Local Research Specialist – Angola (UNICEF‑funded)

About the role

FikaFika is seeking a Local Research Specialist based in Angola to support a UNICEF‑funded study on the situation of children, adolescents and women along the Lobito Corridor. The consultant will work with the Fika research team to produce a data‑driven situational analysis and related policy outputs.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical input for secondary data analysis, literature reviews and situational assessments focusing on national data systems and the Lobito Corridor provinces.
• Summarise Angola’s policy landscape, administrative data and national statistical system, and facilitate access to relevant data sources from line ministries.
• Support and facilitate stakeholder consultations with UNICEF Angola, UN agencies, government counterparts and development partners.
• Prepare technical reports, bilingual outputs and policy‑facing documents (inception report, draft and final reports, policy brief, PowerPoint) in English and Portuguese.
• Ensure integration of gender equality, child rights, disability inclusion and safeguarding considerations into all analytical work.
• Carry out additional research activities as requested by the research lead.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in social sciences, development studies, public policy, economics, statistics, sociology, anthropology or a related field.
• 7–10 years of professional experience in social policy research, child rights or development evaluation in Angola.
• Demonstrated expertise in quantitative analysis of large national datasets.

Required skills

• Proficiency in statistical software such as STATA, SPSS or R (or equivalent).