justice system that is seen as a crucial support to the counterinsurgency efforts there. Checchi is helping to re-establish traditional community-based dispute resolution mechanisms in cleared areas through a district-tailored assistance program in the south and east. The Chief Technical Advisor for this project will oversee the collection of qualitative research data that demonstrate relationships between traditional dispute resolution processes and the state justice sector in Afghanistan. The advisor will develop interpretive research designs for Afghan field teams conducting focus group and semi-formal interviews of community leaders and villagers and prepare formal written reports based on the research and other project results. The position is based in Kabul and may require occasional travel to the project's regional field offices.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee programmatic operations, including the coordination and support of the Checchi project's Afghan field research staff.
• Design research methodology that includes interviews, focus groups, and surveys.
• Evaluate and edit field research data, communicating regularly with project field researchers with mixed levels of education and experience.
• Develop and implement research quality control procedures, including data verification.
• Identify follow-up needed and track additional activity between field team and research participants.
• Review research results to ensure appropriate and timely progress towards project goals and deadlines.
• Provide assistance with the preparation of related project reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
• Produce narrative progress and assessment reports as required.
• Present research findings to groups including USAID, the US military and other international donors.

Qualification:

• An advanced degree in anthropology, sociology, or related social science field.
• Research interest in Central Asia, with a preference for those who have researched Afghanistan.
• Field research experience, demonstrating an ability to analyze complex cultural practices and develop sound research methodologies.
• Experience developing, evaluating and translating conflict/relationship assessment findings into programmatic objectives and indicators.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to Alice Gillispie at agillispie@checchiconsulting.com. Only finalists will be contacted. No Phone calls please. EOE.