Open-Source Gender Investigator – Contractor
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Open-source gender investigator researching gendered narratives and online harms in MENA conflicts. Conducting OSINT/SOCMINT investigations and producing evidence-based reports for CIR, a human-rights organisation.
Responsibilities:
- Employ open-source intelligence (OSINT) and social media analysis (SOCMINT) tools, techniques, and methodologies to research the MENA information environment
- Use SOCMINT tools to conduct audience analysis and gather audience insight
- Analyse and document evidence of ethnic, religious, and gendered hate speech, coordinated inauthentic behaviour, and other violations of platform terms, conditions, and standards
- Contribute to investigations into how gender and identity are exploited on social media in relation to ongoing conflicts in the MENA region
- Input information into project databases and code data to preset information fields
- Preserve and archive all data according to project and organisational standards
- Work with other investigators to analyse data from multiple sources and create comprehensive analytical reports on gendered hate speech, narratives, trends, and dynamics
- Support the design and production of high-quality reports explaining insights and the evidence and methodology underpinning them
Requirements:
- Proven experience with open-source intelligence (OSINT) and social media analysis (SOCMINT) tools and techniques
- Expertise in monitoring ethnic, religious and gendered hate speech
- Expertise in narrative tracking and social media research techniques
- Proven experience with the development of GESI framework and lexicons
- Ability to write short- and long-form reports using concise, clear and accurate language
- Flexibility and capacity to adapt to fast-paced, changing, and sometimes high-pressure environments
- Proactivity and willingness to work, learn from, and collaborate with project team members and the wider CIR
- Experience on conflicts in the MENA region
- Ability to speak and/or integrate multiple languages
- Use of network mapping and data visualisation tools
Benefits:
- Equal opportunities employer
- Adjustments or additional support available during the application process
- Remote interview option unless specified otherwise













