Virtual Research and Administrative Assistant at IRMA - Integrated Risk Management Associates LLC - Tucson, Arizona, United States
● Who we are:IRMA is a women-owned limited liability company, founded in 2015, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, USA. ● What we do: Our mandate is to promote equitable human development and undertake effective humanitarian action. We are driven by quality, innovation and impact rather than profit. The services we provide to governments, inter-governmental organizations, donors, NGOs and private companies operating in this field include:• Research, learning and knowledge management;• Policy, strategy and program design and development;• Technical support for accountability and quality assurance, including MEAL;• Capacity-building, facilitation and training.● Our expertise and experience: Specialising in inter-disciplinary research, IRMA has deep experience in all sectors of development and humanitarian action, including food, nutrition and livelihoods; health and wellbeing, child protection and education; WASH, shelter, environment and natural resource management; gender equity and social inclusion. As indicated by our name, we also have specific thematic expertise in ‘integrated risk management', which enables us to advise our clients on strategies to strengthen societal resilience, promote DRR and foster climate change adaptation, all of which are increasingly important in our era of complexity and escalating risk. ● Our team: The Directors/Co-founders of IRMA are Lezlie Morinière (Ph.D. Climate Science, U of Arizona and MPH Nutritional Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tulane) and Marilise Turnbull (M. Sc Development Management, Open U.K). IRMA has over twenty Associates whose competences are matched to its range of assignments. Together, IRMA's Associates have worked in over 60 countries across all world regions, in urban and rural contexts, and in situations of conflict, fragility, post-disaster and inequitable development. We pride ourselves in offering a diverse, gender-balanced, multi-lingual and culturally sensitive team for every assignment.