The RISE Tanzania Program Associate is responsible for coordinating and implementing the CRT’s research and engagement activities in Tanzania.
The Program Associate will work closely with the CRT and Program Coordinator to execute a variety of tasks related to research management, policy outreach and stakeholder engagement. Although a Twaweza staff member, the Program Associate will receive direction from and collaborate closely with all members of the Country Research Team. The Program Associate will report to the CRT Team Lead, James Habyarimana at Georgetown University.
The PM’s duties include but are not limited to:
Manage, supervise and oversee data collection activities;
Develop survey instruments and lead study piloting;
Conduct preliminary data analysis using a statistical software package (STATA, R);
Ensure data quality through high-frequency checks;
Manage relations with government, stakeholders and research partners;
Compile and identify list of suitable survey firms to conduct different types of field research;
Conduct supervisory and/or training travel to research project sites;
Organize bi-annual stakeholder meetings and conferences; draft meeting summary reports
Coordinate logistics for CRT visits and regular team conference calls
Draft knowledge products such as policy briefs and research notes that will be shared with the RISE and Twaweza communications teams
Report on any new developments in the education policy or implementation spaces
Attend key policy and partner engagement events on behalf of the CRT
Other responsibilities:
Successfully implement above responsibilities and assigned activities in work plans and budgets, consistent with Georgetown and Twaweza Policies.
Contribute effectively to planning, monitoring, reporting and information dissemination of Twaweza’s work
Collaborate with Twaweza staff across units and countries in a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation to get things done
Communicate your work through active use of internal platform (SalesForce), electronic calendar (Gcal) and being accessible on electronic chat (Skype) as per Twaweza requirements,
Participate actively in organization-wide learning and other joint activities.
Comply with and foster adherence to the established Twaweza values, policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures.
Undertake any other lawful tasks as may be assigned by your Supervisor and/or Executive Director.
Requirements
Master’s or Doctoral degree in Economics, Public Policy, Political Science, Education or similar
Familiarity with social science research, particularly impact evaluation methods.
Minimum of three to five years of project management experience; preferably at an international development organization
Excellent analytical, team management, and communications (verbal, written and interpersonal) skills;
Ability to effectively interact with public, private, and civil society leaders;
Ability to work independently
Proficiency in spoken and written Kiswahili (preferred)
Prior experience working in Tanzania (preferred)
Knowledge of STATA or similar statistical software package
Applying
Interested applicants should send a CV and statement of interest to Shardul Oza and Varja Lipovsek at shardul.oza@georgetown.edu and vlipovsek@twaweza.org cc . to jobs@twaweza.org by 15th January 2017.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Application Deadline Is 15th January 2017.
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