SOCIAL SCIENTIST/ECONOMIST/RESEARCHER

IDinsight

SOCIAL SCIENTIST/ECONOMIST/RESEARCHER

Location: Dakar, Senegal; Nairobi, Kenya; Lusaka, Zambia; Rabat, Morocco; Manila, Philippines; or Delhi, India. 
Exact title will depend on qualifications and role.

About IDinsight

IDinsight helps leaders combat poverty worldwide by designing, deploying and promoting evidence- generating tools. We tailor the best methodologies to partner needs and constraints to fuse evidence with action. We serve governments, NGOs, foundations and social businesses across Africa and Asia in all major program areas including health, education, agriculture, livelihoods, finance, energy and governance.

Our approach rests on four pillars:

• Rigorous: We develop and use a wide-range of cutting edge data and evidence tools, including experimental evaluations, monitoring systems, data analytics and visualization, process evaluations, machine learning and more.
• Cost-effective: Every dollar spent is justified by expected impact. If funds could be better used in another way, we say so.
• Timely: Actionable information is delivered in time for client decision-making deadlines.
• Demand-driven: We deploy solutions tailored to partner contexts and needs with no competing agendas.

Our diverse, growing team of over 140 outstanding colleagues operate in nearly two dozen countries around the world.

About the Social Scientist role

IDinsight Social Scientists (hereafter “Researcher”) are experts in quantitative and qualitative research tools who support a large portfolio of projects across diverse geographies, sectors, and methodologies. This position may allow for specialization along any or all of these dimensions.

The Researcher will be required to think critically about how to maximize methodological rigor given our clients’ time, operational, political and budget constraints. The ideal candidate should love having many different types of problems thrown at them, be able to quickly digest and understand the program and evidence objectives, and provide advice and guidance on how best to proceed.

The Researcher will be an important member of IDinsight’s Technical Team. The Technical Team is responsible for ensuring that the services we provide to clients are statistically and methodologically sound. In collaboration with the Technical Team lead and personnel, the Researcher’s role will include, but not be limited to, the following activities:

• Designing and implementing evaluations and other research activities for IDinsight clients in collaboration with project teams. The Researcher will play a leading role along with our

ASSOCIATE, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

 IDinsight 

ASSOCIATE, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS 

LOCATION: MANILA, PHILIPPINES OR NEW DELHI, INDIA 

IDinsight’s Strategic Communications team seeks an enthusiastic and tenacious full-time Associate/Senior Associate. You will work with the team to amplify IDinsight’s impact and improve the use of data and evidence for decision-making worldwide. The Associate will work with ~40 globally-distributed project teams across diverse sectors to produce external articles, policy briefs, blog posts, and website materials to share their project results and learnings with people across the world. 

About IDinsight 

IDinsight helps leaders combat poverty worldwide by designing, deploying and promoting evidence-generating tools. We tailor the best methodologies to address our partner’s needs, within their constraints, and work with them to fuse evidence with action. We serve governments, NGOs, foundations and social businesses across Africa and Asia in all major program areas including health, education, agriculture, livelihoods, finance, energy, and governance. 

Our approach rests on four pillars: 

• Rigorous: We develop and use a wide range of cutting-edge data and evidence tools, including experimental evaluations, monitoring systems, data analytics and visualization, process evaluations, machine learning, and more. 
• Cost-effective: Every dollar spent is justified by expected impact. If funds could be better used in another way, we say so. 
• Timely: Actionable information is delivered in time for client decision-making deadlines. 
• Demand-driven: We deploy solutions tailored to partner contexts and needs with no competing agendas. 

Our diverse team of over 130 outstanding colleagues operate in nearly two dozen countries around the world. 

About the Strategic Communications Team 

Effective communication is one of our best tools for influencing decisions and is one of our best tools for improving lives in the communities where we work. Our Strategic Communications Team amplifies IDinsight’s social impact beyond our direct client work to enhance the use of evidence for decision-making worldwide. 

The communications team supports our client-facing teams to compose well-crafted communications strategies and content. Our team shares both critical insights and compelling stories to inform and influence leaders in the sector including governments, philanthropies, policymakers, development practitioners, and research and measurement professionals. 

Additionally, the Strategic Communications team is responsible for all communication and advocacy platforms and activities including our website, social media presence, public relations activities, and collateral support. The team works to establish IDinsight as a go-to resource for decision-focused measurement needs in global development. The team also coordinates closely with the Fundraising team to help the organization create content and collateral to engage social sector donors. 

Reporting to the Strategic Communications Manager, and working with teammates across country offices, the Strategic Communications Associate will lead and manage a diverse set of efforts: 

• Write and edit content: The Associate, with support from the broader Strategic Communications Team, will track, oversee, and guide project teams to write policy briefs, blog