Job Overview/Summary:
We are seeking three researchers to join the Airbel Impact Lab and work closely with the Education Unit to advance the IRC’s research on education. The positions will provide technical research support to different education research projects. Currently, the education research portfolio has over 30 on-going studies in 15 countries affected by conflict and crisis, including:
- FCDO’s Education Research in Contexts of Conflict and Crisis (ERICC) in Nigeria, Bangladesh, South Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
- Lego’s PlayMatters in Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania
- Lego’s TeachWell in Kenay
- USAID’s Accessible and Quality Basic Education in Afghanistan
- The researchers will support field-based research on Education programs, backstop new and ongoing research projects across the IRC’s Education portfolio and partner with technical units and country teams to support evidence-based programming.
Major Responsibilities:
- Support on the design, analysis and reporting of quantitative/qualitative research, including:
- Needs assessments, learning assessments, and formative research studies to identify problems and existing practices.
- Implementation research to identify quality and fidelity of implementation and the degree to which they moderate education outcomes.
- Impact evaluations to explore the effects of education interventions on the literacy, numeracy, socio-emotional skills, transition outcomes of children in conflict and crsisi affected settings.
- Measurement research to assess the reliability and validity of outcome and quality of implementation tools and establish protocols for improvement.
- Research on how to improve coherence for access, quality and continuity of in systems of education
- Work with an internal team focused on education research moving our education research priorities forward.
- Contribute to dissemination of research findings by writing blogs, briefs, and publications in academic journals and practitioner-focused outlets.
Job Requirements:
- PhD or MA in education, economics or related field.
- Two researchers should be knowledgeable of statistics, and have the ability to accurately interpret research findings from studies using causal inference research and multi-level modeling, using software such as Stata or MPlus.
- One researcher should be be knowledgeable and have experience with qualitative research, using software like NVivo, AtlasTi or Dedoose.
- Minimum five years of progressive experience in education research and/or relevant practice.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
- Solid organizational skills: ability to be flexible and work well under pressure, dealing with competing priorities, in a fast-paced team environment.
- Interest in and ability to think and plan at the ‘big picture’ level.
- Fluency in English a must; fluency in French, Arabic, Spanish, or Swahili is highly desirable.
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The Data Program Manager will be part of the project management team (which includes other Project/Program Managers) and responsible for supporting Business Partnerships, Analytics Strategy, Architecture Strategy, Data Governance practices and Data Protection practices.
In this role, the TPM will require the use of Agile methodologies to successfully implement program workstreams. This includes leading and managing product backlog management, sprint planning, task management, etc. They will act as scrum master by educating the team on scrum, facilitating the various scrum events, and removing any obstacles faced by the architecture and analytics teams.
This position will be responsible for developing comprehensive and user-friendly documentation that provides our partners with a clear and robust understanding of our products, programs and processes. These programs include the implementation of the Data Lakehouse, Location Data Governance and Enterprise Data Catalog. They will also work closely with product managers in managing the build out of product and project roadmaps.
The right candidate loves the intersection of data, technology, and operations. They want to help a humanitarian organization do more with data. They are highly organized and aspirational, adept at collaborating with a small team or working alone, have a high level of emotional intelligence (e.g., empathy, self-awareness, self-management), a positive outlook, and seek feedback for continuous improvement.
Job Requirements:
- Excellent project management skills, with demonstrated track record of applying program management principles, practices and techniques with a strong results orientation.
- Facilitate agile scrum duties including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
- Experience using project management software tools, such as Jira, Monday.com and MS Azure DevOps to effectively lead, manage, monitor and control project activities.
- Lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams across all phases of the software development lifecycle
- Ability to develop positive partnerships with both the technology and business user communities. Self-motivated and a problem solver who can assess and develop strategies for achieving the needs of the user community.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills– Ability to speak to technical-level staff and develop written reporting and presentational content with level-appropriate messaging up to and including the senior executive level.
- Independent and resourceful – able to identify unique solutions to address complex challenges with limited guidance.
- Excellent skills in productivity software (Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and other tools) and experience crafting high-quality work products
- Document and analyze organizational needs across multiple departments and translate them into program actions and requirements
- Develop and implement standard methodologies and processes that facilitate fast and efficient team operations.
- Continuously build and maintain clarity in program work plans, roadmaps, status, risks, and mitigation plans
Position Reports to:Sr. Data Portfolio Manager
Minimum Requirements
- Demonstrable related work experience in similar roles
- Experience with program/project management tools (e.g. Monday.com, Trello, Jira, Microsoft Planner)
- Strong ability to enforce and Agile methodologies through a SCRUM master role
- Experience working with highly technical resources
- Basic knowledge of Lakehouse Architecture, Data Modeling and PowerBI
- Ability to build and maintain high-quality technical documentation
- Ability to lead, manage, and be flexible to change course through ambiguity
- Experience with projects using common data tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse or similar.
- Strong track record of effectively communicating advanced technical concepts to partners and team members with varying levels of technical expertise
- Self-starter and a critical thinker that can work independently and drive projects forward
- The ability to learn global humanitarian aid programming (e.g. supply chain, grant proposals, program design, procurement) quickly. Prior global NGO experience preferred.
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