Position:Research Manager (Zambia-Malawi)
Reports to: Country Director
Deadline to apply: Rolling
Desired start date: Rolling
Length of commitment: 2+ years
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), is an international non-profit
research organization. Based in New Haven, CT, with offices in New
York, NY, Washington, D.C. and worldwide, IPA works with development
partners and academic researchers to create and evaluate approaches to
solving development problems, to communicate “what works” in
development and to scale up successful projects in a variety of fields,
including health, education, microfinance, governance and agriculture.
IPA is currently seeking a Research Manager to join one of its country
programs to oversee a portfolio of projects. IPA regularly recruits
Research Managers, as new projects are continually opening within
country programs.
Position Summary:
Research Managers manage a portfolio of up to five projects. These
projects will include both research and project implementation
components. They span a range of sectoral areas, such as finance,
agriculture, health, education and gender issues. As part of their
supervisory role, the Research Manager works closely with the country
office to ensure effective support is provided to projects, and that projects
are working within the relevant policies and procedures. Research
Managers are members of country program management teams, thus they
play a senior management role through contributions to country program
development, project development, policy conversations as well as
capacity building.
Responsibilities:
The Research Manager will:
-Keep the Country Director apprised of all developments on the projects
in their portfolio, and serve as key link between the field office, project
staff, and Principal Investigators
-Ensure project adherence in the field to general research design, sample
selection, data management and analysis, and overall project
management
-Oversee project financial management, including creation and
monitoring of project budgets, and ensure smooth integration of projects
into IPA financial systems
Work with field office staff to ensure sound human resource and
operational management of projects
-Directly supervise project research staff (Project Associates, Research
Associates and Field Managers), and help with transitions, on-boarding
of new research staff and maintaining “institutional memory” of project
activities
-Ensure that project deliverables, such as reports and financial statements,
are submitted to donors and partners on time
-Lead training on data management and general project management for
new/incoming project research staff
Promote inter-project best practices and take a lead in sharing best
practices with projects through formal and informal training
opportunities
-Be the point of contact for data management and analysis support for
project staff by serving as the link between projects and IPA
headquarters
Attend regular meetings with local government officials and partners to
ensure success of both project specific and key IPA programmatic
activities
-Support the dissemination of results via presentations and reports to
academic and non-academic audiences
-Assist the Country Director in developing the research designs for new
studies in cooperation with principal investigators and partner
organizations
Required Qualifications:
-Masters in development economics, public policy, global health,
international education or a related field
At least two years of project management experience
-Strong budgeting and financial management skills; experience with
writing donor reports and grant proposals
-Strong written and oral communication skills and complete fluency in
English is required
Experience supervising data collection, teams of field workers, survey
design and implementation and data management.
-Background in
randomized control trials is strongly preferred
Cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with
diverse constituencies required; developing country experience required
Strong quantitative skills and working knowledge of Stata or other
statistical packages such as SPSS or R
An ability to commit to this position for at least two years
-Flexible and proactive work ethic with a demonstrated interest in the
vision and mission of Innovations for Poverty Action
Additional Desired Qualifications:
-Advanced knowledge of Stata or any statistical packages preferably SPSS
and/or CSPro
-Experience with electronic data collection platforms
-Demonstrated ability to work with donors and/or partner organizations;
experience with grants management
Experience with data management, econometrics, and applied statistics
-Experience with presenting research findings at public forums, including
to non-research focused audiences, is preferred
Innovations for Poverty Action is an EO Employer-MF/Veteran/
Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class.
IPA will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to a qualified
applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an
undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you
require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an
interview, please contact us at jobs@poverty-action.org or via phone at 1-203-772-2216
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