In this role, you will oversee the implementation of research projects and lead project development efforts. Research Managers manage a portfolio of between three to five projects depending on the nature and the level of involvement necessary. These projects will 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 Manager works closely with the country office to ensure adequate support is provided to projects and that projects are working within the relevant policies and procedures. Research 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, and capacity building. Research Managers are assigned projects based on their experience and particular skills best suited to those projects.

As a Research Manager at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), the role will involve overseeing the implementation of research projects and leading project development efforts across multiple country offices.

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

Quantitative skills: working knowledge of Stata is essential.

Regional Director, East Africa & Asia

Remote - Within the U.S. where our IPA offices are located or registered ( AZ, CA, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, MA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA, WA, WV) or any country in Africa where IPA is registered (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone)

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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor. In recent decades, trillions of dollars have been spent on programs designed to reduce global poverty, but clear evidence of which programs succeed is rare, and when evidence does exist, decision-makers often do not know about it. IPA exists to bring together leading researchers and these decision-makers to ensure that the evidence we create leads to a tangible impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 600 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. This research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions of individuals worldwide.

As an organization, IPA is dedicated to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable populations through evidence and policy. We also recognize how important it is for our staff to reflect the diversity of the places where we work and the communities we work with. As such, IPA is committed to hiring from a diverse pool of candidates, from a range of backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives. We know that this makes our work stronger and more responsive to the challenges faced by those we work with and for and we encourage people from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Click here to learn more about IPA’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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