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    Education and Research Officer at - Nairobi, Kenya - Ubongo

    Ubongo
    Ubongo Nairobi, Kenya

    6 days ago

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    Full time
    Description
    Ubongo is a social enterprise that creates interactive edutainment for kids in Africa, using the technologies they already have. We entertain kids to LEARN & LOVE LEARNING


    POSITION OBJECTIVE

    Conduct creative research for Ubongo's content and products and support outreach activities by building relationships with key stakeholders for knowledge acquisition and researching activities.


    RESPONSIBILITIES
    Main Activities

    Pre-research of Ubongo's content

    Organizing stakeholders roundtable discussions on selected topics
    Conducting pre-research and co-creation activities with children and stakeholders in the camp
    Analysis and report writing and/or presentations of user test results to the wider Ubongo team.

    Conducting User Research in the camp

    Working with teams to ensure continuous and creative user testing processes for all content and products
    Developing and/or reviewing materials for testing
    Arrange user research and focus groups with children and stakeholders in Kakuma camp
    Conduct user research of our content at all stages of production (storylines, script, animatic, animation, post-production)
    Report writing and/or presentations of user test results to the wider Ubongo team

    Outreach

    Mapping out key stakeholders (education implementers and or policymakers, caregivers, community centers, teachers, etc) that Ubongo can work with during the project
    Building and maintaining Ubongo's relationship with partners/organizations within the camp

    Company Wide Responsibilities

    Exemplify Ubongoers principles and norms

    QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED (Minimum knowledge, skills and behaviors to perform the job)

    Physical :
    N/A


    Educational :
    Bachelor's degree in Education or research

    Experience

    Minimum of 3 years experience working with children directly
    Experience working in a refugee camp is a MUST (Kakuma Refugee camp is desirable)
    Experience in relationship building with partners
    Experience in education/educational research is highly desirable
    Fluent in English, basic knowledge of languages spoken in the camp (Juba -Arabic) is a major advantage

    Skills

    Strong research and analytical skills
    Strong communication and outreach skills
    Have a can-do attitude and readiness to learn on the job
    Self-motivated and possess a high level of responsibility to complete tasks in a timely manner
    Ability to work remotely
    Experience using Asana, Slack and Google Drive
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