Education Development Trust Research and Insight Officer Jobs in Kenya

To lead and co-ordinate the Sub Saharan Africa’s (SSA) team inputs to a research collaboration between the SSA and R&C teams



Responsibilities:


  • Act as the key liaison point between the Girls Edication Challenge Transition (GEC T) – Kenya Wasichana Wetu Wafaulu, Building Learning Foundation (BLF) - Rwanda projects and R&C
    teams, ensuring the smooth progression of the research collaboration on time and to budget
  • Lead project planning and management of all inputs required from the SSA teams, with a
    particular emphasis on liaising with the programme teams to ensure research design builds on existing monitoring and evaluation cycles
  • Support the technical design of new research methodologies, tools and data collection plans, to ensure valid and reliable responses to our research questions
  • Ensure coherence between the research design and data collection plans across the BLF
    project and GEC T teams, to drive efficiencies and ensure high quality research outcomes
  • Manage and co-ordinate field logistics for the delivery of primary research
  • Conduct analysis and reporting of programme data to support research design and analysis
  • Conduct ongoing analysis of programme data to draw out insights for use in marketing and
    client-facing thought leadership, including wider topics of interest to clients, Ed Dev Trust’s R&C team, and the local programme teams
  • Manage the set up and management of external partnerships in the research, including managing stakeholder queries and communications


    Person specification:

    Knowledge:

    Essential

  • Bachelor’s in social science, Statistics or relevant areas of discipline.
    Group: Education Services Page: 2 of 2
    Doc Owner: Human Resources, SSA
    Dept: SSA Issue Ref: August 2018
    Filename: Research and Insight officer

    Experience:

  • 4-5 years minimum post qualifying relevant experience preferably in the NGO sector;
  • Experience of designing research methodologies and tools, ideally in a programming context in SSA
  • Experience of conducting research, including co-ordinating others – and ideally including training field officers
  • Ability to analyse and manipulate quantitative data
  • Ability to draw out key messages and insights from complex data
  • Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to drive collaborative outcomes

    Skills:

  • Ability to work to precise deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • An effective communicator.
  • Proficient and accurate report writer.
  • Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
  • Excellent time management of self and workload.
  • An effective communicator and negotiator.
  • Ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.

    How to Apply

    Interested candidates should apply online by 29th August, 2018


    For more information and job application details, see; Education Development Trust Research and Insight Officer Jobs in Kenya


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