Volunteer to support the Burundi Armed Violence Observatory project

Description

AOAV started working in Burundi in 2011 through local partners, opening an office in 2013, working to prevent armed violence and assist survivors by implementing projects building national capacities to monitor armed violence, offering psycho-social support to survivors, and preventing youth’s involvement in electoral violence.

As the Burundi Armed Violence Observatory will be writing its first annual report for 2014, AOAV would like the support of a volunteer (unpaid) to reinforce data analysis, especially background analysis and comparison with other sources (eg. Small Arms Survey reports on Burundi, Ministry of Health data, etc) and other countries, for a period of 3-4 months starting in February 2015 (flexible).

Profile

1. Master’s degree (completed or ongoing) in related field (Peace building, criminology, statistics, social science, etc.)
2. Very good knowledge of French
3. Good analysis and desk research skills.
4. Knowledge of a statistical package such as SPSS desirable but not required.
5. Understanding of armed violence / criminology issues desirable.
6. Experience/knowledge of the Africa Great Lakes Region desirable.

Terms of reference

• Under the supervision of the Country Representative and working in close collaboration with the AOAV Project Coordinator for the Burundi Armed Violence Observatory (BrAVO) Project, the volunteer will:
• Research other sources on armed violence/crimes in Burundi in order to make comparisons with the BrAVO data;
• Research armed violence/criminality statistics from other countries in order to make comparisons with the situation in Burundi;
• Support the analysis of the 2014 BrAVO data and drafting of the annual report;
• Support other BrAVO activities, including trainings and workshops;
• Occasionally support the Burundi Country Representative in other tasks such as report writing, fundraising, communications, etc.

Working arrangementsThe volunteer will be supervised by the Burundi Country Representative and work from the AOAV Burundi office in Bujumbura. The volunteer will be expected to provide their own laptop. Please note the volunteer will not receive any financial compensation.

Contacts
If you are interested in this volunteer position, please send your CV and a cover letter tojclaveau@aoav.org.uk no later than January 5, 2015. Applications will be reviewed on a continual basis. Email Contact: jclaveau@aoav.org.uk