Reviewing resources and familiarising themselves with ACLED guides, FAQs, and other materials;
Preparing for training and participating in training on the cleaning, review, and coding of data,as the role requires;
Reviewing news media and other source reports available online for information on violent conflict and political unrest in a set of allocated countries;
Monitoring the emergence of new actors, regimes, and significant political developments in a set of allocated countries, and proposing revisions to the project’s actor file and regime year’s database as required;
Managing and organizing regional desk files and documents;
Cleaning and organizing data lists, such as for regional actors and locations;
Undertaking general quality assurance tasks provided by the Research Manager;
Reviewing and integrating feedback into ongoing coding efforts and data work;
Assisting with data review and cleaning as required;
Contributing analytical content to the project’s reports, or other research if required;
Performing sourcing and coding work if needed;
Assisting with the management of the regional desk;
Filling in for the Research Manager when needed.