Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, August 10 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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About the Role
Knowledge Leadership team provides technical assistance to ensure evidence-based project design and to support internal and external learning from research and evaluation activities. With the expansion of GAIN’s policy and governance work, leadership is needed in conceptualizing impactful projects, researching what works, and applying appropriate methods for impact tracking.

The overall purpose of this position is strengthening the design and implementation of programs at GAIN through developing and overseeing a learning agenda for GAIN’s Policy & Governance work.

The post holder will be responsible for mapping knowledge gaps related to our policy and governance programming and identifying appropriate methods and approaches for filling knowledge gaps through research and evaluation.
In addition, the post holder will provide support to project teams bringing their expertise in policy and governance to project proposals and project design—for instance, through the development of evidence-based Theories of Change and Logic Models—and being responsible for the day-to day implementation, integration and oversight of research, monitoring, and learning for our Policy and Governance work.

Key Responsibilities include
• Serving as the focal point providing support to programmatic areas, lead on the development of high-quality research, evaluation, & learning activities (e.g., surveys, evaluations, implementation research and other assessments) in alignment with state-of-art understanding of methods and theory on policy and governance and with research good-practice guidelines
• Lead literature reviews, evidence synthesis, and other desk-research activities to support evidence-based project design and research, evaluation, & learning activities.
• Undertake rigorous data analysis and visualization.
• Oversight of field implementation of research, evaluation, learning, and knowledge management activities, including visiting study sites and interacting with project partners (e.g., implementing partners, consultants, contractors).
• Develop Terms of Reference and Requests for Proposals for contracting relevant research and evaluation activities, when necessary, managing contracts of research partners ensuring timely delivery of high-quality research products.
• Lead on the critical review and development of project reports and other knowledge products, including research articles, briefings, presentations, and associated tables/figures.
• Work closely with GAIN’s Development Office to produce regular donor reports, as necessary, including tracking and updating monitoring indicators to track the projects’ progress.

About you
• The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in research design and implementation skills using political science and/or social science research methodologies: including Political Economy Analysis (PEA), policy-process research, institutional analysis, and related approaches. Possess knowledge of theory and practice related to governance, institutions, service delivery, and other policy issues in Low and middle-income countries.
• The post holder should demonstrate understanding of nutrition and food systems policy and governance. Substantial hands-on experience doing relevant research in collaboration with local research counterparts, using either quantitative or qualitive methodologies. Experience should encompass the design of research methodologies, analysis of data, and reporting of results on the policy process and the role of policy, governance, and/or institutions in addressing poverty, food security, and nutrition issues.
• The candidate should have an education background with a master’s degree in political science, public policy, public health, sociology, economics, development studies, or related field. Degree should include formal training in research methods.


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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