Research Analyst – Gender and Inclusion

About us

Bodhi Global Analysis is a UK based international development research consultancy firm, with a subsidiary in Nairobi. At Bodhi we are committed to producing high-quality research, through academic rigour and objective analysis. We enable international development stakeholders to develop responsive interventions and effective outcomes through evidence-based strategy recommendations. Our clients range from intergovernmental organisations including the UN, (I)
NGOs and non-profit organisations. We were founded with the intent to integrate a gender and inclusion lens into all the work we do, thus ensuring we can support our clients to mainstream gender effectively into their work, as well as to be fully inclusive of other marginalised groups including those with disabilities and of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. To this end, we adopt a gender-sensitive, intersectional approach to all our work, and frequently conduct gender mainstreaming training, gender mainstreaming strategy development, gender assessments using tools including the UNFPA-UNICEF Gender-Transformative Accelerator Tool and the CARE Gender Marker, and gender-sensitive political economy analyses and conflict analyses.

Bodhi also complies with feminist research principles through our participatory research approaches. We understand a feminist approach as the need to ensure equitable and dignified partnerships in our research and evaluations, to ensure local and national expertise guides our research from inception through to delivery and analysis. In so doing, we seek to redress traditional power imbalances between ‘researcher’ and ‘research subject’ in our work.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Research Analyst – Gender and Inclusion to join our highly dynamic and growing team. The ideal candidate will be proactive and committed to producing sound, objective research and analysis, as well as contributing to evaluations with a significant gender component, gender mainstreaming strategy development and gender training for our clients. In the role, you will conduct research on recent developments in gender and inclusion.

You will be involved in undertaking research across a range of other thematic issues, examining how they intersect with gender. You will also lead and support evaluations and reviews of gender and inclusion and other thematic programmes. You will be expected to occasionally travel to fragile and conflict-affected settings to deliver research activities, working closely with other researchers and national consultants.

The position is a full-time contract with a three-month probationary period.

• Have an interest in developing experience conducting research on gender and inclusion
• Are committed to producing sound, objective research and analysis with a focus on gender and inclusion
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills
• Are proactive and organised – you anticipate problems and tasks, communicate them to the team, and propose solutions
• Are innovative and committed to working with our clients to support their efforts on gender mainstreaming and the inclusion of minorities in their work

• Have ample opportunity to build diverse experience across thematic and geographic contexts
• Have the opportunity to develop research ideas, with the flexibility to pursue your own research interests
• Improve your research and organisational skills
• Conduct substantial fieldwork, with the opportunity to improve your foreign language skills, or learn a new one
• Have the flexibility to schedule and manage your work as tailored to your needs

• Research
  • Leading different stages of gender and inclusion-related research and evaluation projects, including design, data collection, analysis, and reporting and dissemination phases, as well as gender training and strategy development.
  • Conduct in-depth gender-sensitive literature and desk reviews using a variety of secondary sources, in line with Bodhi’s guidelines and quality standards.
  • Conduct data cleaning and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and interpret findings, in line with…