Company Profile

International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) (www.cocoainitiative.org) is a multi-stakeholder organization, uniting the forces of civil society, certifiers, the cocoa and chocolate industry, and international institutions, and working with governments to address child and forced labour in the cocoa sector.

ICI has developed a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) that allows industry partners to manage responsibly the risk of child labour in their cocoa supply chain. In line with the Ghana Child Labor Monitoring System (GCLMS), the system is based on the presence of Community Facilitators (CF) within cocoa-growing communities who raise awareness on the issue of child labour; identify cases and implement remediation activities. (www.cocoainitiative.org) 

Established in 2002, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) is a leading organisation promoting child protection in cocoa-growing communities. ICI works with the cocoa industry, civil society and national governments in cocoa-producing countries to ensure a better future for children and contribute to the elimination of child labour. In September 2024, ICI will mandate a baseline survey in 10 primary schools in cocoa growing communities in Ghana for the project “Alliance for Change: Supported caregivers and thriving children”.

Job Description

Required Skills or Experience

Skills

• Solid working knowledge of Stata (skills in R, Python, SPSS, Excel or other statistical software an asset)
• Good understanding of inferential and causal design for programme evaluation (experimental designs, quasi-experimental designs such as difference-in-differences, propensity score matching, regression discontinuity design, etc.)
• Solid econometric skills for deriving robust results from complex socio-economic survey data
• Strong analytic capacity
• Listening and interview skills, including the ability to probe
• The ability to synthesize key messages, develop and deliver clear presentations to diverse audiences
• Excellent inter-personal skills and strong communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural teams

Education and work experience
Essential:

• A relevant master’s degree, or equivalent, in Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, International Development, or other relevant fields
• At least four years of relevant work experience in data analysis, applied research in social science or related fields, monitoring and evaluation or information management
• Proven experience of research design, data processing and analysis, including involvement in field data collection

Desirable:

• Experience working with external partners, for example supporting assessments or audits of needs, gaps and capacities, providing training or capacity building
• Experience with qualitative methods in social research
• Experience working with hard-to-reach populations and working with sensitive data
• Knowledge of child rights, child labour and forced labour
• Knowledge of the cocoa sector or other types of smallholder agricultural production
• Knowledge of mobile data collection techniques and experience designing and implementing mobile data collection in developing countries
• Experience using Geographic Information Systems

Languages

Fluency in written and spoken English, and a Ghanaian language preferably Twi. Knowledge of French would be an asset.