Georgetown
University Initiative
Vacancy: Program Director for the Zusha! road safety
campaign
About
gui2de-East Africa: The
Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation’s
research office in Nairobi, Kenya - gui2de-East Africa - administers a broad
variety of research projects, in areas as diverse as road safety, mobile money
and financial inclusion, education reform, agricultural finance, and maternal
health.
The
office is immediately hiring a Program
Director for
the Zusha! road safety campaign, a road safety awareness intervention
based on data generated from two previous research trials undertaken and
evaluated by Georgetown University professors James Habyarimana and William
Jack.
In
that work, stickers with messages empowering passengers of public service
vehicles to demand, and receive, better service, were found to reduce accidents
between 25-50% as measured through insurance claims data.
Based
on the positive results of this simple and cost-effective intervention, USAID’s
Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) granted an award to gui2de to facilitate
a scale-up of the intervention in Kenya, and experimental trails in Uganda,
Rwanda, and Tanzania.
The
campaign has reached nearly all public service vehicles in Kenya through the
USAID grant, and efforts are now underway to transition to a sustainable,
locally-owned campaign.
Roles
and Responsibilities
The
Zusha! Program Director will oversee the implementation of the national
campaign in cooperation with the local government and private partners.
The
Director will work closely with the gui2de-East Africa Office Director and
staff to develop and execute a sustainable business plan for the
campaign.
Duties
include but are not limited to:
- Manage
relations with key local stakeholders, including the National Transportation
Safety Authority, the National Road Safety Trust, and other partners and
sponsors;
- Identify
channels through which the campaign could be sustainably transitioned to
local partners;
- Supervise
all Zusha! activities in Kenya, including the design, printing, financing,
and distribution of the sticker intervention to all public sector vehicles
across the country;
- Manage
and oversee data collection;
- Create
and manage relationships/partnerships/collaborations with government
officials and local partners to adopt ownership of the campaign;
- Develop
and design new elements of the campaign;
- Travel
to project sites and regional stakeholder meetings as needed;
- Manage
and implement capacity building strategies for local staff across all
project locations;
- Report
weekly to the gui2de leadership in DC.
Requirements
- Master’s
degree;
- Minimum
of five years of project management experience;
- Excellent
analytical, team management, and communications (verbal, written and
interpersonal) skills;
- Ability
to effectively interact with public, private, and civil society leaders;
- Ability
to engage local government and private partners in business development
and change management;
- Familiarity
with social and behavioral science research, particularly Randomized
Controlled Trial methods.
Applying
Interested
applicants should send a CV and statement of interest to Whitney Tate at
whitney.tate@georgetown.edu.
Applications
will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
