TCI Global is hiring a Research Assistant on a short-term consultancy basis to support documentation and report drafting work across their Secretariat team. This is a fully remote role running from 1 June to 30 November 2026, paying USD 3,500 for the contract period. If you have a background in disability rights, report writing, or development documentation, apply before 10 May 2026.
About This Role
The Research Assistant TCI Global Remote Kenya 2026 consultancy is a structured writing and documentation support role. TCI’s Secretariat is managing multiple ongoing workstreams — reports, briefs, and documents — and needs additional capacity to organise existing materials, produce clean drafts, and push deliverables to final, submission-ready form.
You will report directly to the Director of Advocacy and Research and work alongside assigned Secretariat focal points on a report-by-report basis. The work is remote and deadline-driven, with weekly check-in calls and email updates keeping the team aligned. This role suits a self-directed professional who can take raw notes, transcripts, and meeting minutes and turn them into well-structured, readable documents without much hand-holding.
Preference will be given to persons with disabilities or those with prior association with the international disability rights movement.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, edit, and write reports and short documents from existing internal materials including notes, minutes, and transcripts
- Organise information into clean records covering initial drafts, tracked-change versions, and final outputs
- Conduct targeted desk research to fill data and information gaps, including policy references, legal frameworks, and citation sourcing
- Maintain a structured Google Drive docket of organised notes, materials, and reference links for each report
- Update a simple weekly progress tracker in Google Sheets or Excel throughout the assignment
- Deliver clean final documents in Google Docs or Word, with tracked changes where requested
- Participate in weekly touch-base calls with the Secretariat and respond to feedback promptly via email
Specific Deliverables
You will support completion of 7 documents over the contract period:
- TCI Plenary Report (1): Up to 30–32 pages covering the 2024 TCI Plenary conference. Reference materials include a concept note, documentation notes, and video recordings of panels
- Country Mission Reports (5): Up to 20–22 pages each, covering five country mobilisation missions conducted between 2023 and 2024. Reference materials include concept notes, documentation notes, and photos
- Deinstitutionalization Webinar Report (1): A draft already exists for this 2021 four-part webinar series — your task is restructuring and editing to bring it to final form
Each report must include all standard components: table of contents, list of abbreviations, executive summary, introduction, key highlights, conclusions, recommendations, and annexes/references.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- At least 2 years of experience in disability rights, inclusion documentation, or a closely related development field
- Demonstrated ability to draft and structure long-form reports from raw inputs such as notes, minutes, and transcripts
- Strong editing skills — ability to restructure existing drafts and improve clarity and consistency
- Proven time management — ability to handle multiple documents and meet deadlines
- Comfort working with sensitive and confidential internal organisational information
- Basic referencing and fact-checking skills, including proper citation formatting
- Proficiency in Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Microsoft Word
Desirable:
- Writing samples demonstrating CRPD-aligned (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) documentation
- Prior experience working with or within an international disability rights organisation or OPD network
- Lived experience of disability or direct association with the disability movement
Skills and Competencies
- Strong synthesis skills — turning scattered inputs into coherent, readable narrative
- High attention to consistency in formatting, tone, and structure across long documents
- Ability to work independently in a remote setup with minimal supervision
- Clear written communication for feedback loops with a distributed team
- Discretion and professionalism when handling unpublished organisational materials
What TCI Global Offers
- Consultancy fee: USD 3,500 for the full contract period (1 June – 30 November 2026)
- Fully remote engagement — work from anywhere in Kenya or the region
- Meaningful work within the international disability rights and psychosocial disability inclusion space
- Exposure to multi-country documentation covering Africa and beyond
About TCI Global
TCI Global is an international organisation working on the inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities in disability and development agendas worldwide. Through its Secretariat, TCI coordinates member networks, runs country-level mobilisation missions, hosts plenary conferences, and produces policy documentation aligned with the CRPD framework.
TCI’s work spans over 30 countries, engaging organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs), government stakeholders, and civil society actors. Their focus on psychosocial disability — an often-marginalised category even within disability rights spaces — makes this a distinctive and mission-critical organisation to work with. Visit tciglobal.org for more information.
How to Apply
Click the Apply button on the original job listing to be redirected to TCI Global’s application portal. Prepare the following before applying:
- An updated CV highlighting report writing, editing, and disability sector experience
- At least one writing sample — ideally a long-form report, brief, or structured document you have authored or co-authored
- A short cover note stating your relevant experience and availability for the June–November 2026 period
Application Deadline
Sunday, 10 May 2026
Documents Required
- Updated CV/Resume
- Writing sample(s) demonstrating report drafting or CRPD-aligned documentation
- Cover letter / expression of interest
- National ID or valid identification
