IPA Associate Research Manager Jobs 2022 – Uganda NGO Jobs. IPA Uganda looking for “Associate Research Manager“. Applicants with a degree in Master’s degree may apply on or before Nov. 25, 2022.
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that creates and shares evidence, while equipping decision-makers to use evidence to reduce poverty. With a long-term presence in 22 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, IPA leads the field of development in cutting-edge research quality, innovation, and impact.
IPA Associate Research Manager Jobs 2022
The IPA has published a job vacancy announcement on Oct. 15, 2022 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Associate Research Manager to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
| Recruiter | Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) |
| Position | Associate Research Manager |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Master’s degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Five years |
| Application Deadline | Nov. 25, 2022 |
IPA Job Vacancy 2022
Responsibilities
- Working closely with the Country Office and RFE team, ensure sound logistics for advance planning and smooth execution of data collection, data cleaning, and data analysis for portfolio of projects
- Keep the Country Director and RFE team appraised of all developments on the projects in their portfolio, and serve as key link between the field office, project staff, and implementing partners
- Ensure project adherence in the field to research design, sample selection, data management and analysis, and overall project management
- Oversee country office allocation of project financial management, including creation and monitoring of project budgets, and ensure smooth integration of projects into IPA financial systems
- Work with field office staff to ensure sound human resource and operational management of projects
- Directly supervise project research staff (Research Associates and Field Managers), and help with transitions, on-boarding of new research staff and maintaining “institutional memory” of project activities
- Ensure that project deliverables, such as reports and financial statements, are submitted to donors and partners on time
- Lead training on data management and general project management for new/incoming project research staff
- Integrate capacity building of implementing partners to the degree possible in data collection, cleaning, and analysis
- Promote inter-project best practices and take a lead in sharing best practices with projects through formal and informal training opportunities
- Be the point of contact for data management and analysis support for project staff by serving as the link between projects and IPA headquarters
- Attend meetings with local government officials and partners to ensure success of both project specific and key IPA programmatic activities
- Support the Country Director in the development of new research studies in cooperation with principal investigators and partner organizations
Position in Organization:
- Reports To: Country Director
- Deadline To Apply: Rolling Basis
- Desired Start Date: Asap
- How To Apply: Apply Now
- Job Type: International
- City: Kampala
- Country: Uganda
Qualification:
- Master’s degree in related field, such as development economics, public policy, public health, or education policy
- Five years of research or project management experience
- Strong budgeting and financial management skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills and complete fluency in English is required
- Experience supervising data collection, teams of field workers, survey design and implementation and data management.
- Cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies required; developing country experience required
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and train staff and partner organizations in data collection, cleaning, and analysis
- Strong qualitative and quantitative skills
- Experience conducting process evaluations
- Experience with electronic data collection platforms (SurveyCTO, KoBo, etc.)
- Significant education sector expertise
- Demonstrated ability to work with donors and partner organizations; experience with grants management
- Flexible and proactive work ethic with a demonstrated interest in the vision and mission of IPA
Additional Desired Qualifications:
- Advanced experience with data management and applied statistics
- Experience with interventions for out of school children (OOSC), refugees, and internally-displaced persons (IDPs)
- Experience with presenting research findings at public forums, including to non-research focused audiences
How to Apply IPA Associate Research Manager Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://www.poverty-action.org/job/associate-research-manager-2
The Closing Date: Nov. 25, 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.poverty-action.org |
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