Research, Learning and M&E Manager

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Research and Innovation Fund - What works for VAWG Prevention?

Autumn 2013, 5 years

Based in London with travel to Asia, Africa and the Middle East

Who we are:

Integrity Research and Consultancy provides insightful research and localised consultancy services to clients working in conflict, post-conflict and fragile environments.

Our clients are in the development, government and private sectors. We guide them through the challenging environments they work in, while building trust and giving voice to the people that live there.

We have offices in London, Nairobi, Juba, Islamabad and Beirut, representatives in Copenhagen, Geneva, Cairo and Addis Ababa, and an international network of local partners.

We are a multinational team of project implementers, analysts, trainers, consultants, thematic and regional experts, evaluators and research anthropologists with expertise delivering programmes of work across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Further information about Integrity can be found at www.integrityresearch.com

About the Programme

Investing significantly in scaling up its programme work in tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) DFID’s Conflict Humanitarian and Security Department (CHASE) and the Research and Evidence Division (RED) have designed a joint five year, £18m Research and Innovation Fund (2013-2018) to address critical evidence gaps and improve the effectiveness of interventions to address VAWG in both stable and fragile contexts.

The fund will consist of two components: innovation grants and operational research and impact evaluations.

Under innovation grants, we will look to manage a set of between 10 and 14 grants to be given to organisations to implement innovative VAWG prevention programmes or pilots that address a number of key research questions.

Under operational research and impact evaluations we will develop an overarching research framework to guide the operational research and impact evaluation of both existing and new prevention of VAWG programmes. This will include a selection of programmes funded independently, such as current DFID country programmes or programmes implemented by other donors, NGOs or national governments, as well as a sample of the innovation programmes funded by the granting mechanism.

Integrity is currently bidding for this opportunity and seeking an experienced, full time, London (UK) based Research, Learning & M&E Manager (RLM1)

Duties and Responsibilities

• At least 7 years of M&E expertise, including developing M&E frameworks.
• Proven track record of translating research data and findings into policy and programme relevant analysis and recommendations.
• Ability to develop conceptual frameworks for programme evaluation through the creation of logic models and definition of outcome measures.
• Proven expertise in data collection, data modelling, statistical analysis, survey planning, and a range of evaluation methods.
• Demonstrated ability to design and conduct studies of program effectiveness, using a range of methodologies.
• Experience of DFID Programming preferable.

Requirements and Skills

• Manage relationships between research partners and Operational research programmes.
• Overall responsibility for the Fund’s Research and Learning Strategy, ensuring applied and practical research to build evidence and test hypotheses.
• Manage objective research, analysis and evaluation through implementation of sophisticated analytical tools and utilising mixed methods approaches, integrating rigorous qualitative as well as quantitative methods.
• Conduct research to show and understand how and why certain interventions work and including how, why and when and will make a considerable and unique contribution to learning in the field.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive results based M&E system and strategy for the Fund, including the regular development of a framework document, outlining the approach of the programme to gathering, compiling and analysing data that responds to the project’s indicators.
• Ensure the integration of research evidence into the fund’s on-going strategy.

How to apply:

If you are interested in applying please email a covering letter and CV, outlining your relevant skills and experience to applications@integrityresearch.com

Please also state “RLM1 – Research Learning and M&E Manager” in the subject line.

Closing date for applications: 6th August 2013

Please note that this is a rolling application and candidates are encouraged to apply early. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Integrity is an equal opportunities employer. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by UK data protection laws.