Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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:
• Co-creating prototyping and iterative learning plans to improve early-stage program activities
• Designing learning-oriented process evaluations
• 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
• 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

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

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 “JOB NAME”. 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.
Follow the link to apply: https://www.poverty-action.org/job/advisor-right-fit-evidence

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