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Organisation: Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA)
for Poverty Action (IPA)
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Research
Manager
Manager
About US:
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 on 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 tangible
impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 575
leading academics to conduct over 650 evaluations in 51 countries. This
research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions
of individuals worldwide.
(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 on 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 tangible
impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 575
leading academics to conduct over 650 evaluations in 51 countries. This
research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions
of individuals worldwide.
About Becoming One Project:
Becoming one, is a couples
counselling program conducted by faith leaders to encourage behavior change
that may prevent intimate partner violence. The program promotes skills
development on communication, emotional regulation, shared control over finances,
and sexual consent while using the Bible to reinforce people’s existing values
around positive, peaceful relationships. The Project Manager will work under
the direct supervision of the IPA Research Manager and under the technical
oversight of the IRC’s Airbel Center.
counselling program conducted by faith leaders to encourage behavior change
that may prevent intimate partner violence. The program promotes skills
development on communication, emotional regulation, shared control over finances,
and sexual consent while using the Bible to reinforce people’s existing values
around positive, peaceful relationships. The Project Manager will work under
the direct supervision of the IPA Research Manager and under the technical
oversight of the IRC’s Airbel Center.
Job Summary: The Project
Manager (Implementation Associate), Becoming One Project will apply strong
project management skills and work collaboratively with our program
implementation partners, including World Vision, to ensure successful
implementation and evaluation of the program.
Manager (Implementation Associate), Becoming One Project will apply strong
project management skills and work collaboratively with our program
implementation partners, including World Vision, to ensure successful
implementation and evaluation of the program.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve
as a key link between IPA management, IRC’s design team and World Vision
staff to manage implementation and evaluation of the Becoming One program
in Uganda. - Oversee
work of World Vision field staff during recruitment of faith leaders and
M&E activities. - Build
strong rapport and relationships and be in constant communication with
facilitators and faith leaders of the Becoming One program - Oversee
production of training materials, including development of videos and
illustrations - Drive
project progress and coordinate activities of cross functional team
members, including high-level planning and detailed short-term activity
scheduling. - Proactively
manage project risks, dependencies, issues, gaps, reporting and resource
conflicts. - Engage
and facilitate meetings with stakeholders across globally distributed
business units, and coordinate stakeholder communications. - Collaborate
with IPA’s research lead to support impact evaluation, including survey
development and RCT implementation - Ensure
that project communications are timely, relevant, appealing to consume and
accurate, including regular status updates and production of project
deliverables to be submitted to donors and partners
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
Project Manager (Implementation Associate), Becoming One Project must hold
a Bachelor’ Degree with about 3-5 years of experience in project or
program management - Master’s
degree in the above fields is an added advantage - Experience
in managing large, cross functional projects in development or
humanitarian settings - Familiarity
with randomized controlled trials desired - Synthesis
skills and confidence distilling complex data into actionable insights and
design changes - Unparalleled
team collaboration skills; comfort working with researchers, frontline
implementers, designers, beneficiaries, partners, other disciplines and
donors - Excellent
interpersonal skills, able to communicate visually and with colleagues on all levels in a
non-hierarchical, multicultural professional environment - Flexible,
self-motivating, comfortable with ambiguity and new processes, able to
manage multiple tasks efficiently - High
level of proficiency with MS Office, documents management solutions and
project management tools. Task management software appreciated. - Ability
to travel regularly and work in rural districts of Northern Uganda.
Desired Start Date: 15th
May, 2018
May, 2018
How to Apply:
All candidates should send an updated
CV (3 pages max including 3 professional referees), a statement of purpose
(cover letter), and academic transcripts to [email protected]
CV (3 pages max including 3 professional referees), a statement of purpose
(cover letter), and academic transcripts to [email protected]
NB: Due
to the high number of applications, we will only be able to contact candidates
who have successfully passed the CV screening step.
to the high number of applications, we will only be able to contact candidates
who have successfully passed the CV screening step.
Deadline: 30th April 2018
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