ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL POVERTY ACTION LAB VACANCIES: ASSOCIATE
RESEARCH MANAGER - YOUNG 1OVE
Country: Botswana
Education: Bachelor's
Language Requirement: English
Length of Commitment: Two years
Start Date: ASAP
Primary Purpose: You will play a key role in
ensuring that as Young 1ove grows and evolves existing
programs and develops new programs towards the goal of reaching 1 million youth
in Eastern and Southern Africa with proven life-saving information. This
includes analysis of large-scale randomized evaluation data in Southern Africa
in the quest to bridge the ‘last mile of evidence’ – achieving both internal
and external validity on ‘what works’ at scale. This also includes designing
small-scale decision-focused randomized controlled trials to answer curriculum
enhancement and delivery model questions. Moreover, you will be responsible for
designing non-randomized M&E systems and tools to assess whether we are
achieving impact at scale.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead
project design and implementation and provide technical oversight on key
quantitative research activities of the organization. This includes, but
is not limited to, ensuring activities are implemented with fidelity to
the research design, planning and coordinating project activities as well
as analyzing project data using Stata and reporting on results.
- Conduct
background research and literature reviews on current and new
high-potential programs for Young 1ove and codify theories of change to
facilitate evidence-based program design.
- Develop
and maintain paper and digital data collection tools and databases for all
field information; possible types of information including survey
monitoring data, pilot data and more. Lead survey design and data analysis
for Rapid Impact Assessments – a fusion of prediction & causal
techniques drawn from the technology sector (such as Google and Amazon)
and economics, public policy and public health – to rigorously assess the
impact of day-to-day changes made in our curricula. This process enables
us to get leading indications of impact before running largescale
RCTs.
- Clean,
manage and analyze large datasets and translate them into actionable
insights and better decision-making on a day-to-day basis.
- Produce
reports containing relevant insights and conclusions for internal,
academic and stakeholder audiences.
- Supervise
Research Assistant(s) and Surveyors in activities such as surveying,
monitoring, data entry, data cleaning and data analysis.
- Collaborate
across multiple departments and support building out a small research team
into a cutting-edge, rigorous M&E unit that fuses research and
practice for the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor
or Masters degree in economics, statistics, public policy, public health,
or a related discipline from an internationally recognized
university
- At
least 2-3 years of relevant experience in program design and/or
evaluation, including the design and execution of surveys, focus groups
& interviews, preferably within the context of randomized controlled
trials or scaled M&E systems and in low income or developing country
settings
- Excellent
working knowledge of STATA (or similar statistical software)
- Proficiency
in SurveyCTO and Tableau preferred
- Demonstrated
ability to manage various tasks effectively & coordinate amongst
project members and departments
- Fluency
in written and spoken English
Characteristics
- Communication
Skills – Strong written and verbal communications skills are
essential, in particular, the ability to communicate complex thoughts and
ideas simply and effectively and tailor communications to the
audience.
- Ability
to create “structure out of nothing” – Strong ability to turn a
visual reality or imagined outcome into a codified set of steps, actions
and goals on paper.
- Detail
oriented – Can process, record and react to details relating to
effective implementation and produce written work which captures “the
devil in the details.”
- Self-Starter –
The individual must be a highly motivated self-starter who can creatively
ensure that the engagement between different delegations (mainly
Innovation, Curriculum and Research) is cohesive, while ensuring that the
main decisions are evidence-based.
- Energy,
motivation and stamina – The role can be demanding and, at
times, subject to external pressures for timely completion. The candidate
must be adaptive, creative, organized, and highly motivated.
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