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.
Requisition ID: 1747
Position Summary
- The (Senior) Manager is an essential member of IPA’s Global Research and Data Science (GRDS) team, playing a leadership role in three primary areas:
- Overseeing the GRDS research training portfolio, which includes a diverse range of onboarding and training programs for IPA staff and external partners;
- Providing technical support to IPA country offices and project teams to ensure adherence to research quality standards; and
- Contributing to the development and enhancement of research tools and resources.
- In addition, the (Senior) Manager will supervise and mentor teams of Data Associates, Data Specialists, and other IPA staff involved in research, data management, and training initiatives.
Responsibilities
10% - Research and Data Knowledge Portfolio:
- Lead GRDS’ research training portfolio, consisting of multiple staff training programs (in-person, remote, online) and capacity-building workshops for internal audiences and external partners.
- Write and negotiate multi-country training proposals, draft training workplans and budgets based on deliverables and productivity assumptions.
- Liaise with other functional teams at IPA to plan and design online training materials.
- Represent IPA in global events and strategic meetings with government agencies, academics, partner organizations,
- donors, and other key stakeholders.
- Hire, onboard, and mentor new GRDS members on GRDS’ training programs and best practices to ensure effective staff training.
- Manage training budgets, fee schedules, invoicing, and all financial oversight of GRDS’ training portfolio.
45% - Global Technical support:
- Support the management of global research support and troubleshooting requests.
- Provide direct technical support to global requests for coding services
- Build Scopes of Work for direct technical support and delegating tasks to other coding specialists.
- Liaise with country offices, particularly to provide technical mentorship to coding specialists.
- Manage and mentor team of analysts and specialists working on data and research technical support
25% - IPA Research Resources:
- Create, review, and disseminate research resources and technical materials.
- Support the design of IPA’s Research Resources repository that centralizes materials for IPA staff, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
20% - GRDS Business Development:
- Work closely with the Senior Director and CRMO to develop and implement a strategy for fundraising to support IPA’s development of a Data Science and Engineering line of work
- Lead development and submission of grant proposals and budgets
- Management and upkeep of tracking and reporting on business development
Qualifications
Required:
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
- At least five years of work experience.
- Experience in successful development of grant proposals in policy-relevant research.
- Excellent collaboration skills, with both internal and external collaborators.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to plan resources and actions to ensure timely and efficient service delivery.
- Ability to lead and to maintain effective working relationships in a multicultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, particularly in Excel.
- Advanced proficiency in SurveyCTO and Stata.
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, particularly in Excel.
Preferred:
- Master’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
- Experience managing a randomized control trial.
- Ability to work in one (or more) of the following software programs or languages: Python, R, Twilio, PowerBI, Java, SQL, VBA, GIS, and GitHub.
- Ability to work in one (or more) of the following languages: Spanish, French, Swahili.
Language:
- English required; French, Spanish, and/or Swahili are a bonus.
Travel Requirements:
- Ability to travel internationally 1-2 times per year
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