Volunteer Position Available: Field Research Manager Child Soldier
Tracking Project (CSTP)
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. The aims of CSTP are: (i)
to
understand the social, economic and psychological impacts of war and
violence 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. Additiona
l
materials are available upon
request.
TIMING: Survey planning activities will commence in early July 2005.
Implementation of Round 1 should be completed by October or November
2005.
Summer positions (July and August) and longer positions (July to
October/November) are possible, as is a longer-term arrangement.
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
resear
ch and
humanitarian agenda. The individual will be fully trained
in
survey design and management by experienced 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 responsibility. No prior survey experience is
required;
we will fully train the individual. Experience working in developing
countries is strongly preferred. Experience in project management,
statistical analysis, conflict studies, psychological counseling, 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 s
alaried
one, and perhaps permanent. Successful
applicants will be encouraged to apply to university and outside
granting
agencies for travel support. In the absence of outside support, travel
expenses can be covered by the project for individuals interested in
participating in the full project.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: AVSI is an Italian-founded non governmental
organization active in 35 countries (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 postconflict psycho-social program manager and consultant
with
a non-governmental organization (NGO) in northern Uganda an
d
southern
Sudan. 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 southern 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, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 510-207-6352.
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