Vacancy title:
Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Social Services & Nonprofit, Category: Nonprofit, and NGO]

Jobs at:
Innovations for Poverty Action

Deadline of this Job:
22 November 2022

Duty Station:
Within Rwanda , Kigali , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence
As an RFE Advisor, you will work on multiple advisory engagements. The main project that we expect you to focus on will be a learning and evaluation partnership with a leading nonprofit organization that supports smallholder farmers to achieve stronger and more resilient livelihoods.

Other engagements will follow in East Africa, and will likely span across multiple sectors such as education. Beyond working on specific engagements, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of new partnerships and to the core approaches and methodologies of the RFE Unit.

You will report to a Manager or Senior Manager in the Right-Fit Evidence Unit and, if not in the same country as them, will also receive oversight and support from a management team member in the country where you are based.

The position is open to any profile that would meet the criteria listed below. We particularly encourage those with the following profiles to apply, as these skills and interests are a particularly strong fit:
• Management consultants with some international development experience who would be excited by a career shift, leveraging their skillset towards an entrepreneurial and impact-focused environment
• M&E practitioners who are interested in broadening their scope and impact on the field by advising organizations on state-of-the-art MEL practices and making use-of-data and evidence a reality in the sector
• Research professionals in international development who enjoy working closely with practitioners and are interested in broadening their scope to all the types of data and evidence that can inform decisions

Irrespective of your background, RFE positions tend to be a great fit for anyone with a growth-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities
Under the guidance of a project manager specific to each project, you will lead the implementation of RFE advisory engagements, working closely with them and with other teams within IPA’s country office to develop tailor-made solutions for their data and evidence needs, and support their implementation. This includes the following responsibilities:
• Strategic and technical contribution: provision of advice and tools to advance partners’ learning goals in their programs, such as:
o Co-creating prototyping and iterative learning plans to improve early-stage program activities
o Designing learning-oriented process evaluations
o Assisting clients to identify M&E questions to test the assumptions in their theory of change, and to design cost-effective approaches to rigorously test these assumptions
o Providing technical advice, to partners on the development and implementation of M&E plans, the design of indicators, data collection methods, and data management
• Research design and analysis: Take part in the design, implementation, and analysis of data collection and other evaluative work that sometimes complement RFE’s advisory work (including in this first engagement mentionned above)
• Project management: Lead work planning and project management to ensure effective and timely implementation of our work
• Stakeholder communication: Maintain strong communication and partnership with key stakeholders, including direct stakeholder management with leadership staff from partner organizations
• Workshop design and facilitation: Design and facilitate various kinds of external MEL-related workshops
• Professional deliverables: Own the preparation and presentation of various types of advisory and analytical deliverables, maintaining the highest standards of communication efficiency
• Contribution to the development of new RFE engagements: Take part in scoping meetings, contributing to the design of methodologies, and writing concept notes or proposals

Contribution to the development and refinement of RFE service offerings: Continuously improve the work that we do with our partners

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, social science, or a related field
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in M&E (public sector), organizational performance/R&D/operational research (private sector), or experience in management consulting/other professional services
• Superior analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Experience with quantitative data collection and analysis (including Excel)
• Experience with qualitative research
• Strong client-facing and presentation skills
• Ability to present information in a structured and insightful way, both in writing and orally
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, versatility, and ability to learn at a fast pace
• Fluency in English
• Passion for making data-driven decisions a reality in the international development sector.

Preferred Additional Qualifications
• Master’s degree in economics, public policy, social science, or a related field
• Experience with prototyping or human-centered design
• Familiarity with the concepts surrounding the Theory of Change and the core tools of M&E
• Exposure to agriculture or livelihoods programming
• Experience living and working in East Africa

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Complete the J-PAL/IPA common application . After completing a brief registration, choose the APPROPRIATE CATEGORY job category, then select “Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence”. Applications require you to include a statement of purpose (cover letter) and CV.
Given the volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

About IPA
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor. In recent decades, trillions of dollars have been spent on programs designed to reduce global poverty, but clear evidence on which programs succeed is rare, and when evidence does exist, decision-makers often do not know about it. IPA exists to bring together leading researchers and these decision-makers to ensure that the evidence we create leads to tangible impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 600 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. This research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions of individuals worldwide.

IPA's Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI)
As an organization, IPA is dedicated to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable populations through evidence and policy. We also recognize how important it is for our staff to reflect the diversity of the places where we work and the communities we work with. As such, IPA is committed to hiring from a diverse pool of candidates, from a range of backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives. We know that this makes our work stronger and more responsive to the challenges faced by those we work with and for and we encourage people from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Click here to learn more about IPA’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Innovations for Poverty Action is an affirmative action equal opportunity employer. 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 1-202-386-6200. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work to be performed by the specified position. The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs@poverty-action.org .


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