Research Assistant

Tiri-Integrity Action is an independent non-profit organisation that works with governments, business, universities, and civil society to find practical solutions to making integrity work. For more information please visit www.tiri.org
 
Tiri is looking for an organised, enthusiastic person to work as a Research Assistant in our small but busy Jerusalem-based office for a month and possibly longer. Moreover to do some research on one of the topics that are related to ethics, accountability, transparency, corruption and governance in the following areas:
 
 
-ICT tools for development and Transparency/Accountability/Anti-Corruption "ICT4TAD"
-Local Government
-Doing business in emerging markets
-Healthcare
-Engineering
-Judiciary (with special emphasis on the countries we work in)
-Public services (both in industrialised countries and developing countries)
-Islamic theology, history, Islamic states and Islamic institutions
-Communications, Media, PR
-Measuring corruption, integrity, accountability
-Integrity in higher education
-Arab region
-Indonesia
-Agriculture (with special emphasis on Africa, but other literature also welcomed)
-Gender
 
Responsibilities:
The Research Assistant will be responsible of entering all the books and articles that Tiri has into an online database.
The person will also be working on reviewing contacts in our Customer Relationship Management (CRM).
 
 
Qualifications:
-Professionalism and attention to detail.
-Final year of BA or MA degree.
-Good research skills.
-Flexibility and adaptability with a positive attitude.
-Good written and oral communication skills, as well as good interpersonal skills.
-Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
-Ability to work under pressure on various concurrent assignments with changing priorities.
-Fluency in written and spoken English
 
Duty station: Jerusalem
Working language: English
Type of position: 20 to 40 hours per week.
Deadline for applications: 7 July 2012
 
Applications: Please email your CV and a covering letter, to [email protected] with the subject title “Research Assistant”, no later than 7th of July 2012