Research Assistant

The Research Assistant will provide technical, research, coordination, and administrative support for climate mobility research projects in Bangladesh. The role involves supporting research quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, knowledge management, and project coordination under the Disaster, Displacement, Response and Recovery Unit.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all four research and technical assignments implemented by Senior Research Consultants/Research firms.
• Assist in developing research methodologies, data collection tools, analytical frameworks, and work plans.
• Facilitate and monitor quantitative and qualitative data collection, data management, data cleaning, and preliminary analysis.
• Review draft research reports, policy briefs, presentations, and other technical outputs for quality and consistency.
• Compile comments received from IOM country, regional and global offices, government counterparts, and technical reviewers and assist in incorporating revisions into research deliverables.
• Maintain organized documentation and records related to all research activities.
• Coordinate regularly with consultants, research firms, government counterparts, UN agencies, academic institutions, development partners, and civil society organizations.
• Monitor implementation progress against agreed work plans and timelines for the mentioned research.
• Support preparation of progress reports, briefing notes, meeting summaries, and donor reporting inputs.
• Track research deliverables and support timely submission of outputs.
• Assist in preparing concept notes, presentations, talking points, and technical documentation.
• Support planning and organization of meetings, consultations, workshops, training sessions, validation and dissemination events of the mentioned research activities.
• Prepare workshop materials, participant lists, meeting minutes, and follow-up actions.
• Support dissemination of research findings and policy recommendations.
• Support knowledge management activities, including organizing technical resources and maintaining project records.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geography, Migration Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, International Relations, Public Policy, Economics, Statistics, or another relevant discipline from an accredited academic institution with at least five (5) years of relevant professional experience; or Master's degree in one of the above-mentioned disciplines from an accredited academic institution.
• Experience working with government, international organizations, or development partners.
• Familiarity with Bangladesh’s climate, health, and migration context will be considered an asset.
• Previous experience with IOM/UN system agencies would be considered as an asset.
• Proven ability to design and implement mixed-methods research.
• Proven track record of managing and supervising large scale complex researches undertaken by external consultants and/or research firms.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills.
• Fluency in English and Bangla (written and spoken) is required.
• Excellent drafting, editing, and communication skills in English.
• Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.

Skills

• Mixed-Method Research
• Research Design
• Research implementation
• Research Management
• Supervising research
• Analytical Skills
• Report Writing
• Drafting and Editing
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Knowledge Management
• Project Coordination
• Climate mobility research
• Public Health Knowledge
• Climate Change Knowledge
• Environmental Science Knowledge
• Migration Studies
• Development Studies
• Social Science Knowledge
• International Relations Knowledge
• Public Policy Understanding
• Economics Knowledge
• Statistics knowledge

Languages

English, Bangla