This Senior Research Manager will own Give,Directly’s impact learning agenda for our core Large Lump Sum (LLS) programming, in close collaboration with relevant Product Leads and M&E staff. They will own the development and advancement of our organizational learning for Large Lump Sum transfer programs, including:
1. Responsibility for GiveDirectly’s impact learning agenda for LLS programs, helping counterparts around the organization to use a common theory of change, identify critical open questions about the impact of LLS programs, and develop M&E practices or research proposals to address those open questions
2. Defining measurement and analysis best-practices for LLS programs, providing technical leadership for org-wide M&E standards and developing new indicators/analyses to address emergent questions
3. Supporting LLS “default” product design through primary analysis and evidence reviews on key features such as transfer size, tranching, cadence, targeting criteria, and “plus” components
Responsibility for strategic impact evaluations and impact-focused research on LLS programs across multiple countries, both directly through in-house M&E capacity and through external research partnerships
They will be a key contributor to every proposal involving in-depth research on LLS programs, and serve as a resource for priority LLS programs during implementation. They will have broad oversight of LLS-specific M&E practices, and ensure the continuity between GD’s research agenda and M&E practice for LLS programs.
