Senior Research Analyst - Impact Audit
ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA designs, rigorously evaluates, and refines these solutions and their applications together with decision-makers to ensure that the evidence created is used to improve opportunities for the world’s poor. Since our founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 350 leading academics to conduct over 450 evaluations in 51 countries. This research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions of individuals worldwide.
ABOUT THE JOB:
Impact Audit is changing how other nonprofits and their funders use and create evidence to achieve their missions. We conduct “impact audits”, short-term engagements with two objectives: to guide nonprofits in strengthening their use and creation of evidence and to certify to donors that an organization is appropriately evidence-based.
Impact Audit seeks qualified applicants for the position of Senior Research Analyst, based in New Haven, Connecticut. Our Senior Research Analysts supervise Research Analysts as they conduct all aspects of a nonprofit impact audit, including pre-engagement literature review and organization selection, organization engagement and communication, analysis of internal data and documents, assessment of audit criteria, final audit production, and post-audit follow up work with the organization. In addition, our Senior Research Analysts themselves conduct audits, focusing on new and challenging sectors and interventions. Our Senior Research Analysts play an instrumental role in sourcing, analyzing, and ultimately recommending organizations that are effective and deserve donor support.
We are looking for motivated self-starters, excited about working to launch a new organization and develop a vital tool for the social sector.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Supervising Research Analysts as they conduct audits;
- Managing audit workflow and communications with engaged organizations;
- Reviewing audit assessments by Research Analysts;
- Conducting literature reviews and other evidence assessments;
- Contributing to the development of impact audit standards and processes.
Conducting impact audits, including engaging with organizations, managing communications, analyzing public and internal documents and data, assessing the organization against audit criteria, and preparing the final audit
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in public policy, economics, social sciences, or a related field;
- 2-4 years of work experience in research or relevant public sector roles;
- Self-motivating, flexible, efficient, and a team player;
- Excellent management, organizational and quantitative skills;
- English fluency and excellent communication skills;
- Two-year commitment with willingness to travel.
HOW TO APPLY:
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