Research and Evaluation (“RE”) Analyst – Kigali, Rwanda
Company Overview
Pharo Foundation (“the Foundation”) is a mission-driven, non-profit organisation that designs, funds, and operates economic development programmes to achieve its vision of a vibrant, productive, and self-reliant Africa. Over the next decade, our goal is to create maximum impact towards three critical missions:
- Empowering the next generation: Our education mission is to ensure that all students have an opportunity to access a high-quality, affordable education, and become productive citizens of a rapidly changing world.
- Eliminating barriers to employment and productivity: Our productivity mission is to identify and eliminate health, financial, and structural barriers to employment and productivity for working people.
- Solving water scarcity: Our water mission is to ensure that people and communities across Africa have access to a safe and affordable source of water.
In Rwanda , The Foundation currently implements our education mission in Early Childhood and Primary Education Programmes. through our new institution, Pharo School, Kigali which was recently inaugurated in September 2023. In this programme., we have taken the experience of early childhood and primary education which we first built in Somaliland and adapted it to the economic and demographic context of Rwanda. The common denominator remains our structured child-centred pedagogy and our attempt to continue our efforts to ensure that all students have an opportunity to access a high-quality and affordable education where they advance their journey to become productive citizens in a rapidly changing world
We have also piloted the Teacher capacity-building program in Rwanda that aims at equipping preschool and primary school teachers with the requisite skills to implement play-based learning. This project aims to improve school readiness among preschoolers, increase primary school completion rate and transition to secondary schools. Beyond this first foray into education in Rwanda, we are also looking at potential new projects in different sectors.
We are a diverse, multicultural, and passionate organisation, with over 700 employees in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Somaliland. Our headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, and we have a liaison office in London, UK, which is home to our parent organisation, Pharo Management.
Position Summary
As the Foundation expands its work across Africa, this is an exciting, growing opportunity to employ the latest research and evaluation (“RE”) tools to measure impact on the ground and guide future strategies. Working alongside the Foundation’s Chief Research and Evaluation Officer (CREO), Country Director, RE Associates and Managers. The Research and Evaluation Analyst in Kigali will play a critical role in implementing and executing the Foundation’s research and evaluation strategies in Rwanda.
Role: Research and Evaluation (“RE”) Analyst
Duty Station: Kigali, Rwanda
Reporting to: Head of Research and Evaluation
Functional Relationships: Country Director (Rwanda); Finance and Administration Manager (Rwanda); Head of Education (Rwanda) Senior Human Resource Officer (Rwanda); Programme Managers (Rwanda); and RE Associates and Managers.
Contract type: Permanent
Duties and Responsibilities:
1) Research and Evaluation
- Responsible for implementing and executing evaluations of the Foundation’s current and future projects in Rwanda; primarily in education, water, and employment.
- Managing day-to-day research and evaluation activities in Rwanda. These include:
- Calculating the cost-effectiveness of each project in Rwanda;
- Regularly assessing progress in the field;
- Supervising and training field staff;
- Ensuring that data collection and field surveys are executed with high quality;
- Supporting data analysis of the Nairobi office; this includes but is not limited to cleaning, managing, and uploading data;
- Contributing to the production of research reports.
- Regular travel to project locations in Rwanda, and other locations as needed.
2) Institutional / Administrative
- Supporting the programme design process in Rwanda across different sectors, such as reviewing and editing the various documents needed in the process.
- Facilitating the smooth communication between the Nairobi office and the Rwandese country office:
- Making sure that the local programme teams are on board with the RE protocols;
- Educating the local teams on key concepts and ideas as needed;
- Keeping the CREO and other RE team members informed about the progress on local projects;
- Organising and facilitating field research trips for team members in Rwanda.
- Managing the Research and Evaluation Officer and the enumerators in Rwanda.
Required Skills and Attributes:
- Creative and entrepreneurial self-starter, with a focus on execution and results.
- Superior attention to detail.
- Solution-focused and eager to take initiative.
- Ability to articulate complex ideas, summarize problems, and identify key lessons, clearly and effectively.
- Proficient with survey platforms, like KoboCollect or SurveyCTO.
- Proficient with statistical tools, like Stata, R.
- Excellent writing and presentation (e.g., PowerPoint) skills.
- Ability to manage field surveys, focus groups, and randomized evaluations.
- Ability to multitask and balance multiple work assignments.
- Most importantly, excellent interpersonal skills. In this position, you will be required to work efficiently with teams in a variety of different locations and contexts.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in political or social science, Economics, International Development Studies, Statistics, or a related field.
- Strong track record of outstanding academic performance.
- Minimum of 3 years of fieldwork management experience.
Application Procedure:
Review of applications will begin as soon as they are received, and only complete applications will be reviewed. In the event that an outstanding applicant is identified early on in the search process, we reserve the right to appoint before the deadline. For this reason, we encourage interested and suitably qualified candidates to apply at the earliest possible opportunity.
Application Requirements:
- A detailed CV & Cover Letter, other credentials like degree, student copy, licenses. In your cover letter, please state where you heard about this position or saw it advertised e.g., through our website, jobs board.
- An essay of no more than 500 words outlining:
- What education and research experience have you gained that would make you the most qualified candidate for this role.
- A one-page list of five references with current addresses, phone numbers, and email contacts.
Deadline for application is February 16, 2024 at 5:00pm CAT
Please click on this link to apply. https://pharofoundation.bamboohr.com/careers/115
