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• 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
• Steer
  the 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
• Serve
  as 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

• The
  Research Manager should hold a Master’s degree in related field, such as
  development economics, public policy, public health, or education policy
• At
  least two years of research or project management experience
• 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
• Significant
  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 required. Knowledge of other
  statistical packages such as SPSS or R considered.
• Show
  desire to commit to this position for two years
• Flexible
  and proactive work ethic with a demonstrated interest in the vision and
  mission of Innovations for Poverty Action

• In
  the subject line:   Put your full
  name, first (given) name followed by last (family) name.
• Attachments:  Please attach ONLY your CV and cover
  letter.
• In
  the email body: Copy exactly the following position line: IPA Uganda,
  Research Associate, Mass media.
• Please
  do not include any text besides the position line(s) in the body of the
  e-mail. Adding extra text will interfere with the processing of your
  application.

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