Organization: Evidence Action
Position Title: Senior Associate, Accountability and Learning
Reporting to: Manager, Data Innovation, Accountability and Learning (DIAL)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Start Date: February 18th, 2016 (or ASAP)
Deadline: Rolling BasisPosition Title: Senior Associate, Accountability and Learning
Reporting to: Manager, Data Innovation, Accountability and Learning (DIAL)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Start Date: February 18th, 2016 (or ASAP)
About Evidence Action: Evidence Action scales proven development solutions to benefit millions of people around the world. We fill the gap between knowing 'what works' and having impact at scale.
We implement cost-effective
interventions whose efficacy is backed by substantial rigorous evidence.
We identify innovative, appropriate
financing mechanisms and build best-practice operational models.
While Evidence Action continues to
grow the pipeline of proven-interventions to bring to scale – otherwise known
as Evidence Action Beta - its current “flagship” programs in the Africa Region
include:
- Dispensers for Safe Water is a comprehensive
sustainable rural water service that installs hardware, provides community
education, and ensures ongoing maintenance and chlorine supply.
- The Deworm the World Initiative is a coalition
of partner organizations, led by Evidence Action. It assists
governments with comprehensive technical assistance in the implementation
of national school-based deworming programs.
About Monitoring Learning and
Information Systems (MLIS) Team
The MLIS team embodies the evidence-based nature of Evidence Action’s work and enables us to be a data-driven organization.
The MLIS team embodies the evidence-based nature of Evidence Action’s work and enables us to be a data-driven organization.
The team provides services across
Evidence Action Africa region in meeting the following outcomes:
- All ongoing program monitoring needs met
(including M&E design and quality data collection)
- Programs delivered with access to timely and
useful data for day-to-day programmatic planning and decision making
- Analysis and research conducted to support
program improvements (including operation research, market research and
cost-efficiency analysis)
- Support with timely, useful and clear
information for evidence-based decision making (including provide support
to connect the dots)
- Support provided to regional leadership for
new programs and partnerships for exploration and evaluation
- Standards, systems and processes setup for
delivery of all functions (monitoring, analysis, research, information
systems and quality data)
The team provides services across
Evidence Action’s Africa Region through three sub-teams that work closely
together to deliver quality, timely and useful information:
- Data Collection and Information Systems (DIS):
Responsible for training, data collection and logistics of M&E
activities in the field. Information systems ensure that the program have
access to timely and useful data through a cloud-based multi-user system.
- Design, Data Processing and Analysis (DPA):
Responsible for data management, analysis and research. DPA ensures that
all ongoing program monitoring needs are met and analysis and research is
conducted to support program improvements.
- Data Innovation, Accountability and Learning
(DIAL): Responsible for supporting the program teams with timely
information in innovative, useful and clear ways to translate analysis and
research to evidence-based decision making and action. DIAL also seeks out
innovative ways to engage with program and is responsible for internal
communications.
We are looking for a motivated individual
to join our team as a Senior Associate, Accountability and Learning, working
within MLIS’s Data Innovation, Accountability and Learning (DIAL) team.
DIAL’s role is to understand the
M&E needs of the program and to translate lessons learned from data
collection to decision making.
The successful candidate, like the
MLIS team, will embody the evidence-based and data-driven nature of the
organization.
About the Position:
The Senior Associate, will carry primary responsibility for:
About the Position:
The Senior Associate, will carry primary responsibility for:
1.
Creating a shared understanding of
MLIS services to Evidence Action program teams;
2.
Ensuring effective information flow
within and between program teams and MLIS divisions;
3.
Lead the communication of clear
research and findings in a timely manner, including donor report writing;
4.
Creating shared accountability for
MLIS services;
5.
Engage with MLIS stakeholders to
ensure clear channels for feedback;
6.
Spearhead professional development
activities within MLIS;
7.
Support MLIS in conducting secondary
research activities;
Goals and Responsibilities
Accountability
Accountability
- Fully understanding program needs for data and
translating that back to the MLIS team, including developing tools that
enable clear and effective information gathering
- Seeking out, prioritizing, and communicating
requests from programs teams to the MLIS team
- Identifying, and documenting the best
approaches for the MLIS team to serve programs
Ensure effective information flow and
communication of lessons learned from MLIS to programs
- Collaborating with the MLIS delivery teams to
ensure that all program team members to have continuous, error-free access
to required data for day-to-day programmatic business, planning and
decision making
- Writing and editing reports and presentations
with a keen eye for how the information should be phrased based on the
view point of the target audiences (i.e. data visualization software,
infographics, etc.)
- Extracting learnings from analysis and
research products that enable program teams to make evidence-based
decisions
- Collecting and organizing/curating information
from various sources (i.e. existing program (primary) research, external
(secondary) research, new analyses, management information systems, etc.)
to help programs in making decisions
- Leading the coordination of the three MLIS
delivery teams
Market and Showcase MLIS Services
- Responsible for making program leadership and
program delivery teams aware of the ways in which the Monitoring,
Learning, and Information Services (MLIS) team can assist programs in
making evidence-based decisions
Team Management
- Managing the productivity, professional
development skill building and liaising of at least one Associate,
Learning and Communication
- Managing the work plans and priorities of the
Learning and Communication Associate
Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s degree (preferred) or Bachelor’s (and
additional work experience) in data-oriented social sciences (i.e.
economics, quantitative political science), data-journalism, public
health, epidemiology, or related field
- A minimum of 2-5 years work experience
generating high quality, clear, thought leadership pieces and managing
communications within organizations and to partners and external audiences
- Experience in data visualization and/or
building infographics and/or using design and infographic software (e.g.
Gapminder, StatSilk, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, OmniGraffle etc.)
Skills Required
A successful Senior Associate, Learning and Communication will have the following attributes;
A successful Senior Associate, Learning and Communication will have the following attributes;
- The ability to work independently with minimal
instruction
- The drive to seek out new opportunities for
work
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to
work effectively with a team that is geographically dispersed
- Self-directed/self-motivating personality,
with proven ability to manage demands from multiple supervisors while
adhering to program deadlines and priorities
- Strong critical and analytical thinking skills
- Intellectual flexibility and willingness to
form and adjust opinions based on evidence
- Quick to learn, motivated to self-teach and
capable of independently translating new knowledge into practice
- An active approach to problem-solving and an
orientation toward practical knowledge-seeking through learning,
questioning, and experimentation
- A belief that the timely and right-sized
application of knowledge and information is a requirement for strong
decision-making and high-quality service delivery.
- Highest quality, professional writing and
communications skills
How to Apply
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NOTE: Please specifically illustrate the above desired
qualifications in your cover letter by giving examples from your experience.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by email for an interview.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by email for an interview.
Applicants are encouraged to apply
early, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and a decision may
be made before the deadline.