Global Director of Research and Impact International Jobs – Living Goods (LG)

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Job Title:          Global Director of Research and Impact
Organisation: Living Goods
(LG)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About US:
Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who
go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while
selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods,
water filters, clean cook stoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing
less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in emerging markets, through
networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand,
buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible
prices to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from
the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is
creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of
underserved communities.
Job Summary: The Global
Director of Research and Impact will own the impact strategy, research,
M&E, and learning for Living Goods globally.  As part of the global senior leadership, you
will work across the organization and with external stakeholders to shape
program strategy and drive new research and analysis towards the organization’s
strategic objectives. The ideal candidate is a results-focused professional
with vision and health technical experience as well as deep research,
monitoring & evaluation skills. You are a global thought leader in
community health related research, program learning and evidence generation. This
is an exciting opportunity to lead the development and execution of Living
Goods’ research and impact strategy to dramatically improve the health of
millions of low-income households.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:   
Health Technical Leadership and Strategy:
  • Provide global health technical leadership
    in: MNCH, Nutrition, and RH/FP, Community Health, Behavior Change. Design
    strategies for new health areas.
  • The incumbent will refine and continually
    strengthen Living Goods’ Theory of Change through new evidence and
    practical research and analysis to fill knowledge gaps.
  • Ensure LG team understand key drivers of
    impact that we learn from research and analysis, and that across the
    organization we focus on deepening impact.
  • The jobholder will also recommend KPIs
    that are focused on metrics that drive the most impact.  Together with country teams, set targets
    for KPIs annually.
  • Ensure high impact, effective design,
    testing, execution and evaluation of priority experiments in partnership
    with country leadership, partnerships and technology teams. 
  • Incorporate new research, evidence, and
    best practices into program strategy. Identify opportunities for
    significantly deepening impact or maximizing cost-effectiveness of
    program.
  • Work closely with the business development
    team, partnership team, and country health leads in evaluating new
    opportunities and contribute to health technical areas of funding
    proposals and reporting.
  • Support team in high quality training,
    behavior change and mobile technology tools to support impact goals and
    focus.
  • Build and strengthen relationships with
    external health technical experts to advice on health technical areas or
    new guidelines.
  • Represent Living Goods to key external
    constituencies, including attending conferences and other meetings.
Research, Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning:
  • Oversee the development and execution of
    Living Goods’ research strategy
  • Build evidence of impact of Living Goods community
    health model through managing current evaluations and conducting
    additional practical, targeted research and analysis towards our strategic
    learning and advocacy goals.
  • Partner with country leadership to develop
    measurement and operations research plans to support priority experiments
    and innovations.
  • Partner with Global and Country-based
    Advocacy teams to identify priority research questions relevant to the
    field of community health as a whole and develop and disseminate evidence
    to support advocacy goals.
  • Work closely with BD team to design and
    report on RME strategy for funding proposals.
  • Package up program data and field research
    into publishable briefs, reports and journal manuscripts for influence and
    advocacy.
  • Develop and manage collaborations with
    external academic or government research partners in Uganda and Kenya
  • Build and manage, with country M&E
    Managers, robust monitoring and quality management systems including
    extensive data auditing systems to ensure accuracy of reported KPI data.
  • Oversee program data analysis to drive
    continual learning and improvement
  • Build high-performing country research,
    quality and monitoring and evaluation teams.
  • Manage external consultants and research
    firms as needed.     
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the Living Goods Global
    Director of Research and Impact career opportunity should hold a Master’s
    Degree or PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology, or related field
  • At least ten years’ experience in
    designing, conducting and managing research, monitoring and evaluation of
    health programs or projects
  • Significant exposure and experience with a
    range of qualitative, quantitative, and economic methods for program evaluation,
    implementation research and program improvement
  • Previous experience in building strong
    data collection and management systems
  • Exceptional analytical skills to both
    analyze data and manage others to do so
  • Excellent writing skills and ability to
    develop protocols for research, abstracts and manuscripts for publication,
    and to package up data, research and analysis into reports and briefs for
    dissemination to funders and policy makers
  • Ability to synthesize data, research and
    evidence for program decision making
  • Deep research or program-related
    experience in one or more of Living Goods health technical areas:
    Community Health, MNCH, Nutrition, Reproductive Health / Family Planning.
  • Publishing track record a plus
  • Creative, energetic and innovative
    approach to identifying solutions and working as a part of a fast-paced,
    quickly-growing and results-oriented organization.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 35%,
    mainly in Kenya and Uganda.  This
    will also include international travel to the Living Goods California
    Global Headquarters and to represent the organization at conferences or
    meetings
Compensation:  A
competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including
health insurance and bonus opportunity
How to Apply:
All candidates are strongly encouraged to Apply Online at the web link
below.

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