Manager, Right-Fit Evidence @Innovations for Poverty Action

Job Description

Responsibilities

As a key point of contact for a diverse range of clients, including implementers, funders, and government agencies, you will manage the execution of a portfolio of impactful advisory engagements. You will oversee multiple project teams, developing tailored solutions to address clients’ evidence, learning, and M&E needs, and ensure high-quality implementation. This role spans various sectors, including education, technology, agriculture, and livelihoods. Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead the design, content creation, and delivery of 2-3 engagements simultaneously, providing workshops and advisory services to funders, government stakeholders, and implementers to enhance data-driven decision-making. This may include workshops on theory of change, learning plans, mixed-methods evaluation design, cost-effectiveness modeling, MEL system technical assistance, data use guidance, and evidence reviews.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for a diverse client base.
• Manage RFE Advisor(s) to develop and implement customized solutions for clients’ MEL needs.
• Advise and support IPA policy and country office teams globally on technical assistance engagements, often in collaboration with government partners.
• Oversee project finances, ensuring that high-quality outputs are delivered within budget.

Qualifications

Required

We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds who meet the qualifications outlined below. If you have relevant skills and experience but don’t have an exact match with the profiles listed, we encourage you to apply.

• Consulting professionals with international development experience who are eager to apply their skills in an entrepreneurial, impact-driven environment.
• Evaluators and M&E practitioners passionate about using data for learning and action, seeking to apply their expertise to client-focused advisory services.
• International development research management professionals who enjoy working closely with funders and practitioners and want to expand their expertise across various types of data and evidence that inform decision-making.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in international public policy, development economics, or a related field, with coursework in quantitative methods. MBAs are also welcome.
• 4+ years of relevant work experience, including expertise in M&E (public sector), education policy or program management (public/non-profit/private sectors), organizational performance/R&D/operational research (private sector), or management consulting/other professional services.
• Experience designing and managing evidence, learning, monitoring, and evaluation strategies and systems.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and conceptual thinking skills.
• Project and people management experience with demonstrated leadership.
• Proven ability to coach and train others on technical matters.
• Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly and insightfully, both verbally and in writing.
• Relevant work experience in low- and middle-income countries.
• Familiarity with global debates around M&E and the use of evidence for decision-making.
• Entrepreneurial, self-starter mindset, adaptable, and skilled in multitasking.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Preferred:

• Prior experience in consultancy or providing similar professional services.
• Expertise in multiple sectors of international development and/or humanitarian work, particularly education.
• Experience working with philanthropy and/or government stakeholders.
• Experience producing, publishing, and disseminating public goods for policy influence and advocacy.
• Deep understanding of various data collection and evaluation methods, with the ability to match methods to specific circumstances.
• Expertise in specific areas of monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Familiarity with M&E technology and exposure to data collection software such as Survey CTO, ODK, or similar platforms.
• Experience with qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Experience leading project or program evaluations.
• Familiarity with randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
• Working knowledge of French and/or Spanish.
• Lived experience in Africa and/or low- and middle-income countries.

Reports to

Director, Right Fit Evidence Unit

Deadline to Apply

February 5th, 2025

Location

IPA Country Offices in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zambia

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