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Please feel free to forward this posting for a Field Research Manager in
Uganda and Sudan to
qualified individuals. It would be perfect for a graduating undergraduate,
someone looking to be
trained in field work, and an aspiring or current graduate student in the
socil sciences, public
health, or psychology.
Best,
Chris Blattman
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Volunteer Position Available: Field Research Manager
Child Soldier Tracking Project (CSTP)
with
Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale (AVSI) Uganda
Christopher Blattman, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley
Jeannie Annan, PhD Candidate, Department of Counseling Psychology, Indiana
University
LOCATION: Eastern Equatoria in southern Sudan; Kitgum and Pader districts in
northern Uganda.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The CSTP will be the first-ever socio-economic and
psychosocial survey of
former child soldiers, and aims to make a major contribution to the research
community and to aid
organizations Africa-wide. The aims of CSTP are: (i) to understand the
social, economic and
psychological impacts of war and vio-lence on adolescents and young adults;
and (ii) to assess the
effectiveness of reintegration programs for ex-combatants and refugees. A
full description of the
project, its aims, and the region is available online at www.CSTproject.org
</jump.htm?goto=www.CSTproject.org>.
Additional materials
are available upon request.
TIMING: Survey planning activities will commence in early July 2005 and
continue until late
October or early November. Applicants should be available from at least the
middle of July until
the end of October. Opportuni-ties to stay on longer with AVSI are
available.
RESPONSIBILITIES: In cooperation with the principal investigators, the field
manager will share
responsibility for conducting qualitative exploratory interviews with
refugees and ex-combatants,
coordinating with other local aid agencies, designing and pre-testing the
questionnaire, working
with target community leaders, developing a sample frame and random sample
of research subjects,
hiring and training enumerators, managing the survey implementation,
coordinating data entry and
management, and analyzing data.
BENEFITS: This survey is the first of its kind, and has an ambitious
research and humanitarian
agenda. The individual will be fully and rigorously trained in field
research and survey design
and management by experi-enced mentors, and will have the opportunity to
participate in research
and publication. Valuable contacts with aid agencies and donors will be
made, and opportunities
for full-time employment are widely available.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Applicants should display strong managerial skills,
resourcefulness and
responsi-bility. No prior survey experience is required; we will fully train
the individual.
Experience working in develop-ing countries is strongly preferred.
Experience in project
management, statistical analysis, conflict studies, psy-chological
counseling, and early childhood
development would all be advantageous but are not required.
REMUNERATION: The position is presently a volunteer one. All of the
principal investigators are
unpaid. Grants under review may mean that the position can be made a
salaried one, and perhaps
permanent. Successful applicants will be encouraged to apply to university
and outside granting
agencies for travel support. In the ab-sence of outside support, travel
expenses can be covered by
the project for individuals interested in participating in the full project.
Regrettably, because
of the very restricted budget of this project, preference will be given to
individuals with
external or personal funds. Travel expenses are estimated at approximately
$2,000, and living
expenses approximately $350 per month.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: AVSI is an Italian-founded non governmental
organization active in 35
coun-tries (www.avsi.org </jump.htm?goto=www.avsi.org>). AVSI has been
active in these northern Ugandan
communities for two
decades, and has been reintegrating former child soldiers in Kitgum and
Pader District in northern
Uganda since 1997. AVSI has been working in schools, villages and refugee
camps in southern Sudan
since 1992. Jeannie Annan, a doctoral candidate in counseling psychology,
has more than five years
experience working as a post-conflict psycho-social program manager and
consultant with AVSI.
Christopher Blattman, a doctoral candidate in economics, has run household
and firm surveys in
India and East Africa, including the tracking and interviewing of 7,500
children in western Kenya
following a randomized health intervention.
SECURITY CONCERNS: By its nature, the CSTP is located in a zone of recent
conflict. The conflict
in south-ern Sudan has now ended, with a peace agreement signed and in
implementation. The
conflict in northern Uganda is ongoing but low-scale, and away from the
protected towns and camps
where aid workers live and operate. Many thousands of aid workers are
present in the region and
able to conduct their work. At the same time, extra security and caution are
required. All
individuals associated with the project will receive the same treatment
accorded any AVSI staff
member and the principal investigators.
CONTACT: Interested applicants should send a cover letter/e-mail and CV to
Christopher Blattman,
[log in to unmask], 510-207-6352.
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