Data Analyst, Rooted in Trust: Internews Zimbabwe 243 views

About the project

The Rooted in Trust project works to combat COVID-19 rumors and misinformation in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Brazil, Mali, DRC, Sudan and South Sudan. We work to create impact at the local level and inform approaches to rumor management at the global level. The project is supported by a Global Technical Advisory team made up of media, humanitarian, data science and information management experts. In Phase 1 of the project, we collected more than 19 thousand rumors in 14 languages and supported more than 30 local trusted information providers. In this critical phase of the pandemic, we will build on these efforts to listen and respond to the information challenges faced by vulnerable groups in humanitarian contexts, encouraging open dialogue between citizens and scientists and stronger and more collaborative partnerships between information providers (such as local media) and humanitarian and health sources.

About the opportunity

The Data Analyst, Zimbabwe is tasked with wrangling qualitative and quantitative rumor data and working to find trends and information that will help us better understand community perceptions of the pandemic and vaccines. The DA will help partners and team members ensure qualitative data is collected in a consistent, continuous way and help analyze feedback with a focus on the concerns, fears and hopes that are behind rumors and drive misinformation. The DA will support the Internews team and its partners address misinformation; provide input for feedback reports for humanitarian partners to inform decision-making; and improve information provision with timely, locally relevant, and reliable information people trust.