Senior Associate, Data Analysis, Monitoring, Learning, Evaluation (MLE)
Evidence Action, Kenya
Job Description
About Evidence Action
Evidence Action is a global non-profit organization with an approach distinctive in international development - we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Our programs have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 280 million people annually. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, and Charity Navigator.
We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs which deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our Deworm the World Initiative has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.4 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. Dispensers for Safe Water provides sustained safe water access to over 4 million people in rural Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths.
We drive innovation. Our Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless in exiting programs which do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.
We are global. Across eight countries in Africa and Asia, our 400+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background - with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.
We have big ambitions. Our goal is to double our impact by 2024, to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action - because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.
We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.
Job purpose
The Senior Associate, Data Analysis, Monitoring, Learning amp; Evaluation (MLE), will synthesize, analyze, and extract actionable recommendations from information collected from all of Evidence Action’s programs as well as conduct in-depth analytics and guide visualization process. The role will require audit of data on the management information system (MIS) and analysis of various survey data, and systematic documentation of the analytical efforts used to reach the evidence-based recommendations. S/he will contribute to the development of appropriate visualization/dashboards, impact modelling, measurement, sampling, data mining and other statistical analysis. The ideal Senior Associate, Analysis will be extremely intellectually curious, service-oriented, and able to conduct, document, and explain complex analysis and research geared towards real-world improvements in the programs service delivery to millions of people throughout Africa. S/he should have a mix of programming and data analytics skills, business intelligence, machine learning, data science.
This position will be a critical piece of the Data Analysis team that operates within Evidence Action’s broader Monitoring, Learning, and Information Systems (MLE) team.
Duties and responsibilities
Research and learning agenda
- The Senior Associate, Analysis will lead the research and learning component of the program data:
- Contribute to the development of research and learning agenda of the program to ensure improvement of the program activities.
- Identify research questions and write research proposal.
- Write technical papers/one-pagers and disseminate results to program teams.
- Write and publish research papers.
- Form and lead a Task team that would be in charge of ensuring research pieces are produced within the required time.
- Develop or contribute towards the development of dissemination materials such as research abstracts, publications, policy briefs etc. to contribute to evidence generation in our areas of work e.g. building effective scale-ups, increasing program coverage, effective ways of working with communities, etc.
Operation Analysis
- Develop a deep understanding of program operational model and Theory of Change.
- Develop a visual presentation of the entire program implementation model or part of it and update them as programs evolve.
- Conduct a thorough analysis of both qualitative and quan