Centre for Information Resilience
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2021
🌍 Social Impact
📱 Media
🤝 Non-profit
Social Impact • Media • Non-profit
The Centre for Information Resilience is an independent organization focused on exposing human rights violations and threats to democracy through open source research and digital investigations. The organization works on a multitude of project areas, including Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Russia, often collaborating with media and local partners to amplify its impact. CIR has also established the CIR Open Source Film Awards to recognize impactful open source investigations in journalism. Their work involves verifying footage, gathering evidence, and publishing reports on issues like police violence, military tactics, and disinformation.
Senior Country Researcher
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote
⏳ Contract/Temporary
🟠 Senior
🧬 Research Scientist
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Centre for Information Resilience
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2021
🌍 Social Impact
📱 Media
🤝 Non-profit
Social Impact • Media • Non-profit
The Centre for Information Resilience is an independent organization focused on exposing human rights violations and threats to democracy through open source research and digital investigations. The organization works on a multitude of project areas, including Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Russia, often collaborating with media and local partners to amplify its impact. CIR has also established the CIR Open Source Film Awards to recognize impactful open source investigations in journalism. Their work involves verifying footage, gathering evidence, and publishing reports on issues like police violence, military tactics, and disinformation.
📋 Description
• Conduct media, social media, and (where safe) field research in Burkina Faso. • Analyse and synthesise gathered information and identify links between key pieces of evidence, distinguishing verifiable findings from analytical judgement. • Conduct key informant interviews — remotely or in person — to deepen understanding of key research questions. • Deliver comprehensive, well-sourced reports highlighting key information, links, patterns, and risks. • Manage a team of researchers.
🎯 Requirements
• Strong, current understanding of the Burkinabè political, security, religious, and information landscape, including the dynamics of the transition. • Demonstrated familiarity with the principal armed groups and influence actors affecting the information space. • Excellent investigative skills and a curious, sceptical mind. • Ability to operate in a logical, methodical, evidence-led manner with strong attention to detail and rigorous sourcing. • Analytical ability to identify links and connections using contextual information, and to explicitly flag uncertainty. • Strong operational security awareness and discretion, given the sensitivity of the subject matter and the constraints of the press and research environment. • Experience managing a diverse team. • Fluency in one or more of Burkina Faso's local languages. • Knowledge or experience scanning and reporting on social media activity across Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, and TikTok — the platforms that dominate the Burkinabè information ecosystem. • Knowledge or experience in approaches to building resilience to disinformation and harmful influence. • Familiarity with open-source research methods. • Experience in remote management or on remotely managed programs
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