SPARC Innovation Job Description
Mercy Corps is a global humanitarian aid agency engaged in transitional environments that have experienced some sort of shock: natural disaster, economic collapse, or conflict.
- Company: Mercy Corps
- Location: Kenya
- State: Nairobi
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Advertising/Media Jobs in Kenya - Consulting Jobs in Kenya - Mercy Corps Jobs in Kenya.
Consultant Activities:
DIGITAL & DATA – SYNTHESIS
- Review reports and blogs on social media and digital jobs for Kenya-specific data points and insights
- Update internal list of relevant policies, programs and influence partners related to data, digital economy, and inclusive pastoral development in Kenya
- Create annotated overview of above list highlighting any existing nexus for digital economy in the drylands: review key digital/data policies for mention and relevance to pastoralist contexts; review key drylands-specific policies/programs for any highlights applicable to digital economy policy intervention
- Based on the insights from above, research any relevant regional policies or global case studies that may inform Kenya’s digital economy policy
- Develop 2 page summary of data/digital and pastoral development policy nexus
POLICY INTERVENTION PATHWAYS
- Select and coordinate outreach with at least 5 policy influencers and relevant experts
- Synthesize and integrate qualitative input from focus groups, key information interviews, and other sources
- Develop a framework for policy interventions to unlock further benefits of the digital economy in the pastoral context in Kenya. Such a framework may draw on Kenya’s Digital Economy Blueprint pillars: digital government; digital business; innovation-driven entrepreneurship; and digital skills and values.
- Provide a foundation of illustrative cases and examples from the region or globally mapped onto this framework — to be developed further in co-design
- Where applicable, integrate key insights into SPARC’s review of hardware and digital innovations as well as inform parallel dissemination outputs
Consultant Deliverables:
- Develop 2-page summary of data/digital synthesis;
- Develop annotated review of data/digital and pastoral development policy nexus;
- Host 1 focus group with at least 3 key external and internal experts;
- Publish 3–6-page brief highlighting policy intervention pathways
Qualification & Transferable Skills
- BA/S in international development, public policy or other relevant social science
- At least 8 years of demonstrated experience in qualitative and quantitative research, content development and/or storytelling
- Demonstrated experience working in collaboration with pastoralists, and drylands-based actors, including private sector partners, in participatory research or co-design initiatives
- Experience in research and learning within international development programmes, preferably in the Horn of Africa. Evidence of deep networks in Kenya’s ASAL regions is ideal.
- Experience working remotely with diverse teams
- Demonstrated ability to communicate research findings, verbally, visually, and in writing in English.