Technical Advisor, Cost Analysis at CARE

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct economic analysis of program interventions

• Expand cost-efficiency, cost, and cost-effectiveness analysis across priority programs, signature products and country teams.
• Support resource-tracking efforts to generate standardized expenditure and input data.
• Link cost data to output and reach indicators to support routine VfM integration.
• Collaborate with country teams and Impact Efficiency Labs to improve design, scale-up and transition decisions and produce comparative cost benchmarks.

Strengthen the capacity of staff and partners for cost analysis

• Build capacity and train staff to routinely use cost, efficiency, and economic data in their workflows, leveraging collaborative opportunities with CARE partners.
• Strengthen staff understanding of basic economic evaluation concepts and how they inform decisions.
• Support country teams in collecting standardized expenditure data and enable non-technical teams to use simple, accessible VfM tools.
• Provide technical input for concept notes and proposals

Knowledge management and learning

• Produce high-quality knowledge products that integrate cost, efficiency, and VfM insights, including contributions to the VfM Toolkit, Playbook, and applied research outputs.
• Contribute to internal and external reports, including donor reporting and management updates
• Maintain structured datasets and documentation that support automated pipelines, Power BI dashboards, and program-level analytics.
• Share learnings with partners and support CARE’s external VfM leadership efforts.

Oversee maintenance and enhancement of the cost analysis platform and document repository

• Work with Digital / Finance / IT teams to improve data flows, automation, and integration across key systems, including Dioptra, Power BI, PIIRS, resource-tracking pilots, and cost analysis.
• Contribute to developing standardized frameworks for expenditure classification and routine data collection to support consistent, high-quality cost and efficiency analysis.
• Provide troubleshooting support, configuration updates, and input on feature enhancements for Dioptra and related platforms.

Required Qualifications:

• University degree in economics, statistics, public policy, international development, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in applied cost-efficiency analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, impact evaluations, or research and project budgets in humanitarian or development contexts.
• Strong skills in data interpretation and ability to translate findings and cost/efficiency insights into actionable guidance.
• Proficiency with CARE's preferred digital tools for data collection, analysis and visualization (e.g., Power BI, DHIS2, KoboToolBox, R), with experience using the Dioptra costing tool strongly preferred.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills and cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.