Regional Technical Advisor, Research and Evaluation Africa at Nutrition International

About The Role

• Regional Technical Advisor, Research and Evaluation Africa will lead and guide NI staff in the generation of high-quality evidence through innovation, research, and evaluation that will enable the implementation of programs at scale and the development of country and global policies.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Leading or supporting the design, management, analysis, and interpretation of the results of research studies conducted in Africa by Global Technical Services (GTS), Regional Offices and Country Offices.
• Leading or supporting the design, management, analysis, and interpretation of the results of evaluations conducted in Africa by GTS.
• Contributing to the development of policy, procedures, tools, for the conduct of research studies and evaluations at NI.
• Lead or support the conceptualization and design of research components for NI studies to be conducted in Africa.
• Lead or support the implementation, analysis, and interpretation of results from this research for improving the quality of NI programs in Africa.
• Collaborate with regional and country staff in Africa Region to identify appropriate consultants to support implementation, analysis and/or reporting when required.
• Lead or support the analysis of results from research studies conducted in Africa.
• Lead or support development of abstracts, posters, reports, and/or presentations based on NI’s research studies conducted in Africa.
• Prepare and/or quality assure articles for publication, in reputable peer reviewed scientific, policy and programming journals, on the results of research studies conducted by NI in Africa.
• Coordinate input from countries on research priorities and harmonizing research activities across all NI countries in the region.
• Under the guidance of the Practice Area Director represent NI at relevant regional and international fora including making presentations and sharing relevant outputs and documentation from such fora with NI staff in Africa and elsewhere. In addition, under the guidance of the Practice Area Director identify, engage, manage relations with, and steward key partners and donors involved in the area, to meet NI’s research and evaluation objectives.
• Under the guidance of the Practice Area Director contribute to resource expansion activities by providing input into proposal development as possible and required.
• Under the guidance of the Practice Area Director build capacity of NI program staff and where appropriate external partners in research and evaluation.

About you;
Education

• PhD in public health, nutrition, program policy and planning, health economics or other relevant discipline with focus on operations and/or evaluation research

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years in design, implementation, analysis, and publication of research and evaluation studies.
• Hands-on experience in research and evaluation in developing countries, preferably in Africa.
• Publications in reputable peer reviewed journals, commensurate with years of experience.
• Experience in research and evaluation and/or in program implementation in nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive areas.
• Knowledge and experience in nutrition-specific topics, cross cutting topics within nutrition, and the nexus between nutrition and nutrition-sensitive sectors.