BBC Media Action is the international development charity of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). BBC Media Action works in partnership with local media agencies, Civil Society Organizations, and governments to achieve long term development goals. We produce creative media content to inform and engage audiences and strengthen the media sector by building professional skills and technical capacity.

BBC Media Action is looking for interested/motivated freelance individuals to join the Ethiopian team’s Researchers’ Pool, comprising various categories of researchers to include moderators, recruiters, supervisors, interviewers, translators’ transcribers etc, who could work on our research studies which are often conducted in different locations across Ethiopia, using different languages as applicable per study.

Acceptance into the Researchers’ Pool does not guarantee an offer of freelance work or full time employment, but the pool represents BBC Media Action’s first point of call for freelancers working on our research studies.

As freelance positions become vacant, hiring managers will contact suitable candidates from the pool to ascertain availability for roles.

Below is an outline of expected duties for the different roles, which may also be expanded upon to suit the needs of the studies as required.

Duties and Deliverables

• Moderators: Conduct Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and / or In-Depth Interviews (IDI) in line with BBC Media Action’s specifications.
• Recruiters: Recruit respondents for focus group discussions and In-Depth Interviews in line with specifications provided.
• Quality Control Officers/Supervisors: Oversee the conduct of fieldwork such as face to face interviews during surveys, Focus Groups etc ensuring quality and high standard data collection.
• Survey Interviewers: Conduct face to face interviews within households (or designated locations) during surveys, ensuring data collection to high standards and quality.
• Quantitative data entry personnel/clerks: enter data from quantitative survey questionnaires into appropriate data entry formats / templates using appropriate software.
• Translators: Translate relevant research study related documents and instruments e.g. Discussion Guides, Questionnaires etc from English into appropriate local language or from local language to English.
•  Transcribers: Listen to audio and type up the content (e.g. discussion among focus group participants) verbatim in MS Word format.
•  Note takers: take detailed notes of discussions and proceedings during qualitative studies e.g. during focus group discussions.

The Freelancers will also render all and any other such services which are usually rendered by a Freelance in the capacity of moderator, recruiter, interviewer, supervisor, translator, transcriber, etc as required by the BBC Media Action.

Qualification:- BA in social science  and  related  fields  and  have  experience  doing  research.