IPA Research Coordinator/Manager Jobs in Uganda

IPA Research Coordinator/Manager Jobs in Uganda

Research Coordinators manage a portfolio of about two to three projects and Research Managers about five projects. These projects include both research and project implementation components.

They span a range of sectoral areas, such as finance, agriculture, health, education and gender issues. As part of their supervisory role, the Research Coordinator/Manager works closely with the country office to ensure effective support is provided to projects, and that projects are working within the relevant policies and procedures.

Research Coordinators/Managers are members of country program management teams, thus they play a senior management role through contributions to country program development, project development, policy conversations as well as capacity building.

Responsibilities

Keep the Country Director apprised of all developments on the projects in their portfolio, and serve as key link between the field office, project staff, and Principal Investigators

Ensure project adherence in the field to general research design, sample selection, data management and analysis, and overall project management

Oversee project financial management, including creation and monitoring of project budgets, and ensure smooth integration of projects into IPA financial systems

Work with field office staff to ensure sound human resource and operational management of projects

Directly supervise project research staff (Research Associates and Field Managers), and help with transitions, on-boarding of new research staff and maintaining “institutional memory” of project activities

Ensure that project deliverables, such as reports and financial statements, are submitted to donors and partners on time

Lead training on data management and general project management for new/incoming project research staff

Promote inter-project best practices and take a lead in sharing best practices with projects through formal and informal training opportunities

Be the point of contact for data management and analysis support for project staff by serving as the link between projects and IPA headquarters

Attend meetings with local government officials and partners to ensure success of both project specific and key IPA programmatic

activities

When requested, support the dissemination of results via presentations and reports to academic and non-academic audiences

Support the Country Director in the development of new research studies in cooperation with principal investigators and partner organizations

Requirements

Master’s degree in related field, such as development economics, public policy, public health, or education policy

Up to two years of research or project management experience for a Research

Coordinator and more than two years for a Research Manager

Strong budgeting and financial management skills; experience with writing donor reports and grant proposals

Strong written and oral communication skills and complete fluency in English is required

Experience supervising data collection, teams of field workers, survey design and implementation and data management. Background in randomized control trials is strongly preferred

Cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies required; developing country experience required

Quantitative skills; working knowledge of Stata. Knowledge of other statistical packages such as SPSS or R are not required, but are a plus

An analytical mind, ability to interpret and organize data

Resourcefulness in coming up with solutions to new challenges, especially, in software and programming.

Commitment to this position for two years
Flexible and proactive work ethic with a demonstrated interest in the vision and mission of IPA

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 10th July, 2019

For more information and job application details, see; PA IPA Research Associate/Senior Research IPA Research Coordinator/Manager Jobs in Uganda

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