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Junior Research Analyst – Job Description

Job Title: Junior Research Analyst

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Hours: Full-time

Start date: ASAP

Please submit applications to jobs@lovefrankie.co by 21 October 2019 with “Junior Research Analyst” in the subject line. Note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and Love Frankie reserves the right to fill the position prior to the closing date.

Are you someone looking to develop a career in research while creating a positive impact by solving social issues? Are you passionate about research, innovation, and making the world a better place? Then you should consider applying for an impactful career with Love Frankie.

BACKGROUND:

Love Frankie is a social change research and communication agency that specializes in supporting public and private sector organizations to design and implement social impact projects. We design social and behavior change campaigns across a broad range of issues including countering hate speech, discrimination and extremism; human trafficking and migration; LGBTI rights; gender equality and women’s empowerment; digital citizenship and media literacy; and environment and sustainability issues.

Our research approaches are varied and often include mixing methodologies such as online communities, social media analytics, and mobile ethnography as well as more traditional quantitative and qualitative approaches.

We are headquartered in Bangkok and work through our teams and partners on projects across the Asia-Pacific region in Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Australia. Our clients are diverse and have ranged from Greenpeace, British Council, and USAID, to Facebook, Google, and UNDP.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As our Junior Research Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting diverse research projects while working together with researchers and project coordinators on different tasks. You can expect your work to include searching for, organizing, and analyzing information for desk reviews,  coordinating and sitting-in interviews, helping with social media monitoring, and translating and analyzing data.

You will also support administrative tasks as needed. We are currently working on a range of projects from mental health analysis, to conflict dynamics and migration studies; from digital and media literacy, to countering hate speech and violent extremism through partnerships with Google and Facebook.

For this role, we are looking for a Thai national with junior-level experience with research. This is an ideal role for someone looking to develop a career in social research and/or the international development and humanitarian sectors.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

1. Support with desk research and literature reviews;
2. Coordinate interviews and assist researchers in the interviewing process, including note-taking, transcription, and analysis support;
3. Coordinate logistics for data collection such as focus groups and field visits;
4. Organize and synthesize information and data collected from interviews, social media listening, focus groups, and other sources;
5. Learn new data tools and assist with social and traditional media monitoring;
6. Provide translation and administrative support as needed;
7. Assist in the design of research tools such as questionnaires and surveys; and
8. Other research duties as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Essential:

• Must be a Thai National
• Have fluency in Thai and excellent English skills (spoken and written)
• Strong analytical and writing skills
• Strong project management and coordination skills
• Good contextual contemporary knowledge of national issues including social and cultural realities in Thailand
• Ability to organize and work both independently and inside teams
• A passion and interest in social change and social/political issues

Desirable:

• Experience in qualitative, ideally along with quantitative, field research methods
• Experience in running or moderating interviews
• Understanding and experience managing research fieldwork for projects
• Experience with surveys, data analytics, data processing, and analysis
• Ability to use analysis tools such as SPSS, STATA, NVivo, and/or Python/R