Senior Manager -Research

About us:

Sambodhi Research and Communications helps create high-impact knowledge and catalyze accountability in the public domain through its project management and monitoring and evaluation solutions. At Sambodhi, we offer objective, evidence-based support to implementers, government, donors and corporates. Over the past decade, we have emerged as a pioneer for developing cutting-edge methodologies for evaluation of large-scale development interventions. With a close-knit team of 100 professionals we work across South Asia, South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Headquartered at Noida (Delhi National Capital Region), India, we have full service regional offices in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and Dar-e-Salam (Tanzania).

Sambodhi provides services to federal agencies, donors, foundations and corporates, in areas of public health, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, water and sanitation, environment, and renewable energy. We have made valuable contribution in monitoring, learning and evaluation programs and have influenced development policies and improved implementation efficiency.

Why Sambodhi:

Sambodhi offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to contribute to high quality multi-input development programs and to work closely with government, and with key development actors like the World Bank, UN and Bilateral agencies, philanthropies like Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation etc. Being one of the leading and largest M&E service- provider in South Asia, Sambodhi offers an extraordinary platform to learn, mentor and innovate in a perceptive environment. Driven by deep rooted wisdom of “Equity in Knowledge”, learning is integral to our work; be it investing in peer driven intensive professional development within Sambodhi or field building on M&E globally. In line with it, it offers an enabled environment for professionals to write, publish and network; to locate themselves in the contemporary discourse on M&E and be a part of the global think-tank.

Job Title: Senior Manager- Research

Job Location: Noida

Job Summary:

Sambodhi Research and Communications Private Limited is looking for a social research professional to manage research, monitoring and evaluation projects across Agriculture, Livelihoods, Natural Resource Management and Energy Sectors. You will be playing a key role in the implementation of these projects and be a part of the growing team of sector professionals in South Asia. Your work requires strong research understanding, including research and evaluation designs and methodologies, interviewing techniques and qualitative and quantitative analytical skills. You are expected to stay abreast of the global peer-reviewed literature and be knowledgeable about cutting-edge theories and methods of M&E.

Essential Functions

These are the following roles and responsibilities:

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  Conceptualize and propose research, monitoring and evaluations design across projects and proposals including landscaping exercises, cross-sectional assessments, impact evaluations, monitoring, and secondary reviews/synthesis


• Design research, monitoring and research methodologies and work plans for project execution


• Design research tools for data collection using mixed methods approaches


• Execute projects/assessment along with the team of enumerators including capacity building of the team for project execution


• Conduct key informants interviews/focus groups/workshops with key respondents


• Liaison with partner organizations, consultants, vendors, and other relevant agencies


• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis with primary and secondary data


• Assist/Lead the project team in the development of reports, presentations, and other communication materials including drafting, editing, data analysis, and presentation.


• Make and deliver presentations of reports/proposals to clients/potential clients

The above essential functions are representative of major duties of positions in this job. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary. Other duties may be assigned similar to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the job.

Desired profile

Education

· Master’s degree in Social Sciences or equivalent degree, PhD is an added advantage

Experience

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• 5-8 years of work experience in research, monitoring, and evaluation


• Experience on contemporary methodologies and practices, with hands-on experience in writing and publications.


• Experience of working in the social and development research in management of large-scale surveys is desired.

Personal Competencies

• In-depth knowledge of Research, Evaluation, Data Analysis & thematic understanding of various sectors in the social & development domain.


• Fluency with both quantitative and qualitative research


• Experience working with SHGs, FPO, NRLMs and in rural development


• Professional fluency in oral and written English. Spoken Hindi required, other regional language(s) is a plus


• Working knowledge of MS office, STATA, or other statistical packages for data analysis


• Enthusiastic about travel to different geographies


• Enthusiastic about writing and creative visualization.


• Willingness to travel extensively.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Interested applicants may submit their resume and cover letter to akshat.goyal@sambodhi.co.in. If you have a portfolio or sample work to highlight your skills, please include it with your submission