Senior Researcher - Criminal Justice and Fundamental Human Rights ICF GHK

ICF GHK

Brussels, Belgium

ICF GHK is growing and we seek a Senior Researcher-Criminal Justice and Fundamental Human Rights. This position supports current research work being conducted for our client, The European Commission. This position is based in Brussels and will report to a Principal Consultant within ICF GHK.

ICF GHK provides economic, technical and management consulting services to European, Middle East, African and Asian clients. We work with the European Commission, donor agencies, development banks, national governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and commercial clients. Our team demonstrates policy, international development and infrastructure expertise in EU policies including Justice, Trafficking, Migration, Employment, Innovation, Energy and the Environment. Our highly qualified experts deliver compelling results throughout the entire programme life cycle, including research, evaluation and analysis, impact assessment, and technical assistance solutions that improve and protect the quality of life. In March 2012 the GHK group joined ICF International to become ICF GHK. Together we employ 4,500 across 50 offices worldwide. ICF's website is http://www.icfi.com.

The Senior Researcher-Criminal Justice and Fundamental Human Rights will primarily work on research and evaluation projects supporting our client, The European Commission. The research spans a number of policy issues including criminal justice and home affairs issues impacting children and other at-risk populations, migration trends, border control and illegal migration, human trafficking and other matters.

Responsibilities include:

• Working closely with a network of research partners responsible for collecting data that may include: the European Union, NGOs and multiple member state organisations;
• Designing and implementing effective survey data collection and administration methodologies;
• Conducting site visits, in-depth interviews and focus groups, and facilitating workshops;
• Synthesising qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of sources. Disseminating the data via reports and in-person presentations to technical and non-technical audiences including the client and partner organisations;
• Coordinating and effectively managing the work of teams across multiple projects, ensuring quality control, adherence to project timelines and budgets, production of high quality deliverables, and maintaining rigorous research standards;
• Demonstrating a high level of technical skill and/or content knowledge in evaluation, using state-of-the-art methodologies, tools and best practices;
• Developing and preparing proposals to capture new business.

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in public policy, public health, communications, behavioural or social sciences, or related field required. Ph.D. preferred;
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience, in increasingly responsible roles, in the design and implementation of research and/or evaluation studies;
• Demonstrated content expertise within the field of policy, justice and home affairs and related areas;
• Knowledge of both quantitative and qualitative research methods and data analytic strategies;
• Demonstrated experience gathering, analysing and synthesising data and formulating reports;
• Familiarity using SPSS, SAS, Stata, or other statistical packages;
• Fluency in written and spoken English required, and other languages;
• People Management experience required;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as a team member;
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

Link to apply: https://icfi.taleo.net/careersection/icf_prof_ext/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1200001718.