Qualitative Enumerator

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The SPEAC (Strengthening Protective Environment and joint Advocacy Consortium for Lebanon) project is an ECHO-funded protection intervention led by DRC, with IRC, INTERSOS and ACF as partners. As the project reaches its end, the consortium is conducting a Strategic Internal Evaluation focused on consortium-level coordination, targeting and prioritization, and the emergency response (Crisis Modifier). Data collection is divided among partners, and to support its share, IRC is engaging an individual consultant to conduct Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and handle the associated transcription and data entry, ensuring qualitative data is captured accurately and ethically for the evaluation.

Scope of work

• Participate in a briefing on the evaluation objectives, KII tools, sampling list and data-entry templates.
• Conduct semi-structured KIIs (in Arabic or English) with IRC staff, external stakeholders, and clients (IRC beneficiaries) as assigned.
• Obtain and document informed consent before each interview, record only where consented, and take structured notes.
• Transcribe and (where needed) translate interviews into English, anonymizing personal identifiers.
• Enter the qualitative data into the agreed templates/matrix, organized by evaluation question and respondent type, and carry out basic data cleaning and quality checks.
• Securely hand over all data, recordings and consent records to IRC on completion.

Deliverables:

• A short work plan and confirmed interview schedule.
• Clean, anonymized transcripts (with English translation as needed) for each KII and Focus Group Discussion.
• Completed data-entry templates with the qualitative data organized by evaluation question.
• A summary note per interview capturing key themes and any flagged concerns.
• A consolidated, cleaned and de-identified qualitative dataset handed over to IRC.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience conducting qualitative data collection (KIIs and/or FGDs), ideally in a humanitarian or protection context.
• Proven experience in transcription, translation, and qualitative data entry, with strong attention to accuracy and detail.
• Full professional fluency in Arabic and English, including the ability to translate faithfully between the two.
• Solid understanding of research ethics — informed consent, confidentiality, do-no-harm, and protection mainstreaming.
• Willingness to sign and comply with IRC's Code of Conduct and safeguarding/PSEA policies.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and handle sensitive information discreetly.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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