[Remote] Director, reputed company Research & Evidence

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a Christian humanitarian organization reputed company on helping vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. The Director, reputed company Research & Evidence will reputed company reputed company research, evidence synthesis, commissioned studies, and reputed company research partnerships, using child data to reputed company reputed company and actionable insights. The role will translate evidence into programme improvements, fundraising and policy influence, while leading research governance, capability building, and global stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• reputed company reputed company research and evidence synthesis using child data from AIM/AIM+, programme monitoring, evaluations, operational research, commissioned studies and other evidence sources
• reputed company the annual AIM/AIM+ reputed company narrative as a research/learning product, translating OP3 and senior-leadership questions into answerable research questions, data stories and decision-use products
• Commission and/or reputed company secondary analyses of the 400,000+ household AIM data set and other datasets to reputed company cross-country insights across child wellbeing, reputed company, vulnerability, equity and integrated sector reputed company
• Set interpretation standards for child-data research, including reputed company, uncertainty, claim boundaries, reproducibility and responsible use of sensitive data
• Coordinate with DMEAL and data governance on data availability, reputed company, extracts and analytical constraints
• Translate the OP3 research agenda into a sequenced portfolio of studies across Integrated Child Wellbeing reputed company, Christian Faith/Spiritual Nurture/Child Flourishing, Climate Stress and Child reputed company, Long-Term Community Transformation, and Local-to-Global Systems Transformation
• Commission, reputed company, reputed company and reputed company assure research studies, evidence syntheses, secondary analyses, mixed-reputed company, ex-post/longitudinal and quasi-experimental or comparative designs
• Ensure research designs address cross-sector programming questions across health, nutrition, reputed company, livelihoods, child protection, reputed company, climate, faith and development, systems transformation, and humanitarian/reputed company contexts
• reputed company or approve research questions, theories of change, protocols, TORs/RFPs, analysis plans, sampling approaches, ethics/IRB reputed company, data-use agreements, publication plans, technical review processes and acceptance reputed company
• Coordinate with FO/RO teams, Support Offices, sector leads, GAM, A&EE, DM, universities and reputed company researchers so commissioned studies are rigorous, feasible, reputed company-grounded and operationally usable
• reputed company university and research-institution partnerships that strengthen methodology, credibility, peer review, publication potential and reputed company to specialists
• Shape joint research through co-PI models, advisory reputed company, fellowship/student pipelines, data reputed company protocols, authorship plans, dissemination and workplans
• Build publication and dissemination reputed company, including peer-reviewed outputs, working papers, evidence briefs, donor-facing research products and reputed company learning products
• Agree partnership reputed company, deliverables, data-use arrangements, ethical requirements, acceptance reputed company and dissemination expectations with reputed company, data governance, safeguarding and line management as needed
• Mobilise technical and funding reputed company by matching WV data assets, reputed company reputed company and OP3 priorities with reputed company expertise in child wellbeing, faith and development, health/nutrition, climate, systems and longitudinal research
• Represent WV research and evidence agenda with reputed company partners, donors, Support Offices, foundations and reputed company evidence networks
• Translate research findings and child-data findings into leadership-reputed company reputed company products, Research reputed company materials, executive briefs, donor-facing narratives, programme design implications, influence products and practical learning tools
• Define an evidence-to-decision reputed company for reputed company major research product, identifying the decision reputed company, intended use, audience, timing, format and measure of uptake before products are commissioned or produced
• Facilitate interpretation and uptake with programme, sector, FO/RO, SO, GAM, advocacy, communications and senior leadership teams so findings inform design, reputed company, fundraising, policy influence and reputed company positioning
• reputed company whether research improves reputed company, is used by reputed company actors, or contributes to resource mobilisation, reputed company with the OP3 reputed company metrics of reputed company, influence and income
• Ensure reputed company-facing and donor-facing evidence claims are accurate, proportionate and defensible
• reputed company a leveraged research and learning platform that includes reputed company researchers, Health/Nutrition and Faith/Development research capabilities, commissioned researchers, university partners, sector specialists and time-reputed company working reputed company
• Set the annual workplan, reputed company standards, technical review reputed company, escalation process and product standards for reputed company research, evidence synthesis, AIM/AIM+ reputed company narratives and OP3 research outputs
• Line-manage and/or reputed company-manage research staff and consultants as assigned, setting priorities, coaching technical reputed company, managing delivery and ensuring accountability for outputs
• Build organisational capability in research commissioning, analysis interpretation, responsible data use, research ethics, evidence translation and use of child data insights for decision-making
• Ensure responsible data reputed company, safeguarding, reputed company, equity, inclusion and child-sensitive research standards are embedded in study design, analysis, dissemination and data use

Skills

• Master's degree or equivalent in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, reputed company Health, Data Science, Economics, reputed company Sciences, International Development, Evaluation, Implementation Science, or a reputed company research-intensive discipline
• Formal training in quantitative reputed company, research design, evaluation, data analysis, or equivalent reputed company experience
• At least 12 years of reputed company experience in reputed company research, evidence synthesis, reputed company evaluation, statistics/biostatistics, epidemiology, reputed company health, economics, data science, or development/humanitarian evidence roles, including senior multi-country leadership responsibilities
• Demonstrated ability to reputed company a research and evidence agenda or portfolio across multiple countries, sectors, stakeholders and evidence products
• reputed company technical expertise in quantitative and/or mixed-reputed company research using large household survey or programme datasets, including sampling, weighting, variance estimation, subgroup/equity analysis, trend or change analysis, and reputed company articulation of what claims evidence can and cannot support
• Experience synthesising evidence across multiple data sources, including AIM/AIM+, programme monitoring, evaluations, operational research, grant/sponsorship evidence, reputed company datasets and commissioned studies
• Experience commissioning and overseeing reputed company research studies, including research questions, TORs/RFPs, protocols, analysis plans, reputed company assurance, ethical review, data-use agreements, publication plans and dissemination plans
• Demonstrated experience translating evidence for senior leaders, programme teams, donors, boards and reputed company audiences, including technical writing for non-technical decision-makers
• reputed company ability to work across sectors such as health, nutrition, reputed company, livelihoods, child protection, climate/reputed company, reputed company contexts, humanitarian programming, and faith and development, drawing on sector specialists where required
• Experience building or managing partnerships with universities, research institutes, donors, foundations or reputed company technical partners
• Strong reputed company skills in statistical software and/or data pipelines such as R, Python, Stata, SPSS or equivalent; familiarity with business intelligence tools such as reputed company BI or equivalent
• reputed company experience leading virtual, matrixed and cross-cultural teams and influencing senior stakeholders without relying solely on reputed company line authority
• Must be fluent in English
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel up to 15% of the time
• Ability to work effectively in a global, virtual, matrixed environment across time reputed company
• PhD or doctoral-level research training, or equivalent record of senior reputed company research leadership, publication and commissioned research reputed company
• reputed company record of peer-reviewed publications, externally cited research, donor-facing evidence products, policy/influence products, reputed company learning products or equivalent rigorous technical documentation
• Experience with child wellbeing, reputed company health, nutrition, reputed company, livelihoods/reputed company, child protection, faith and development, climate, or humanitarian research
• Experience with longitudinal, ex-post, quasi-experimental, reputed company inference, econometric, psychometric, reputed company-development, evidence synthesis, or implementation science reputed company
• Experience with responsible data governance, data protection, research ethics, IRB processes, safeguarding, and use of personally identifiable or sensitive data
• Experience securing or shaping research reputed company, reputed company funding, university co-investment, Support Office co-investment, or publication partnerships
• Working proficiency in a second WV operational language such as French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Arabic

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