Research Officer – Digital Labour Platforms

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Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Research/ Data analysis
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 22/01/2024
  • Location: Remote (global)
Economic justice
Key deliverables will include:

  • A research brief (6-8 pages) and accompanying slide deck synthesising existing research on the ways in which digital platforms are changing the world of work, focusing on research that is most relevant to workers in informal employment in the Global South, especially domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and market traders, and waste pickers. This may include research documenting new types of work to which those workers are being exposed through digital platforms.
  • A slide deck summarising how multilateral institutions, such as the World Bank, IMF, ILO, the EU governance structures and other key policy makers frame the topic of the “platform economy” and its impact on the development of labour markets.
  • A round of semi-structured online interviews with key stakeholders inside and outside the WIEGO Network exploring how informal economy workers’ organisations are experiencing corporate-owned digital platforms in their work and what alternatives to these models may be.
  • A round of semi-structured online interviews with institutional members and MBO partners that are developing union- or worker-led digital employment or marketing platforms or, failing these, state-led platforms that replace other brokers or intermediaries.
  • A series of targeted semi-structured online interviews with WIEGO individual members and external stakeholders who are engaged in research and policy processes on digital platform employment to inform the above.
  • One field visit to WIEGO Network members to further explore the questions arising from the annotated bibliography and semi-structured interviews with detailed field reports delivered within four weeks.
  • One visit to the International Labour Organization to meet key researchers and policymakers exploring questions on digital platform employment and informality, including the views of the ILO constituencies, with a detailed report delivered within four weeks.
  • A slide deck outlining key wins by workers organisations in the Global South in regulating digital platforms
  • Input to identify WIEGO’s niche in digital employment and marketing platform dynamics and WIEGO’s associated advocacy strategy.
  • Regular meetings with WIEGO’s International Coordinator and/or Research Coordinator.
  • Participation in WIEGO Research Forums and Research Committee meetings.




Required Experience and Qualifications:

  • A strong political economy lens informed by postgraduate level coursework in a relevant discipline (i.e. political science, economics, sociology, international relations);
  • Proven track record of working on digital platforms and the world of work (i.e. research and policy reports etc.);
  • A strong understanding of the informal economy in the Global South and preferably a specialised understanding of at least one of the four main worker groups with which WIEGO engages: domestic workers, home-based workers, street vendors and market traders, and waste pickers;
  • Knowledge of digital platforms in SE Asia
  • At least 3 years of experience in a research institute, think tank, or NGO with proven skills in research design and qualitative data collection methods;
  • Excellent writing skills in English (additional languages are a plus);
  • Experience working within a diverse multilingual, multicultural team.

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