Research and Evaluation Director - Nutrition & Heath at American Institutes for Research

Responsibilities

The responsibilities for the position include:

The Research Director will lead monitoring, evaluation, and research related to multisectoral nutrition programming.

• Project management of a portfolio of research and evaluations
• Develop conceptual frameworks that guide the work under NuMERAL.
• Manage and analyze large-scale data files for research.
• Apply appropriate quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods techniques to collect and analyze data.
• Develop monitoring, evaluation, and learning indicators
• Close coordination with thought partners in low-and middle-income countries
• Prepare technical reports and journal articles and present findings to clients, professional associations, and the public.
• Mentor research and evaluation analysts, share approaches to solving concrete problems, and provide feedback on the work of others.
• Thought leadership in nutrition mainstreaming in reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) policies and services
• Manage or lead projects or tasks.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, and Experience:

• A Ph.D. (preferred) or MSc (required) in nutrition, public health, public policy, economics or related social science field, with expertise in monitoring, evaluation and learning
• At least 3 years experience required with a PH.D. and 7 years required with Masters.
• Prior experience with monitoring, evaluation, and learning projects with USAID
• Prior project management experience
• Prior experience engaging with universities and research firms in low-and middle-income countries
• Prior experience in nutrition and health research and/or programming
• Able to apply advanced monitoring, evaluation, and learning and/or research methods, and able to communicate effectively about these methods to non-technical audiences.
• Highly proficient in STATA, R, or SPSS.
• Knowledge or experience with the analysis of large-scale data, and the design of experiments and quasi-experiments.

Skills

• Strong quantitative and mixed-methods research and evaluation skills
• Preference for knowledge of French or Spanish in addition to English