Researcher – Digital Media and Gender

Position Title: Researcher – Digital Media and Gender

Location: Ideosync office, Faridabad, NCR of Delhi, India

Position Term: August 2024 – July 2025

Organization Profile:

• Name: Ideosync Media Combine
• Type: Not-for-profit organization
• Area of Work: Communication for social change (C4SC), communication rights
• Activities:
  • Designing communication frameworks and strategies for development interventions
  • Producing social change communication content (audio, visual, print, and multimedia) through community participation and formative research
  • Advocating for open, free, and publicly owned media
  • Innovating with technologies to ensure equitable access and community ownership of media tools
  • Supporting community media, including community radio, through training on participatory content creation
  • Engaging with issues like sexual and reproductive health, gender rights, health, migrant rights, local self-governance, right to information, environment and climate change, governance, democracy, and freedom of expression

Read more about the organization here.

Program Overview:

• Program Name: Free/Dem Media Pathshala
• Focus Area: Training women and young girls in digital competencies and media-making skills, including social media use, creation of audio and video content
• Special Focus: Gender, with a feminist perspective on media and narrative-making
• Activities: Participatory and qualitative research, including data from the Ideosync UNESCO fellowship

Research Focus:

• Subject: Women’s experience of the digital spectrum in urban and peri-urban areas around the National Capital Region
• Methodology: Quantitative and qualitative methods, participatory methods, ethnography, and critical content analysis

Position Responsibilities:

• Literature Review: Undertake comprehensive reviews
• Research Design: Contribute to research framework and methodology
• Tool Design: Participate in the design of research tools
• Fieldwork: Travel to collect qualitative and ethnographic research data
• Data Analysis: Collate and analyze data, and produce detailed research reports

Qualifications:

• Research Training: In gender, digital media, or feminism with strong academic research and writing skills
• Experience: At least one year of experience in research design, data collection, and analysis
• Writing Skills: Proficiency in writing research reports and academic papers in English
• Language Skills: Good Hindi speaking and writing skills for community engagement
• Research Methodology: Understanding of qualitative, participatory, and ethnographic/anthropological methods
• Teamwork: Ability to work as part of a team, problem-solving skills, and creative thinking
• Literature Review Skills: Ability to conduct academic literature reviews, generate citations, and compile bibliographies

Contract and Remuneration:

• Term: One-year contract with a three-month probation period; possibility for extension
• Remuneration: According to Ideosync's salary policy, comparable to national averages for not-for-profits in the development sector

Application Process:

• How to Apply: Send complete CV and covering letter via email to [email protected] / [email protected]
• Subject Line: "Position of Researcher: Digital Media and Gender"
• Encouragement: Women candidates, candidates from minority communities, and those from gender non-conforming identities are encouraged to apply

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