The Peace and Recovery Program (P&R) aims to improve outcomes for conflict- and crisis-affected populations by building the evidence base and informing policy on reducing violence and fragility, promoting peace, and preventing, managing, and recovering from crises. The program does this through research project development, supporting projects through competitive research funds, providing... technical assistance to research projects, disseminating results, and equipping policymakers and practitioners to use emerging evidence. The Program Associate supports P&R displacement and humanitarian portfolios.

Responsibilities


Project development P&R’s displacement and humanitarian portfolios 50%
Mapping stakeholders in P&R’s priority project development sectors
Liaising with implementers and researchers working on displacement and humanitarian issues
Liaising with IPA Country Offices, researchers, and implementing organizations in order to support them in project development efforts related to displacement and humanitarianism
Identifying specific interventions to evaluate, and matching these programs with researchers willing to evaluate them
Prospecting potential donors for new projects and initiatives
Mapping stakeholders in P&R’s priority project development sectors
Communications and policy outreach 35% 
Drafting project summaries, blogs, and policy briefs, of funded projects on displacement and humanitarian issues, and liaising with research teams for approval
Synthesizing existing impact evaluation research related to displacement and humanitarianism, translating it into clear policy takeaways
Working with grantees to share intermediary (e.g. baseline results) and final findings with partners for learning and decision-making
Coordinating evidence dissemination workshops and events with practitioners and researchers, especially in countries where we have a presence and where research has been conducted
Drafting case studies on evidence use by partners
Supporting the policy work of IPA Country Offices related to the topic
Managing other communications and dissemination opportunities as required
General program administration 15%
Tracking key displacement and humanitarian contacts
Supporting the streamlining of P&R’s processes and procedures
Contributing to the implementation of IPA’s diversity, equality, and inclusion strategy, including tracking P&R’s progress against organizational metrics


Qualifications


Required
Bachelor’s degree in economics, political science, public policy, or related disciplines
At least 3 years of work or internship experience in research, international development, program administration, or a related field
Demonstrated knowledge of topics related to displacement and humanitarianism
Attention to operational and research detail, and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks efficiently
Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively and clearly with internal and external stakeholders using cogent, precise, non-technical language
Ability to present information in a structured and insightful way, both in writing and orally
Flexibility, self-motivation, willingness to learn, and a team-oriented attitude more

Policy development 25%


In collaboration with the Director, Global Operations, produce, roll out and maintain updated safety and security and safeguarding policies and SOPs for employees, ensuring compliance to the organization's global safety and security standards. 


Safety and security, safeguarding and travel technical support 50%


Conduct threat and risk assessments at the... country and regional level, support procurement of consulting services as needed, and provide recommendations for context specific security management requirements to senior management.
Serve as a member of the security unit, coordinating employee and asset-related emergencies and incidents, keeping senior management informed and recommending appropriate response actions.
Draft security advisories with recommendations  for  senior management regarding general situation, specific incidents, and periods of heightened threat.
Regularly review project-specific safeguarding compliance plan and safety and security SOPs
Establish a network with other key security players for information sharing and joint lobbying on security matters where possible.
Work with the security focal points to conduct hotel assessments in liaison with the travel management company for a safety and security approval process.
Support SFP s and CDs to develop evacuation and hibernation plans for the countries that require them according to IPA’s Safety and Security Policy
Provide technical security advice in consultation with senior management on the existing and any new potential offices including site selection and establishment of effective physical and procedural security measures.
Stays abreast of social, cultural, legal, and criminal issues, nationally and internationally, and their impact on the organization and its business
Use IPA’s travel management system to track the location and contact information for all visiting employees and consultants.
Support the coordination with IPA’s Travel Agent on security matters, and all other aspects as needed.


Capacity building and training 15%


Identify, establish, and manage context appropriate approaches to assure facilities and assets are secure.
Conduct  safety and security training for employees including personal safety, emergency evacuations, travel safety, relocation, and evacuation, etc


Leadership 10%


Lead by example, modeling IPA' s culture and values, and fostering an environment of teamwork, accountability, creativity, and innovation.
Contribute to the development of contextualized IPA' s security priorities ensuring that safety operations and compliance considerations are property built into local plans and budgets.
Model the highest standards of integrity and communication both internally with IPA teams and externally with local and regional stakeholders, partners, and funders.


Qualifications

Required


Minimum of 5+ years experience designing and coordinating security for international organizations working in high-risk contexts;
Substantial and documented, prior experience as a trainer and training skills - the ability to develop, implement, facilitate, and impart learning to a wide range of audiences.
High level of experience, ready to learn developing security related technical tools guidelines and systems as well as able to work under minimal supervision
Experience operating in insecure environments.
Understanding of principles and code of conduct associated with a specific sector and/or sub-sector of work such as, development, humanitarian, etc. linked to NGO contexts.
Effective and clear communicator, ability to collaborate across teams and geographies and Initiates and skilled in interdisciplinary problem solving.
Ability to gain a precise understanding of the various local, regional, country, and international policies, operational positions, and interactions, providing clear dynamic briefings and analysis of given and unfolding security and political situations when they occur.
Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis, and strategic planning and project management skills.
Demonstrated ability to manage and work under stressful conditions.
Understanding of the Sub-Saharan political, contextual, and ethical issues in assigned areas.
Previous experience interacting with local government agencies, and other foreign agencies to implement security strategies and procedures relating to S&S matters.
Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English.
Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent in Criminal Justice, Security Administration or Related Field. more

Background

Coordinate and receive coffee from the study area (Kasese) to Kampala by working closely with the IPA field team in Kasese and in particular the IPA Research Associate and an officer assigned to managing logistics in Kasese.
Manage coffee sales to exporters in Kampala by working closely with research team members.
Ensure adherence to quality standards during the transportation and... sale of coffee. more

Background

Coordinate and receive coffee from the study area (Kasese) to Kampala by working closely with the IPA field team in Kasese and in particular the IPA Research Associate and an officer assigned to managing logistics in Kasese.
Manage coffee sales to exporters in Kampala by working closely with research team members.
Ensure adherence to quality standards during the transportation and... sale of coffee. more

Do you enjoy driving results via data science and research projects? We seek an effective, energetic, and organized individual to spearhead IPA’s global research and data science project management. You will play a vital role in driving technical innovation and delivering on IPA’s commitment to high-quality data standards. You will lead project management within the Global Research and Data... Science team, coordinate planning and communications with internal stakeholders at IPA, and support proposal preparation and reporting requirements to external stakeholders. The Technical Program Manager collaborates with colleagues worldwide to support high-quality research and data science that impacts millions of lives. We value unique perspectives and offer a supportive environment where team members can grow professionally while contributing to meaningful research and data science solutions.
Responsibilities

Implement and manage agile methodologies for global research and data coding projects.
Manage and coordinate responses to global research and data coding requests.
Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives with GRDS team and cross-functional teams.
Participate in team meetings and contribute to strategy development.
Identify and implement process improvements and agile best practices.
Support and maintain IPA's research quality standards through partnerships with country programs and research teams.
Liaise with IPA country offices, sector programs, policy teams, and Right-fit Evidence unit to ensure timely project completion.
Lead the preparation of updates on GDRS activities to internal IPA stakeholders.
Contribute to proposal preparation for GRDS funding and reporting to donors and other stakeholders.

Qualifications
Required

3+ years’ experience in managing complex, international, multi-stakeholder data-related projects.
Experience in agile project management principles.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, or Six Sigma) or equivalent experience. more

Background

Coordinate and receive coffee from the study area (Kasese) to Kampala by working closely with the IPA field team in Kasese and in particular the IPA Research Associate and an officer assigned to managing logistics in Kasese.
Manage coffee sales to exporters in Kampala by working closely with research team members.
Ensure adherence to quality standards during the transportation and... sale of coffee. more

Background

Coordinate and receive coffee from the study area (Kasese) to Kampala by working closely with the IPA field team in Kasese and in particular the IPA Research Associate and an officer assigned to managing logistics in Kasese.
Manage coffee sales to exporters in Kampala by working closely with research team members.
Ensure adherence to quality standards during the transportation and... sale of coffee. more

Position Summary

The Research and Project Development Associate will play a key role in the growth of new business for IPA Nigeria. They will work closely with the Research & Project Development Manager to grow IPA Nigeria’s project portfolio by developing new projects with researchers and partner organizations and preparing proposals for funding opportunities as they arise. Additionally, they... will work closely with project teams, Principal Investigators (PIs), and implementing partners on research projects, gaining hands-on research and management experience.

Responsibilities
50%

Working with Research & Project Development Manager and other Project Development Staff to identify key research questions, develop new research studies in collaboration with principal investigators and partner organizations. 
Preparing technical and financial proposals in response to funding opportunities, at times under tight deadlines.
Support outreach to new researchers, partner organizations, and funders to share IPA’s work and explore potential opportunities for collaboration.
Assist in managing relationships with current/past researchers and partners with the aim of developing new projects and expanding existing projects.
Coordinating record-keeping of proposals through updating of Salesforce, Project Development folders and other relevant systems.

50%

Actively liaise and communicate with the implementation partner and Principal Investigators (PIs) to ensure smooth project delivery.
Design and pilot test survey instruments, qualitative interview guides, and data collection strategies, in collaboration with PIs and partners.
Program survey instruments in SurveyCTO, following programming best practices.
Hire, train and manage field data collection teams, including enumerators, field coordinators and field managers.
 Accompany the field teams during quantitative and qualitative data collection activities, to ensure compliance with research protocols and troubleshoot challenges. Expect to spend at least 50% of time in the study sites during data collection periods.
Conduct data quality checks on a daily basis, communicate data quality issues with the field team, make sure necessary actions are taken to address these issues in a timely manner.
Clean data on an ongoing basis. 
Conduct data analysis and produce dissemination materials such as presentations, final reports, evidence briefs.
Regularly communicate project updates to the Research and Project Development Manager.

Qualifications
Required

Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, social science, or a related field; graduate degree strongly preferred.
2-5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in economics research, impact evaluations, international development
Experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
Experience managing field data collection.
Experience with proposal writing and budget development 
Strong professional writing skills
Strong client-facing and presentation skills
Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, versatility, and ability to learn at a fast pace.
Passion for making data-driven decisions a reality in the international development sector.

Preferred

Experience with randomized controlled trials and/or applied statistics
Intermediate Stata competency
Intermediate Survey CTO/ODK programming skills more

Position Summary

The Regional Director, of East Africa and Asia is the overall lead of IPA’s programs in the East Africa and Asia Region and is responsible for directly supporting the programmatic, operational, and financial functions of Country Offices in the region. Currently, IPA has a presence in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, the Philippines, and Myanmar with projects in... other locations in the region. In conjunction with the Chief Global Programs Officer, the Regional Director is responsible for setting the strategic agenda and direction of IPA’s programs, including identifying opportunities for expanding IPA’s presence in the region. The position holder will play an important role in growing IPA’s research portfolio, maintaining a strong business development pipeline, and strengthening and streamlining operational presence across IPA’s country offices to ensure that IPA’s work influences local and regional decision-makers.
The RD will directly supervise and mentor Country Directors for each Country Office and advise them on all strategic aspects of their roles. This includes working with Country Office management to establish business models and leading and supporting project development efforts to allow for IPA to have a long-term, in-country presence to deliver on IPA’s mission and vision; provide strategic, financial, and operational oversight and ensure long-term financial sustainability; establish and strengthen relationships with researchers and partners and grow these networks by identifying new research partners; identify high impact policy opportunities for evidence creation and policy engagement; develop locally relevant research and policy agendas that draw upon global bodies of evidence and leverage existing projects; and continue to generate high-quality research to contribute to iterative learning and evidence sharing about what works and doesn’t in development.

Responsibilities

Country Office Oversight - 35%

Providing strategic and inspiring leadership to the country offices in East Africa and Asia
Provide oversight to the overall financial and operational health and sustainability of country offices with a focus on award/ project financial management and high-quality program delivery.
Supervise and mentor a team of Country Directors and recruit country office leadership when required, with responsibility over the leadership of country offices during transition periods (both planned and unplanned).
Provide individualized support and mentorship to country leadership with an emphasis on staff retention and development and organizational structure innovation.
Guide and oversee Country Programs with annual planning and budgeting and oversee country teams throughout the year to ensure that plans are executed successfully and KPIs are met.
Collaborate with IPA’s functional teams to support and advise Country Programs on strategic, managerial, and operational issues, contribute to, roll out, and ensure compliance with operational manuals and policies to standardize operations across country offices.
Regularly review IPA’s presence in East Africa and Asia, conduct systematic assessments (risk, safety and security, sustainability, etc.) of existing country offices, and recommend and actively support expansion of IPA into new geographies.
Act as the main point of contact on safety and security and crisis management for the East Africa and Asia region.

Business/Project Development Guidance - 15%

Oversee the development of new research projects in East Africa and Asia ensuring that they align well with IPA’s mission and standards and that new projects are adequately planned and budgeted for; review all project budgets before submission for accuracy and precision.
Support strategic project development opportunities across the region to refine and develop IPA’s presence in East Africa and Asia, looking for opportunities to grow, including in new countries;
Encourage communication and collaboration between IPA Country Offices, the Policy team, the Right Fit Evidence team, and Sector Programs and help to facilitate matchmaking of potential implementing partners, researchers, and donors.
Help coordinate cross-country and cross-regional project development efforts and act as the main point of contact for donors, partners, and researchers.

Research and Policy Development and Quality - 15%

Work with Country Programs to refine their research focus and grow their sector approach with key stakeholders and to set a corresponding agenda for policy engagement and project development.
Collaborate closely with the Policy and Right Fit Evidence teams to support the training of managers and Country Directors and the roll-out of joint projects in West Africa.
Promote high-quality research and support the roll-out of innovations in research methods.
Stay abreast of IPA/J-PAL evidence and support linkages between global and local research agendas.
Present on evaluation and about IPA and IPA’s research and policy projects to internal and external audiences.

IPA Global Programs and Cross-functional Leadership - 20%

Contribute to and champion global priorities including IPA’s Strategic Ambition and ensure that global goals are part of country plans and priorities.
As a member of IPA’s senior leadership, lead cross-functional special projects across the organization that seek to address unexpected crises and/ or to solve long-standing organizational pain points.
In coordination with IPA’s Global Operations Director, play a focal point liaison role between the Global Programs team and IPA functional support teams to ensure strong coordination and integrated support across the organization and at the regional level. Strengthen regional support centers that provide administrative support services across country offices.
Coordinate with internal teams to achieve results for Country Programs and provide Country Programs’ perspective to functional team leads.
Promote IPA’s principles and values across Country Offices and oversee a strong culture for effective teamwork and performance.

External Representation and Partnerships -15%

Advise on the development and management of external relationships with donors, researchers, and partners in the region and closely coordinate activities, both in the development and implementation of country research and policy agendas and projects.
Create new and strengthen existing donor relationships and perform the role of steward for selected donors.
Provide advice and support to Country Office teams in developing and building the capacity of partners on the ground to undertake impact evaluations.

Qualifications

Required

At minimum, MPA, MPP and/or Masters in a relevant subject area such as economics, statistics, public policy, development, etc. as well as at least 6 years of senior leadership experience required.
Strong communication skills, a team-player attitude, and a creative approach to work are required.
Excellent management and organizational skills and strong ability to multi-task.
Ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams at a variety of levels.
Ability to deal with a wide variety of cultures and personalities gracefully.
Ability to present academic research in clear simple language and to engage policymakers and donors in discussion on using and scaling rigorous evidence.
Ability to deal with ambiguity, cope with change, and comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Experience advising others on how to approach complicated management, human resource, financial, and logistical challenges.
Experience in an IPA Country Program, or similar organization, is strongly preferred.
Experience working with donors, government agencies, policymakers, and researchers on evidence-based policymaking.
Passion for and experience with quantitative research.
Experience developing or managing research projects in multiple sectors, ideally randomized controlled trials, is strongly preferred.
Experience working in the East Africa region is strongly preferred.
Willingness and ability to travel frequently within the region. more

Duties and Responsibilities

Policy outreach and dissemination: Assist with drafting and storing/filing presentations on IPA- Kenya’s work, disseminating research findings to policymakers and the media, and encouraging the scale-up of evidence-based policies; Support in organizing and running policy dissemination events at Country Office- and project-level.; Timely drafting and dissemination of... approved materials (e.g., scientific literature, policy briefs, county updates) to relevant stakeholders.
Engagement and advocacy: In coordination with the Policy team members, organize meetings and build relationships with key partners, record meeting minutes and ensure that follow-up activities are carried out according to established timeline. Work with the Policy Associate and the project management teams to perform project-level stakeholders’ mappings and build project and Country Office policy development plans.
Stakeholder mapping: In collaboration with policy management, conduct a stakeholder mapping exercise for policy and research partners, identify key bodies (government, donors, NGOs, and private sector) at the national or local level as appropriate, and work with management to create an

engagement plan.
Information management: Regularly update and maintain the IPA internal database of stakeholders’ contacts. Ensure that all policy-relevant activities and meeting minutes are timely and correctly logged into the internal information management system.
Communication: Support the production of internal and external communication materials, help

coordinate the publication of Mukhtasari, the monthly IPA-Kenya newsletter, work with the global

communications team to feature key country office events in the quarterly newsletters, IPA website and social sites. Work with the policy team to device creative ways to sensitize and capture positive attention to IPA-K’s public events.
Linkage of Policy and Projects: Scan IPA’s project development platforms to flag out any starting/ongoing projects with high policy impact and communicate the same to the senior Policy

Associate for further engagements. Liaise with project development/start-up to identify any important policy windows of interest. Coordinate with projects to obtain project approvals at County and/or national levels.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education: bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, communication, or related fields from a recognized university. Strong interest in domestic policy as demonstrated by coursework and/or professional experience is strongly preferred. Interest in international development issues is required to better understand the work of other IPA centers worldwide.
Experience: At least 2-3 years of relevant experience working in a research or policy organization.
The ideal candidate for this position will be very knowledgeable about domestic public policy issues in Kenya. Any prior experience working with players in the various Kenyan policy and communications spaces is an added advantage.
Communication: Attention to detail and advanced writing, verbal, and presentation skills for communicating policy lessons from academic papers in ways that policymakers understand.
This requires clear, precise, non-technical writing, and confident, effective public speaking skills.
Time Management: Excellent organizational skills. Proven ability to multi-task and successfully complete projects on tight deadlines with little supervision. A willingness to work hard, be self-motivated and learn will be essential for doing well in this position.
Other: Willingness to travel within Kenya. more