Senior Consultant – Research

Breakthrough is looking for a Senior Consultant – Research, for Breakthrough’s campaign Ignore No More.

Consultancy Period: July to October 2020

About the Campaign:

The campaign will target messages at bystanders in public spaces who could be thought of as social change agents. Social change agents could themselves be perpetrators of violence, survivors of violence, or bystanders/ witnesses- any combination. However, since the aim of the campaign is to motivate people to intervene to stop violence in public spaces, the identity that is foregrounded in this campaign is that of ‘a person who wants to initiate change’.

This is time bound project and the research will build up the basic ground for the campaign by conducting research on understanding bystander interventions to reduce violence against women (VAW).

Key Responsibilities of the role:

• Contribute to the development of the research design as part of a research team
• Review literature on violence against women in public spaces; on interventions that have engaged public and bystanders in preventing VAW in public spaces. Further themes will be developed through the research process and will include, for instance, how the incidence and experience of violence differ by social identity
• Develop and pilot interview guides
• Data collection and overseeing inputting of data, including transcription where appropriate
• Data analysis
• Report writing including producing complete early drafts of the report in consultation with the lead researcher and other members of the research team

Qualification and skills required

• Between 5-7 years of research experience
• Experience in developing/ contributing to research concepts and research design
• High degree of skill in qualitative interviewing and facilitating group discussions and interviews, and in administering surveys
• Should be able to produce descriptive statistics and interpretation using MS Excel or similar programmes
• Qualitative analysis skills essential; proficiency in using NVivo or some similar programme is desirable
• Excellent writing skills in English with the ability to communicate complex ideas with clarity
• Spoken proficiency in at least one Indian language, preferably Hindi.
• Nuanced understanding of violence against women or gender and development
• Background in social sciences desirable but could instead be replaced by experience in programme implementation or research related to gender or women’s lives; VAW; social identities

About Breakthrough:

Breakthrough was founded in 1999; with a mission to make violence and discrimination against women and girls unacceptable. Our work is transformative; focused on changing the norms and culture that perpetuate inequity and violence. Breakthrough does this by building a critical mass of change agents worldwide — the Breakthrough Generation — whose bold collective action will deliver irreversible impact on the issue of our time. We create innovative, relevant multimedia campaigns,

tools, and programmes that reach individuals and institutions where they are, inspiring and equipping them to build a world in which all people live with dignity, equality, and justice.

We currently work with over 400,000 adolescents across 5 states of India and help shape the gender attitudes and behaviours of boys and girls at an age when alternative narratives about gender roles and stereotypes can be explored. Breakthrough is now seeking to scale up this programme to more than 1 million adolescents across 5 states over the next 4 years.

Breakthrough reaches over to 10,000 women on factory floors to help them overcome the discrimination and violence they face at work and in their homes. Working to remove the stigma faced by working women, Breakthrough engages families, community members, peers and factory management in ensuring working women are supported and given equal opportunities.

Breakthrough’s first project was Mann ke Manjeeré , an award-winning music album and video compilation that stirred unprecedented discussion across India about women’s rights and brought the problem of domestic violence to the fore. Since then, Breakthrough has built its award-winning campaigns around the notion that “human rights start with you” — with individuals moved to bring the values of dignity, equality, and justice into their homes and personal spheres. Bell Bajao, our iconic campaign on domestic violence was advocated for by Ban ki Moon, the UN Secretary general, has won the prestigious silver lion at Cannes amongst other awards, and was adopted my several countries – Vietnam, China, Pakistan and Canada. Our campaigns have reached more than 400 million people globally and have created important dialogue on issues like domestic violence, sexual harassment, early marriage and gender biased sex selection.

Breakthrough Values:

The position holder will be expected to work in line with organisational values which are:

• Dignity
• Integrity
• Innovation
• Equity

Breakthrough is an equal opportunity employer.  We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, caste, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, economic status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. Our policies and procedures reflect our commitment to child safeguarding.

To know more about Breakthrough, please visit – www.inbreakthrough.org

Eligible candidates interested in this position may submit a resume accompanied by a cover letter, giving reasons in support of the suitability for the position, by email to indiajobs@breakthrough.tv by or before June 25, 2020