Research Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of research/evaluations (or other monitoring and evaluation tasks), carrying out core managerial and technical functions, with oversight by Technical Directors and other senior technical project staff.
• Oversee the work of junior staff on individual contracts and coordinate with consultants, subcontractors, and clients.
• Manage evaluations (or other M&E tasks) through their life cycle from start-up and design phases through multiple rounds of data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination.
• Specific responsibilities may include: Technical Service Delivery Lead and/or support common technical tasks on projects including literature reviews; research/evaluation design; instrument development and programming; enumerator training; data quality assurance; data cleaning and statistical analysis; qualitative data collection, coding and analysis; report writing; data de-identification; and dissemination.
• Oversee the work of local data collection contractors and conduct regular quality control on quantitative and qualitative datasets, using SI’s standard quality control processes.
• As appropriate, participate in field work, such as data collection, capacity building, program monitoring, or research/evaluation design. These tasks will be graduated to match level of proficiency and skill.
• Conduct quality assurance to ensure high quality client deliverables (e.g., research/evaluation design reports, research/evaluation reports).
• Establish, monitor, and update research/evaluation/M&E work plans.
• With support of the finance department, monitor project budgets and financial status and ensure financial reporting requirements are met.
• Identify, recruit and contract personnel for research/evaluation projects as needed.
• Lead procurement of local data collection partners as needed including writing request for proposals, outreach to firms, proposal review and selection, and subcontracting.
• Oversee mobilization and logistical preparations for research/evaluation team travel, with the support of junior project staff and SI’s travel provider.
• Cook up research/evaluation team inputs for contract deliverables.
• Serve as a responsive point of contact for clients.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Master’s degree.
• A minimum of three years of exceptional work experience (with a minimum of five years preferred), with at least two years of experience managing development projects or evaluations.
• Demonstrated expertise with evaluations and/or research including both quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and provide guidance in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee team mobilization, written research products, and quality assurance processes.
• Experience working on Millennium Challenge Corporation, Department of State, USAID or similar contracts.
• Excellent writing and editing experience, demonstrated through reports for various audiences.
• Experience creating high-impact data visualizations.
• Ability to travel overseas for short-term assignments.
• Experience in the energy sector is highly preferred.
• Fluency in English is required.
• High working proficiency in French strongly preferred.

Pay

The salary range for this position is USD $60,000 - $85,000 (prorated based on percent time worked). Salary is commensurate with experience.