our common home · 1 day ago
Research Lead / Senior Research Consultant – AYANA (Indonesia)
Maryland, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expOur Common Home is a non-profit organisation focused on addressing climate change through community engagement and research. The Research Lead / Senior Research Consultant will oversee the technical and analytical aspects of Ayana's audience research in Indonesia, particularly focusing on values-based segmentation to enhance engagement strategies.
Civic & Social Organization
Responsibilities
Act as the overall technical lead for the research, responsible for methodological integrity, analytical coherence, and continuity across phases
Hold primary responsibility for technical decision-making on research design, instruments, sampling, and analytical framing, balancing: OCH research standards and methodological protocols, the political, cultural, and practical realities of Indonesia (starting with Java), Ayana’s strategic, and operational needs
Lead the design, localisation, and governance of all research instruments including: A values-based master survey questionnaire (core modules + Java-specific modules, designed for future regional adaptation), Interview and focus group discussion guides for qual phases
Ensure that all research tools and sampling approaches are methodologically sound, feasible, and fit for purpose, making and documenting trade-offs where necessary
Provide technical and quality oversight of the external research agency, including review of tools, translations, and fieldwork protocols, and ongoing quality monitoring during data collection
Ensure that learning, insights, and constraints from each phase inform the design, focus, and methods of subsequent phases
Adapt workflows, and processes as needed to reflect contextual realities while maintaining timeliness and adherence to internal protocols
Act as the lead analyst and sense-maker across qualitative and quantitative phases
Define the analytical questions, priorities, and specifications for quantitative analysis (including descriptive analysis, indexes, and cluster / segmentation analysis) conducted by the internal OCH analysis team
Assess robustness, coherence, and strategic value of segmentation solutions and analytical outputs
Integrate qualitative and quantitative findings into clear values-based audience segments, narratives, and personas
Lead the conceptual framing, narrative structure, and strategic interpretation of all major research outputs
Lead the development of key research outputs, including: Descriptive analysis summaries (internal and funder-facing), Segmentation insight decks, Integrated research reports (long-form document and presentation formats)
Work closely with the Ayana team to identify strategic implications, tensions, and engagement opportunities for Ayana’s campaigns and regional work
Collaborate with designers on data visualisation and storytelling, ensuring analytical accuracy and narrative clarity (design production handled separately)
Support the preparation and delivery of briefings, workshops, and sense-making sessions with Ayana, OCH, and external stakeholders
Work in close partnership with the Research Project Manager, who supports: work planning and timelines, coordination and communication across teams and partners, tracking delivery and dependencies
Collaborate with Ayana’s strategists and director to ensure research outputs are contextually sound, mission aligned and actionable
Maintaining active coordination with och global research team to ensure alignment with och standards
Document key analytical decisions, assumptions, learnings to support organisational memory and future research cycles
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in applied qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research, ideally including:
Values-based or psychographic segmentation
Audience, narrative, or political research
Demonstrated hands-on experience across the research cycle, including:
Sampling qualitative and quantitative design and recruitment strategies
Design and adaptation of survey questionnaires
Design of interview and/or focus group discussion guides
Analysis and synthesis of qualitative data (e.g. thematic, narrative, ethnographic approaches)
Interpretation of quantitative outputs (including descriptive analysis and segmentation results)
Experience working with or alongside non-researchers (e.g. strategists, campaigners, advocates, programme teams), with the ability to translate research into insights that are understandable, relevant, and usable
Excellent analysis, synthesis, and storytelling skills, with experience producing high-quality reports and presentations
Proven ability to balance technical rigor with real-world constraints, making sound methodological trade-offs in complex or resource-constrained contexts
Deep understanding of Indonesian socio-cultural, political, and religious contexts, with sensitivity to regional diversity, particularly within Java
Ability to work autonomously and with initiative, while collaborating across multiple teams and partners
High level of judgement, reliability, and comfort working with complexity
Good level of English and fluent Bahasa Indonesian
Preferred
Experience with psychographic cluster-based segmentation
Experience working with NGOs, civil society organisations, or movement-oriented research
Familiarity with campaign strategy, advocacy, or public engagement work
Company
our common home
our common home is an organisation that promotes civic participation of everyone in society to build solutions to our changing natural environment, in particular people with more traditional values who feel a deep attachment to place, to their traditions, to their family and nation and who so far have been left out of the conversation.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase