We strive to empower children and young people while enabling adults to bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of conflict-affected children and young people.

STRETCH in School is a 3-month intervention to reduce stigmatization among school leadership and teachers. STRETCH has been developed through rigorous formative research and is now ready for feasibility testing.

This feasibility study will be conducted in Isingiro District. The study will consist of two main steps: 1) the cross-cultural adaptation of three stigma scales; and 2) the field-testing of STRETCH in School. The study design is currently being developed. The study will be implemented in 2024.

The Objective of the Job

Research implementation:
HR function:
Research Analysis:
Dissemination of Data:
Representation:
Other task
The Research Officer's main responsibilities are to;

Research implementation:
o To be the field focal point for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of three stigma instruments.
o To be the field focal point for the field-testing of STRETCH in School.
o To document feedback, learnings and adaptations. Ethical standards such as confidentiality will be observed at all times as per the set WC standard.
o To communicate regularly between the researcher, research team and research participants.
o To support logistical arrangements to facilitate the implementation of the research (e.g. budget monitoring)
HR function:
o To be the field focal point for the research assistants and the project officers
Analysis:
o Contribute to the analysis through support to data entry, cleaning, coding etc.
Dissemination:
o Support dissemination to Isingiro stakeholders, including research participants
o Contribute to the academic dissemination through co-authoring journal articles
Representation:
o Represent this research at Isingiro district level
Other tasks:
o Other tasks that are identified to benefit proper research implementation and advance War Child's research agenda
The successful candidate must be willing to relocate to Isingiro district if s/he is not currently a resident there.

Position in the organization and essential functional relations

The Research Officer reports to the Researcher Stigma Reduction based in Amsterdam.

Other essential working relations include; Isingiro Team Leader; Research Assistants; Education Coordinator; Finance staff; and other project staff.

Roles and Responsibilities