Job Type : Full Time
Industry : Social Science
Education Level : Senior level
Requisition ID:
req20901
Sector: Research
& Development
Employment Category: Fixed
Term
Employment Type:
Full-Time
Open to Expatriates:
No
Location: Kasulu,
Tanzania
Job Overview/Summary:
IRC’s Airbel Impact Lab / Research and Innovation (R&I)
Unit brings together a multi-disciplinary team combining IRC’s commitment to
rigorous research and evidence-based programs with new approaches to designing,
testing and scaling breakthrough interventions for the humanitarian and
development sector. Airbel helps the IRC serve people affected by crisis with
the most effective and efficient programs; designing and rigorously testing interventions,
supporting the IRC in interpreting and applying existing research to develop
high-quality, evidence-based programs, and conducting cost efficiency and cost
effectiveness analyses to ensure the best use of our resources. –It also aims
to design, nurture, and scale new humanitarian interventions and delivery
models by applying best practices from the behavioral sciences, human-centered
design, rapid iteration, and multi-disciplinary problem-solving in the
humanitarian context.
The Tanzania Research and Innovation Hub is a collaboration,
led by IRC, between the IRC, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), and the
Behavorial Insights Teams (BIT). This Hub aims to enable adaptive project
design, small-scale pilot studies, and larger-scale impact evaluations in
Tanzanian refugee camps and surrounding host communities to improve outcomes
for crisis-affected populations and create more impact for every dollar spent
on aid.
The Tanzania Research and Innovation Hub is an exciting
initiative that will work in close coordination with IRC’s operational work in
Tanzania and globally. IRC in Tanzania works in the sectors of health,
education, protection and empowerment to provide humanitarian support to
hundreds of thousands of refugees and Tanzanian host communities.
The successful candidate will be a creative and strong
leader with experience in research project management, coordination of research
teams, strategic thinking and research and innovation programming.
Key responsibilities:
Based in IRC offices in Tanzania, the Senior Research and
Innovation Manager will be responsible to provide leadership to the Research
Hub’s research projects and coordinate with research leads on:
Tanzania Hub Research Project Management
Leadership Support
Tanzania Hub
Coordination:
Key Working
Relationships:
Position Reports to: Research and innovation Hub Coordinator
Indirectly report to: Imagine Worldwide or other project
leads
Qualifications
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The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian
aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. The International Rescue Committee provides
critical support to thousands of refugees living in Tanzania as a result of
ongoing conflict in neighboring countries.
Started work in Tanzania in 1993
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