- Identifying business opportunities
- Writing research proposal (technical and financial) for evaluation studies and other research/documentation related assignments
- Making proposal presentations and negotiations with potential client
- Business Strategy formulation
Project Management:
- Preparing and finalizing appropriate evaluation design
- Literature/Secondary review
- Developing and finalizing research tools quantitative and qualitative based on the project LFA/Theory of Change etc.
- Survey sampling
- Identify and finalize field team coordinate with field service providers
- Preparing training modules and conducting field training
- Documentation of internal and external assignments as and when required
- Document MLE processes and share lessons learned within the organization
- Periodic reporting to the clients
- Ensure quality and timeliness in all projects
- Ensuring project completion within agreed budget
Data management and reporting:
- Data editing, analysis along with colleagues
- Report writing / presentations top-line findings, draft report, final report, dissemination
- Writing high impact research papers and publish articles
Organizational development:
- Identifying resources (both HR and logistics) as and when required
- Building capacity of the team members
- Explore strategic associations and building partnerships
- Assisting in client servicing and other administrative and office management tasks
- Any other tasks as assigned
Education and work experience for the position
- Masters degree in evaluation, public health, economics, demography, or other relevant social science field that includes statistical training and experimental methods; a doctorate is strongly preferred;
- Total work experience of 2-5 years with M&E / Research agencies.
- Research experience and in-depth knowledge of experimental and quasi-experimental methods applied in impact evaluation (RCT, IV, propensity score matching, DID and interrupted time series);
- Experience designing and implementing one or more of the following: implementation research, process evaluations, formative research, qualitative research;
- Academic knowledge of and direct field experience with health, nutrition, and other social sector research in L&MICs
- Experience in L&MIC policy development and/or policy implementation at either the national or sub-national level preferred;
- Project management experience;
Skills:
- Ability to carry out data analysis in Stata / SPSS / NVivo / Atlas TI and/or other analysis software packages;
- Excellent oral and written communication as well as presentation skills in English; Hindi and/or other regional languages of India; professional proficiency highly preferred;
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the flexibility and willingness to adapt to shifting weekly priorities and deadlines
