Open-Source Gender Investigator Contractor - Sudan Witness

Centre for Information Resilience

10h • Remote

About The Position

The Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is an independent organization dedicated to exposing human rights violations and threats to democracy through open-source research, digital investigations, capacity-building, and media collaboration. CIR focuses on investigating and documenting human rights abuses, war crimes, harms targeting women and minorities, and influence operations, particularly in areas of violent conflict. The Sudan Witness project specifically focuses on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), translating evidence into accountability, advocacy, and interventions. This role involves conducting analysis of online hate speech, primarily in Arabic, within the context of Sudan.

Requirements

• Ability to work proficiently in Arabic (Sudanese Dialect is highly desirable).
• Experience with open-source intelligence (OSINT) and social media analysis (SOCMINT) tools and techniques, including social media monitoring, narrative analysis, stakeholder and network mapping.
• Experience in collecting and verification of documenting evidence of Ethnic and Gendered Hate speech, Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour and other violations of platform terms and conditions and standards.
• Prior experience conducting OSINT research on Sudan and/or East Africa.
• Ability to work independently, including time management and prioritisation of tasks.

Nice To Haves

• Particular experience or expertise on gendered hate speech (TFGBV).

Responsibilities

• Employ open-source intelligence (OSINT) and social media analysis (SOCMINT) tools, techniques, and methodologies to conduct research into the Sudanese information environment.
• Use SOCMINT tools to conduct audience analysis and gather audience insight.
• Analyze and document evidence of Ethnic and Gendered Hate speech, Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour and other violations of platform terms and conditions and standards.
• Contribute to CIR’s ongoing investigations into how gender and identity are exploited on social media in relation to ongoing conflict in Sudan and other conflict contexts.
• Contribute to the project's day-to-day monitoring, archiving and verification of open-source information.
• Input information into the project’s databases and code that data to pre-set information fields as required.
• Ensure that all data is preserved and archived according to project standards.
• Work with other investigators to analyse data from multiple sources and create comprehensive analytical reports on hate speech, trends, and dynamics.
• Support the design and production of high-quality reports that effectively explain insights and the evidence and methodology underpinning them.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed