ResponsibilitiesSecuring sustainable manufacturing activities, e.g., identify and develop working relationships with internationally based manufacturing partners, providing CMC and quality input for negotiating, creating, executing and maintaining contracts/contract relationsPlanning technical due diligence and coordinating the engagement with external experts, and ensure sustainable manufacturing knowledge sharing across the projects in CEPIServe as the CMC expert and Sustainable Manufacturing point of contact - supporting the development and CMC strategy with innovative technology suggestions Guiding awardees on manufacturing, scale up and out, distribution and stockpiling or delivering of investigational and licensed vaccines Serve as contributing member on assigned long-term strategic projects – coordinating cross cutting activities with CEPI stakeholders, regulatory authorities, and project partners

A critical success factor will be that you can work effectively with leaders in different organisations in a global context.The primary objective of this role will be to work with global cross functional teams of experts to ensure that CEPI’s vaccine development, manufacturing and supply chain projects can support CEPI’s overall vaccine portfolio with innovative, sustainable, rapid, robust solutions that support equitable access to vaccines, particularly in low-middle income countries.

About the roleCEPI is currently looking for two Sustainable Manufacturing Leads to join the Manufacturing & Supply Chain department.

ResponsibilitiesLead on the effective organisation of all practicalities relating to CEPI’s SAC and SSGCoordinate internal preparation for meetings including coordinating the development of pre-reads, agendas, and presentations Act as the key point of contact for SAC members and lead on CEPI’s onboarding programme for new SAC membersSupport management of Committee meetings, coordinate IT requirements, update Conflict of Interest documentation, take minutes, and ensure follow up on actions and resolutionsManage housekeeping and practicalities relating to CEPI’s SAC including updating of SAC membership and CVs, renewal of the SAC Terms of Reference, and management of SAC documents and presentationsManage the process for CEPI’s SAC Support Group, coordinating meetings, agendas, materials, and other tasks as assignedSupport the R&D Chief of Staff on preparation of written materials and other ad hoc duties

CEPI is looking for a coordinator for the SAC to work with the SAC Support Group (SSG) and complement CEPI’s Vaccine Research and Development (R&D) team. The primary objective of this role will be to ensure SAC and SSG meetings are organised and executed effectively. This role will report to the R&D Chief of Staff and could be based in either the London or Oslo office.

About the roleThe purpose of the role is to provide leadership, oversight and coordination of all of CEPI’s strategic regulatory initiatives in line with CEPI’s mission. The successful individual will also have a role ensuring that CEPI provides effective regulatory support to developers throughout the development of their vaccines.By transforming innovative science into valued new vaccines and ensuring that people around the world can access the vaccines, you influence the lives of many people. j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54 = window.onload; window.onload=function() { if (j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54!= null) j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54();};ResponsibilitiesDrive and align CEPI’s Regulatory Strategic initiativesDefine, map, implement and track progress of all regulatory strategy initiativesDefine and oversee regulatory affairs participation and membership of CEPI 2.0 working groupsDevelop internal partnership with key R&D departments and other CEPI departmentsEnsure alignment of CEPI regulatory plans with rest of organisationOversee stakeholder plans: work with other Regulatory Leads to identify key stakeholders, prioritise engagement, oversee the development of engagement plans and ensure engagement of stakeholders in line with plansOversee development and implementation of disease area regional engagement strategies and align with regulatory CEPI 2.0 regulatory initiativesProvide global regulatory support, advice and guidance to CEPI funded projects, including preparation for meetings with regulatory authoritiesLine manage (as appropriate) and assign projects to regulatory affairs staff and consultants to ensure that the regulatory resource requirements to projects are managed in an effective wayPartner with regulators and influence content of emerging regulatory guidanceCollect, share and interpret emerging regulatory guidance from different regional / country-level regulatory authoritiesDrive regulatory harmonization through innovative regulatory sciences – collaboration with other CEPI functions

About the roleThe purpose of the role is to ensure that CEPI provides effective support to developers throughout the development of their vaccines and act as the Asia Pacific Regulatory Affairs expert to progress and accomplish CEPI’s mission. By transforming innovative science into valued new vaccines and ensuring that people around the world can access the vaccines, you influence the lives of many people. j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54 = window.onload; window.onload=function() { if (j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54!= null) j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54();};ResponsibilitiesAct as the Regulatory Affairs Asia Pacific Centre of Excellence for the Asia Pacific region and clinical developmentProvide global regulatory support, advice and guidance to CEPI funded projects, including preparation for meetings with regulatory authoritiesLine manage and assign projects to regulatory affairs staff and consultants to ensure that the regulatory resource requirements to projects are managed in an effective wayPartner with regulators and influence content of emerging regulatory guidanceCollect, share and interpret emerging regulatory guidance from different regional / country-level regulatory authoritiesDevelop internal partnership with key R&D departments: Clinical Development, Epidemiology, Enabling SciencesRegulatory representative at Clinical SWAT teamsEstablish relationships with key regional and local regulatory authoritiesDevelop stakeholder map covering internal and external stakeholders and organisationsDrive regulatory harmonization through innovative regulatory sciences – collaboration with other CEPI functions

ResponsibilitiesPrioritise, prepare for, and follow up on the CEO’s engagementsCompose and quality assure the CEO’s briefings and presentations Accompany the CEO to important meetings and minute discussions; take responsibility for recording decisions and ensuring significant outcomes are fed back and acted upon by the wider CEPI team Maintain project management and events databases on behalf of the CEO’s team, including logging and tracking the CEO’s interactionsProvide project specific support to the CEO’s Office teamDevelop a strong network of working contacts within CEPI and support effective communications with the CEO and between departmentsIn partnership with the DCOS and CEO’s Executive Assistant, maintain a high-level overview of the CEO’s priorities and time commitments, and ensure appropriate linkage to CEPI organisational prioritiesProactively identify issues that could impact the successful execution of the CEO’s commitments and where necessary act as a trouble-shooter in resolving issues

About the roleCEPI is looking for a Private Secretary to complement the CEO Office team to ensure maximum effectiveness of the CEO and to support the CEO in prioritising, preparing for, and following up commitments. The Private Secretary will act as a connector between the CEO and key internal partners. Reporting into the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), this role is a full time position for 18-24 months duration. 

About the roleThis role will perform administrative duties related to the operations of the Vaccine Research & Development (R&D) Department, to ensure that tasks are managed with speed and accuracy. j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54 = window.onload; window.onload=function() { if (j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54!= null) j_id0__SiteTemplate__j_id19__theBlock__j_id51__j_id52__0__j_id53__1__j_id54();};ResponsibilitiesCoordinate the logistics for large team events/meetings, including booking venues, arranging catering, coordinating travel, manage the room bookings and being a first point of contact for visitors.Provide administrative support to several R&D teams Work with external and internal teams to collate and distribute materials  Work closely with colleagues in all three CEPI offices (Oslo, London and Washington, DC) to improve administrative processes across the organisation:                       -Support creation of a formal onboarding process for new employees                     -Support creation of an employee database                      -Support and manage ad hoc key projects and/or initiatives                     -Support and assist in usage of digital signature tools                    -Ensure familiarization and effective use of existing administrative systems                    -Facility Management liaison                    -Assist in ensuring the organization’s processes remain compliant   Other office administration and coordination activities associated with the Oslo/London office as appropriateCapability to become a specialist across multiple administrative platforms

About the roleCEPI is looking for an Epidemiologist with a background in early warning and epidemic/pandemic preparedness to join our growing Research and Development Department and more specifically, the Epidemiology function. The Epidemiology function supports CEPI, its partners, and stakeholders by bridging key epidemiological knowledge gaps for vaccine development. This will be achieved by: 1) identifying, characterizing, and addressing epidemiological knowledge gaps throughout vaccine development; 2) conceptualizing epidemiological activities to deliver high impact epidemiological data directly addressing barriers that may impair rapid and equitable vaccine development and access, and 3) providing upstream strategic input and epidemic intelligence to inform pathogen prioritization and vaccine development pathways. The Epidemiology function therefore ensures that scientific advice, innovation on vaccine evaluation and public health needs are integrated with product development. Given the cross-functional nature of the epidemiological activities across the vaccine development value chain, the Epidemiology function works in close collaboration with the other R&D functions.The key purpose of the role is to provide support to conduct threat assessments for CEPI core priority pathogens and to detect potential Disease X emergencies to initiate R&D activities.

ResponsibilitiesProvide administrative support to the two teams. This may include, but won’t be limited to, drafting emails, invitations, talking points and meeting summaries, and organising telephone conferences, travel arrangements and in-person meetings.Maintaining calendars, prepare necessary presentation materials for meetings, extract reports, and support document management and archiving.Have oversight on progress and identify bottlenecks or emerging challenges that may jeopardise progress. Follow up with departments internally to ensure accuracy and timely delivery of all compliance and legal services. Monitor client needs and expectations. Coordinate team plans and ensure project deadlines are met. Other duties as assigned. 

 The role is based in Oslo, Norway and will report jointly to the Head of Governance, Risk and Compliance, and the Deputy General Counsel. 

About the roleCEPI is looking for an administrative coordinator for the Legal and Governance, Risk and Compliance teams at CEPI.  The Coordinator will provide broad administrative support including meeting administration, keeping track of actions and timelines, and act as project management support. The primary objective of this role is to provide administrative support and assist in coordinating all aspects of the Governance, Risk and Compliance, and Legal, teams. 

Description The core job of the Project Lead is to see through the completion of projects crucial to our organizing efforts like basic (nonacademic) research. This work is crucial, as it informs our strategy and ability to build support for voting method reform. The Project Lead will be in charge of helping us connect with our supporters. They will work directly under and in close contact with the Director of Campaigns and Advocacy (DCA).  Volunteer Position Outline As a Project Lead you will: Lead straightforward (nonacademic) research projects using our tools to help us improve and maintain our contact databaseAssist with research into the basic underpinnings of city and state governments to help understand our organizing opportunitiesAssist chapters in their outreach to local stakeholders by helping them map out potential outreach opportunitiesLearn the necessary research skills from the Director of CampaignsHelp assess the landscape for voting reform in an areaHelp us find new localities that could be interested in reforming their voting systemParticipate and give strategic guidance in national organizing callsBe a dependable partner, able to give ~5-8 hours a monthAct responsibly in line with your leadership position, treating all people and ideas with respect

Description The core job of the Regional Organizer is to provide connectivity and support to chapter organizations, with the ultimate goal of growing the chapters’ abilities to advocate for themselves via ballot initiative or local legislation.  The Regional Organizer will provide support and connectivity for chapters across cities and states. They will work directly under and in close contact with the Director of Campaigns and Advocacy (DCA).  Volunteer Position Outline As a Regional Organizer you will: Aid the Director of Campaigns and Advocacy in finding, recruiting, and establishing chapters throughout your local areaReach out to supporters via email and phone to encourage them to join chapter activitiesAid chapters in their outreach to local stakeholdersDeliver strategic planning assistance and organizational support to chapter organizationsParticipate and give strategic guidance in national organizing callsBe a dependable partner, able to give ~5-8 hours a monthAct responsibly in line with your leadership position, treating all people and ideas with respectWork with the DCA to look at the viability of campaigns throughout the region and lead chapters into action

The Role The Senior Research Associate will join the AI: Futures and Responsibility (AI:FAR) programme, a collaboration between CSER and its sister organisation the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI). You will be expected to be an active member of CSER's management team, taking part in the coordination and development of CSER's projects, and building our networks. This role includes line management responsibilities. Key activities associated with the role include: Independent and collaborative research on the long-term impacts, risks and governance of AI, to be published as papers, reports, and other more innovative forms of outputs. Contribute to leading the AI: Futures and Responsibility (AI:FAR) programme. Provide line management support and mentorship to CSER's postdoctoral researchers and research assistants. Participate in and some coordination of Centre-wide activities such as team meetings, work-in-progress seminars, and public events. Maintaining coordination and active dialogue about Centre activities with CSER's management board, collaborating centres, financial supporters, and other stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities: Perform basic functions in the website’s CMS. (No previous experience required.) Perform basic functions on the mobile app’s administrative system. (No previous experience required.) Support podcast team with booking and back office updates. Assist with staffing needs of events, lectures, and seminars. Provide general administrative support as needed (copying, answering phones, database entry, fulfilling requests for information, etc.). Prepare reports, correspondence, and mailings as requested. Additional projects as requested by department supervisor. Possible editorial duties include writing content for website, posting to social media, and/or gathering quotes during Festival.

Basic Function: Provide administrative, event, and general support for the Aspen Institute programs and operations taking place in Aspen. The editorial intern will take on tasks related to the Aspen Ideas Festival website, print production, podcast production, mobile app, social media, and more.

Basic Function The Communications intern will provide support to the Communications and Marketing department in its work to promote the Institute’s programs, content, and overall brand to external audiences. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Support a wide range of projects and focus areas including strategy execution, writing, production, media, design, social media and content creation. Create social media content for Institute channels, including creating visual graphics and selecting images for use on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Find and store stock and editorial images for later use on our digital channels. Organize, tag, and archive Institute event photos. Write and stage content contributed by Institute staff and partners in a Wordpress CMS, adding art, hyperlinks, and copy editing. Support senior managers on time sensitive projects and program initiatives and events. Support project management efforts as needed. Provide administrative and logistical support for the communications team in support of Institute events. Other duties as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Administrative Support                                                                                             Conduct general research to support programming, events, and fundraising Responsible for note-taking for meetings and events, preparing and disseminating materials, following up on action items Develop dynamic Slides or PowerPoint presentations Participate in program reviews and planning processes Schedule and coordinate team and external meetings Maintain organized electronic filing systems Maintain a contacts database and quality control of data entered by other staff Process invoices, expenses, reimbursements, payment for services, etc. Other duties as assigned.

Role Overview: The Program Assistant is a critical position that will provide high-quality support for the ASG across all its efforts.

The RoleAs the Senior Security Engineer you will collaborate with DeepMind Engineers and Researchers to build security into AI systems at the algorithm, software, and infrastructure level to minimise risks from emerging threats. You will have experience in being a part of security engineering teams and building large-scale security platforms. You will have extensive experience in performing security assessments (architecture, threat modelling, testing, etc.) to understand the attack surface of complex systems, and review and provide guidance to mitigate. You will work closely with stakeholders to expand the DeepMind strategy for bringing safe, robust, and trustworthy AI systems and research to the world. You will coordinate between many stakeholders, set expectations for deliverables from many different teams, keep track of success of parallel efforts, identify key roadblocks and work collaboratively with the team members involved to keep things moving. 

Key responsibilities:Be a key part of standing up of the Life Sciences area within the new non-commercial team, focusing on initiatives such as applications of AlphaFold. Supporting the team with all required elements of end-to-end project planning and delivery. Use your knowledge of project methodologies to effectively organise and optimise work into clear objectives, tracking and evaluating progress against goals, and sharing lessons and insights across the wider team.Coordinate and run projects crafted to implement change, utilising your knowledge of project management methodologies and tools and adapting these dependent on project requirementsAnticipate and propose creative solutions to issues and risks. Build relationships and collaborate with multiple stakeholders internally - particularly across our Applied, Research and Science teams - and externally, sharing critical information with key decision makers and influencing positive outcomesPartner closely with your fellow program managers across the team, in particular sharing progress and working through challenges with the Senior Programme Manager. Challenge established ways of thinking and working, proactively seeking opportunities for operational improvement. Be responsible for  the development and implementation of such opportunities.Support and drive engagement across the team by building relationships, providing coaching to overcome challenges, sharing constructive feedback, and ensuring the conditions are right to enable pioneering and mission focused work 

The roleAs a Program Specialist within our new non-commercial team, you’ll need to apply program management methodologies to oversee and deliver multiple initiatives within an area dedicated to our Life Sciences work, with a particular focus on our work with AlphaFold. You will be comfortable at navigating through ambiguity to create direction and structure, crafting creative solutions and simplifying complexity. You will be adept at collaborating closely with a range of internal teams alongside a number of external partners.

ROLE PURPOSE The Research Associate will work as part of a team to develop computer vision and machine learning approaches to enable the intelligent sampling of cryo-electron microscopy image data. These approaches may be informed by prior knowledge and/or physical models of molecular structure, with the aim of determining molecular structures with enhanced resolution, and detail regarding dynamic states. The Research Associate will play an active part in all aspects of research from data preparation, to the development of research questions, modelling and analysis, and writing up/publication.

The Environment and Sustainability research initiative funded through the AI for Science and Government research programme (ASG) at The Alan Turing Institute (‘the Turing’) is looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to develop new methods to identify, extract and refine molecular structures from cryo-electron microscopy image data. The candidate will work with an interdisciplinary team at the Turing and in close collaboration with groups at the Rosalind Franklin Institute (‘the Franklin’).

Position Description CEGA seeks a creative, ambitious, and mission-driven communications professional to develop and implement a new communications and policy engagement strategy for CEGA. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Associate Director of Communications and Policy Engagement will work closely with CEGA leadership (especially the Director of Operations), program staff, faculty, and partners to increase CEGA’s sustainability and impact by developing and disseminating high-quality content for priority audiences and collaborating with them to proactively position and time communications. The Associate Director should be familiar with CEGA audiences, including policymakers, researchers, and the media, constantly leveraging and updating insights about each to design savvy communications and events. They will further enhance the center’s digital communications platforms—including our website, blog, and social media channels—to ensure a cohesive narrative, timely and meaningful commentary, and clear internal processes.

The Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) seeks a full-time [Associate] Director of Communications and Policy Engagement to lead the Center’s communications and external engagement. Communications is critical to CEGA’s mission, ensuring that our research is used by policymakers and others to improve lives, while amplifying our credibility and visibility among key audiences.

This project aims to improve our current website (ATAI-research.org) and to add additional pages on our new initiative, the Digital Agriculture Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI). The WordPress developer will not be responsible for creating website copy, but ideally will have experience and expertise in user interface. Deliverables include, but are not limited to: Create additional website pages and integrate these pages into the homepage navigation bar Add additional filters to the “Findings & Outreach” and “Our Resources” pages Perform website maintenance and upgrade plug-ins when needed, working with staff to set a maintenance schedule beyond the period of this contract (for staff to take over) Redesign website homepage ensuring accessibility for mobile users Optimize website loading time

The Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI), co-managed by the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), is seeking a WordPress developer to upgrade and redesign portions of atai-research.org.

The website and data platform will need to be built from scratch. Deliverables include, but are not limited to: Create an accessible and navigable data platform for researchers to create customized datasets for download similar to usa.ipums.org/usa, with a custom queryable index built, drawing from datasets hosted on the platform, and “pointing” to other datasets hosted on various repositories Host platform within a user-friendly website wherein static pages can be easily updated by administrators Implement a security and back-up protocol

We are seeking a web developer to build out a data platform for ATAI-funded research. This work will build a platform so that researchers can access and visualize novel geolocated datasets.

The Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI), co-managed by CEGA and J-PAL, is seeking a part-time full stack web developer to start in January 2022. This role would be part of the Agriculture Programs team at CEGA.

There are the following Team Leader (G7) roles available in the team. In your application please indicate which of the roles you: (a) are most interested in, (b) would consider and (c) wouldn’t consider. We will do our best to take into account candidate preferences but cannot guarantee this. 1x Animal Health and Welfare (AHW) Large Grants Team Lead: This role involves leading the large grants team to develop an infrastructure grants programme to support farmers to achieve higher health and welfare outcomes for their livestock. This scheme will support the delivery of our sector strategies for health and welfare and will require developing an understanding of animal welfare and health topics, in order develop a suitable financial support programme and move our policy through to delivery. Key deliverables for the team: • Leading on policy development of the large grants schemes. Key decisions need to be taken on eligibility, application criteria, payments, advice, training and monitoring and evaluation. • Leading on policy-delivery link up, working with a multi-functional team from the Future Farming Countryside Programme (FFCP) who are building a new Strategic Grants Service that will deliver AHW grants. This will involve working with the strategic design team who are developing customer journeys and running user insight research . • Liaising with other policy teams delivering Future Farming Countryside Programme grants to ensure alignment of the policies, to ensure we integrate and create common approaches where possible.

An opportunity exists for an apprenticeship within the Animal Health and Welfare Board England (AHWBE) secretariat and business support team. This team supports the operation of several key stakeholder groups including the Animal Health & Welfare Board England (AHWBE) and provides support to the wider Transforming Farm Animal Health & Welfare Team. Support activities include managing mailboxes, arranging meetings, booking travel, support for new starters, raising and managing requisitions, taking notes at meetings, and administrative activities to support our various Committees. You will have the opportunity to learn more about animal health and welfare through the wider work of the team. You will also gain a working knowledge into how the business support team operates along with practical transferable skills, and also gain a broad understanding of how we support the Defra Group and wider government agenda.

The successful candidate will lead a small Social Research Team that will provide key evidence and insights to support the design and delivery of the AHW Pathway. The team is located within the APHW’s Evidence and Analysis Division. The successful candidate will work at pace across a range of important policy questions relating to the AHW Pathway, engaging with internal and external policy and evidence stakeholders. To ensure that the Pathway delivers the desired outcomes we need to design it in such a way as to drive behaviour change in our key target groups, and the role has a key part to play in ensuring this is achieved. The post holder will contribute to the development of our evidence base, ensuring that policy decisions are underpinned by robust evidence. This will likely involve collating, commissioning and leading both in house and externally commissioned research as well as scoping and horizon scanning to identify emerging fields which may impact the wider policy. There will also be opportunities to work across the Defra portfolio; particularly on high profile and innovative policies, which enjoy high levels of ministerial interest.

ResponsibilitiesDuring your apprenticeship you will develop the skills to: Support the planning and delivery of events/ meetings with stakeholders. Specific tasks will include: 1) Supporting all aspect of stakeholder workshops from initial planning to wash up meetings, including formatting slide packs for events, updating meeting invites with context and a cleared agenda, corresponding with stakeholder and sourcing facilitators and note takers. 2) Working with colleagues across Defra group to ensure that those colleagues are provided with supporting material and are clear on their roles for the stakeholder event. 3) Run technology for events such as breakout groups and collaboration and survey software/ applications where appropriate. 4) Note take and facilitate at meetings and engagement events. 5) Updating core tracking documents such as the engagement tracker as and when required in weekly event triage meetings. 6) Arrange colleagues’ attendance at external engagement events and potential speakers.

This is a permanent position and as part of this role you’ll undertake a Public Relations and Communications Apprenticeship at Level 4. This is the academic equivalent of a Higher National Certificate.

There are the following policy advisor roles available in the team. In your application please categorise which of the roles you: (a) are most interested in, (b) would consider and (c) wouldn’t consider. We will do our best to take into account candidate preferences but cannot guarantee this. • 1x Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. This team is developing a range of policies to help improve the health and welfare of livestock in England, with a particular focus on reducing endemic disease in livestock. This is being done through co-design, with representatives of the farming industry. The role will focus on how we could achieve universal participation in the Animal Health & Welfare Pathway. • 1x Animal Welfare Payment by Results Team. This team is designing a scheme to support the on-going costs of farmers who are achieving higher animal welfare outcomes for their livestock, for example improving lameness rates in dairy cattle. The role will focus on the design and delivery of the scheme which is part of the Animal Health & Welfare Pathway and due to be piloted from 2023.

Key ResponsibilitiesWeekly check-ins with (but not limited to) Co-CEO, four to five researchers, and one research assistant (to be hired over the summer)Close coordination with external stakeholders, including philanthropic foundations, charity evaluators, individual donors, and other research organizations across the effective altruism communityDetailed review of team’s research outputs and effective project management Contribution to high-level organizational strategy

The Senior Research Manager (Global Health and Development) will lead a growing team of researchers dedicated to uncovering the most cost-effective strategies for improving human welfare. The Global Health and Development department at Rethink Priorities advises philanthropic foundations, charity evaluators, and individual donors across the effective altruism community. Our research encompasses a broad array of topics including education, pollution, development assistance, public health, urban planning, climate change, mental health, and many others.

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Project Officer position for its N'Djamena office.The Project Officer supports the health districts for the implementation of CPS activities at the district, areas of responsibility and community level in Chad. He/She will be responsible for the planning, programming and coordination of training activities, supervision, reporting of activities and relations with the health districts.

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Business Development Coordinator to join our team in London, UK.The successful candidate will have the capacity to handle and prioritise a diverse range of tasks to meet external, hard deadlines. Working closely with headquarters, regional and country teams this position facilitates business development efforts and the tracking of business development opportunities from identification through to contract signing.

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Finance Support Manager to join our team in London, UK. The Finance Support Manager will be required to provide an efficient, relevant and timely support finance service to designated countries, with a strong focus on providing budgeting, financial accounting and analytical reporting support to in-country and project management, both finance and project staff.

This project provides an excellent opportunity to gain extensive hands-on experience in a field setting and to have significant management responsibility in a vibrant organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. Key areas of involvement will include: questionnaire design, enumerator recruitment, training and supervising logistics for the field activities, cleaning and analyzing survey data, assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos, and liaising with key government and nongovernmental stakeholders. The work will develop your analytical and management skills and require your full commitment in a challenging environment.

The RA will work closely with the Research Coordinator, Principal Investigators, and other IPA country office staff to oversee all aspects of the research study.

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Nigeria seeks a Research Associate (RA) to manage a study that investigates whether inter-dialogues can help resolve the endemic farmer-herder conflicts in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.

This project provides an excellent opportunity to gain extensive hands-on experience in a field setting and to have significant management responsibility in a vibrant organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. Key areas of involvement will include: questionnaire design, enumerator recruitment, training and supervising logistics for the field activities, cleaning and analyzing survey data, assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos, and liaising with key government and nongovernmental stakeholders. The work will develop your analytical and management skills and require your full commitment in a challenging environment.

The RA will work closely with the Research Coordinator, Principal Investigators, and other IPA country office staff to oversee all aspects of the research study.

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Nigeria seeks a Research Associate (RA) to manage a study that investigates whether inter-dialogues can help resolve the endemic farmer-herder conflicts in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.

In this position the Project Development Associate will support BD and CO staff, gaining knowledge and skills in grant writing, the operations of an international non-profit, and promoting evidence based programs. The Project Development Associate has three broad sets of responsibilities. The first is to provide Development coordination and technical support to our country programs. This will include taking the lead on several core, cross-cutting support processes and also contributing to support processes led by other members of the BD and CO team in FWA and SLL. Second, they will provide targeted, strategic support to particularly relevant or complex opportunities, including writing, editing, and packaging proposals; coordinating with multiple internal and external stakeholders; leading other targeted support activities, as needed. Third, they will contribute to outreach to organizations in the countries of operation through identifying, vetting, and sharing information on new potential funding opportunities and collaboration both internally and externally; and developing and improving the IPA COs' Business Development  resources and processes, including the maintenance of our guidelines and memos on BD processes and systems.

IPA Francophone West Africa (FWA)/Sierra Leone and Liberia (SLL) is seeking an early career professional interested in working for a leading international research organization.

IPA seeks a Deputy Country Director (DCD) based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to support the Francophone West Africa (FWA) country program. As a member of the IPA Francophone West Africa management team, the Deputy Country Director will work closely with the Country Director to provide strategic direction, research oversight, and capacity building to a team of about 50 full-time local and international staff. The DCD will have a strong focus on operations and financial management for the FWA office, represent IPA in Burkina Faso, and provide oversight to a portfolio of impact evaluations that are expected to span across multiple sectors over time: health, agriculture, financial inclusion, peace and security and enterprise development. He/she will contribute to IPA’s continued expansion by initiating new partnerships and projects in the country and will support the dissemination of results to local practitioners and policy makers. This position provides a unique opportunity to gain high-level management experience in a large country program, and to be closely involved in policy-relevant research, working with top academics, donors, governments, and other practitioners to foster evidence based-policy making.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Grants and Contracts, the Grants Officer will work closely with the Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone country offices to support their awards portfolios throughout the entire lifecycle. Responsibilities include reviewing and negotiating of award agreements, compliance and financial monitoring, and contractual and financial reconciliation during award close-out. The Grants Officer will work closely with the country office staff to set up their grant codes in Salesforce and NetSuite, and assist with post-award management.  The Grants Officer will ensure adherence of proper due diligence and subrecipient monitoring requirements.  The Grants Officer will also play a key role in developing materials and facilitating trainings aimed at building the capacity of program and country staff in the area of compliance with grants and subaward terms and conditions.

IPA Côte d’Ivoire  is seeking a Senior Advisor in the Right-Fit Evidence Unit (Sr. Advisor, RFE) to collaborate closely with the Ministry of National Education (MENA) in Côte d’Ivoire to strengthen its capacity to use evidence to improve its programs and policies. IPA is working with MENA to set up an “Ed Lab” to enable government partners at both the national and district levels to use data and rigorous research to design, test, and scale evidence-based programs and policies to improve learning for students. The Sr. Advisor will be embedded within the hosting unit and will lead all MEL related support for the Ed Lab, from co-creating MEL frameworks with key stakeholders, designing and conducting capacity building activities for MoE personnel through various formats (i.e. in-person, virtual engagements), to managing research activities (e.g. RCTs, pilots, and nimble experiments). 

Responsibilities  Revising and piloting the quantitative survey instruments, including programming questions onto a mobile phone/tablets Revising and piloting qualitative survey instruments Recruiting, training and managing survey enumerators and qualitative moderators in accordance with IPA HR policies Planning and managing the data collection Monitoring and ensuring that data collection complies with IPA standards of data quality, including auditing enumerators, and conducting data quality checks Maintaining compliance with all IPA procurement procedures Maintaining financial control of study expenditures including budget versus actual reporting and regular revisions to spending projections Cleaning data Informing partners on how the projects are going after each data collection Writing reports Participating in meetings with key stakeholders and presenting research findings Overseeing human subjects’ approval applications, and ensuring that all necessary local authorities’ approvals are in place Performing related duties as assigned by supervisor

Innovations for Poverty Action Côte d’Ivoire seeks a qualified Senior Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Associate to be supporting independent process evaluations of pilot projects in the themes of early childhood development and primary education.

IPA Côte d’Ivoire  is seeking an Embedded Lab Coordinator to collaborate closely with the Ministry of National Education (MENA) in Côte d’Ivoire to strengthen its capacity to use evidence to improve its programs and policies. IPA is working with MENA to set up an “Ed Lab” to enable government partners at both the national and district levels to use data and rigorous research to design, test, and scale evidence-based programs and policies to improve learning for students. The Embedded Lab Coordinator will be embedded within MENA to directly coordinate the Ed Lab’s activities in close connection with MENA counterparts. The Coordinator will focus specifically on evidence-to-policy flows and on designing the Ed Lab to influence national-level policy processes; work with education sector counterparts to build buy-in for a culture of evidence generation and use; and integrate existing education sector policy and practice-driven evidence projects into the Ed Lab design and implementation.

Responsibilities

The Research Associate will perform a variety of tasks related to managing day-to-day research activities, from planning to implementation, and monitoring quality. These include, but are not limited to: Coordinating research and implementation efforts with all relevant stakeholders; Recruiting, training and supervising field-based teams; Refining and piloting survey questionnaires; Supervising and monitoring data collection to ensure high-quality of the data; Supporting data quality checks and fixing issues with data collected during data collection; Assisting in data cleaning and preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for researchers and/or supervisors; Documenting in detail all activities related to the project; Maintaining accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary; Preparing high-quality progress and results reports to Principal Investigators (PI), research partners, and funding agencies, and sharing them timely; Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations, and participating in meetings with key stakeholders; Providing training and supervision for research project staff (Field Manager) Managing the project budget, including tracking all expenses to ensure costs are within project funds. Ensuring that all team members follow necessary protocols and procedures; Supporting day to day Principle Investigator and partner communications; Any other task as assigned by the Senior Research Associate; In coordination with the Senior research Associate, keep the Country Director and Research Coordinator apprised of all developments in the project

The Research Associate position is a unique opportunity to combine significant project management experience with involvement in cutting-edge development research on a dynamic and passionate IPA Liberia team in Monrovia.

IPA Peru seeks a Research Associate (RA) to lead and manage an RCT project regarding teenage pregnancy with indigenous population in Peru for a period of 8 months. The RA will contribute to conduct high-quality and rigorous impact evaluation, supervising different steps of the project. The RA will work closely with the Research Coordinator/Manager to directly manage the implementation of data collection and monitoring of the program implementation.   The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research, as well as the opportunity to work in close collaboration with high-level policy partners. Key areas of involvement will include: coordinating and collaborating with implementing partners, designing survey questionnaires, recruiting, training and managing survey teams, designing and supervising logistics for the field activities, cleaning and analyzing survey data and assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos.

IPA Peru seeks a Research Associate (RA) to lead and manage an RCT project regarding violence against women in Peru for a period of 8 months. The RA will contribute to conduct high-quality and rigorous impact evaluation, supervising different steps of the project. The RA will work closely with the Research Coordinator/Manager to directly manage the implementation of data collection. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research, as well as the opportunity to work in close collaboration with high-level policy partners. Key areas of involvement will include: coordinating and collaborating with implementing partners, designing survey questionnaires, recruiting, training and managing survey teams, designing and supervising logistics for the field activities, cleaning and analyzing survey data and assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos.

Responsibilities  Managing day-to-day research activities, from planning to implementation, and monitoring quality. This includes training, and supervising both field-based and data operations teams Documenting all activities related to the project Refining survey questionnaires and programming them on SurveyCTO Supervising data collection and data-entry processes, and ensuring good quality of the data at both stages Assisting in data cleaning and preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for faculty researchers and/or supervisors Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations, and participating in meetings with key stakeholders

Innovations for Poverty Action Bangladesh (IPA-B) seeks to appoint a Research Associate to work on a project that focuses on understanding the effects of air pollution on worker’s productivity. Particularly, the study will assess the effects of heat and indoor air pollution on the productivity of low-skilled workers in Bangladesh. The project is led by Teevrat Garg (Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Global Policy & Strategy at the University of California - San Diego) and Maulik Jagnani (Assistant Professor at University of Colorado, Denver).

Innovations for Poverty Action Bangladesh (IPA-B) seeks to appoint a Research Associate to support a study of women’s participation in mobile money markets in Bangladesh. The goals of the study include understanding female labor force participation in the market for mobile money agents and the effects of access to female agents on female customers’ use of mobile money. The Research Associate will help manage large survey teams working in urban and rural areas, and will be the primary contact for partner organizations including a mobile money provider and a large microfinance organization. The project is led by PIs Xavier Gine (World Bank), Jessica Goldberg (University of Maryland) and Lore Vandewalle (The Graduate Institute, Geneva).  The successful candidate will work closely with leading academics and researchers, thus paving the way for future careers in academic, private-sector, or public-sector roles. 

Innovations for Poverty Action Bangladesh (IPA-B) is looking for a Research Associate to be hired immediately. This research project adopts a citizen science approach and collect high-frequency real-time crowdsourced data, gathered by youth volunteers, to detect agents’ overcharging behavior. Additionally, mystery shoppers are employed to verify reliability and accuracy. This research aims to test the efficacy of information campaigns against overcharging using aggregate agent ratings from the crowdsource app and to generate evidence on whether the citizen science approach can help address overcharging and serve as a departure point to scale-up a randomized study. The successful candidate will work closely with leading academics and researchers, thus paving the way for future careers in academic, private-sector, or public-sector roles.

Provide high-quality, advanced deliverables in SurveyCTO and Stata Provide management, training, and mentorship to Data Associates and Data Specialists Manage pipeline of service requests, scopes of work, and stakeholder communications Support documentation and product development of team’s global technical products Conduct research quality audits of ongoing research projects

Reporting to the Senior Grants Manager, the Grant Officer for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) will work closely with the LAC country offices to support their awards portfolios throughout the entire lifecycle.  Responsibilities include reviewing and negotiating of award agreements, compliance and financial monitoring, and contractual and financial reconciliation during award close-out.  The Grants Officer will work closely with the country office staff to set up their grant codes in Salesforce and NetSuite, and assist with post-award management.  The Grants Officer will ensure adherence of proper due diligence and subrecipient monitoring requirements.  The Grants Officer will also play a key role in developing materials and facilitating trainings aimed at building the capacity of program and country staff in the area of compliance with grants and subaward terms and conditions.

Working as part of the head office staff for a company that operates internationally you will gain broad experience of how the finance function works in the international development sector.   More specifically, the Finance Officer role will include the following responsibilities:   Ensuring that complete and accurate accounting records for all DMI’s transactions are maintained, and accounting software is updated and reviewed in a timely manner. This includes accounts payable, receivable, cash, and payroll, with all transactions documented appropriately and relevant accounts reconciled each month. Assisting with DMI’s banking operations, including setting up UK and international payments for the weekly payment run, setting up bank accounts, updating mandates/signatories and reconciling accounts. Managing DMI’s payroll process, including liaising with the outsourced payroll company in the UK, and ensuring that DMI’s international offices process payroll in a timely and accurate manner. Ensuring that DMI complies with all relevant financial legislation in the UK and any relevant legislation in the countries where DMI operates. This includes preparing VAT returns and assisting with other statutory returns such as Companies House reports and HMRC returns. Month-End & Year-End: Reviewing DMI’s international offices’ monthly finance accounts to ensure transactions are coded correctly and have been generated in line with DMI’s internal controls. Uploading local financial accounts into the accounting software. Supporting the Head of Finance and the Finance Manager in the consolidation of the yearly accounts and the completion of the audit. Preparing Funder/donor financial reports, ensuring compliance with funder requirements. Acting as a point of contact for DMI staff in UK and international offices for finance queries and providing financial support to team members, ensuring that the policies and procedures of DMI are upheld. Other duties as required by DMI.

DMI is looking for a Finance Officer to join our small, friendly, and dynamic London team.    Working with the Head of Finance and the finance team in the UK, and liaising with relevant staff in DMI’s international offices, the successful candidate will play an important part in ensuring that DMI’s finances are managed effectively and in line with internal policies and statutory requirements.

The Research Fellow or Senior Fellow’s principal responsibilities will include: Design and lead cutting edge research that informs policy debates (with a preference for work on women’s economic empowerment and other areas of global gender equality, but including other areas of global development related to CGD’s work)Contribute to the intellectual leadership of CGD’s work Provide input into the strategic direction to the Center’s overall gender strategy Support the mobilization financial resources to support the Center’s work on gender equality and/or other areas, as relevant to CGD’s work     Engage in related policy outreach activities, including speaking engagements, blogging, and interacting at a high level with key individuals and groups in the donor and technical communities Participate in expert group consultations and working groups Publish blogs, papers, policy briefs, and/or short commentaries targeted to policymakers, academics, and CGD’s public audience Track and respond to research and policy developments in relevant areas Review and support CGD colleagues’ research and analysis in relevant areasSupervise and help professionally develop entry-level research assistantsEngage and contribute to the institution’s wider initiatives around diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as a playing a key part in creating a culture which aligns with our mission and values

The Center is seeking a Research Fellow or Senior Fellow (depending on experience and credentials) to lead one or more areas of research on women’s economic empowerment and other gender and development policy issues. The Senior Fellow will define and undertake an agenda of creative, policy-oriented research that looks at issues of high importance to the global gender equality community. Although the primary focus for this recruitment is a Fellow who can lead CGD’s research on gender and development, we are open to applicants from any area of applied development economics related to CGD’s work.

ResponsibilitiesConduct technical research and analysis. Co-author policy briefs, blogs, and papers.Track policy developments and identify opportunities to strengthen policy analysis and outreach.Build relationships with country partners and help support the formation of communities of practice in global policy and research.Co-design and manage research projects with partners based in LMICs, particularly in South Asia.Support outreach and advocacy efforts to institutions, policymakers, and their staff.Provide other research, writing, editing, and publishing of reports and articles for peer reviewed journals, and collaborate including collaborating with senior staff and members of the CGDE communications team to translate programmatic research into policy-focused products.Contribute to the drafting of communications and reports to funders and supporters.Perform other duties within the range of skills and abilities of the post holder, as required in support of senior staff.

CGD Europe, an independent, non-partisan research organization seeks a full-time Policy Analyst for its global education programme.  Policy Analysts at CGDE produce high-quality, practical research and analysis about a wide range of key development policy issues. This position will also involve programme management responsibilities, leading research projects with CGDE partners based in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs).

The Events and Strategic Partnerships Coordinator is responsible for leading the planning and execution of our events portfolio as well as outreach to key groups around our work. The Coordinator reports directly to the Communications Director, with whom the incumbent will work closely to help make the larger events and partnerships communications strategy a reality. As a member of the Communications Team, the Coordinator is required to participate in team meetings and contribute to the success of CGD’s communications function in various other ways, as needed.Responsibilities:Event planning: Helps identify event opportunities; collaborates with researchers and the communications team to determine best scope, format, and audience to maximize outreach goals. Event planning: Helps research and engage appropriate event speakers and/or participants.Event preparation: Helps draft and edit all event invitations, utilizes Salesforce to compile invitation lists, and other technologies to send out invitations. Event promotion: Researches and leads outreach to other organizations to co-sponsor or help amplify relevant event invitations. Event preparation: Creates and updates event-related web pages, registration pages and follow-up communications; tracks and reports invite responses.Event execution: Responsible for logistics for all CGD events, including liaising with the IT department on audiovisual needs, arranging for catering and outside equipment, and occasionally finding external venues. Administers contracts and invoices. Coordinates with publications manager for printed materials and media relations on journalist access. Makes travel and hotel arrangements, as needed.Event follow-up: Reports event attendance internally, develops and cultivates CGD’s relationships with external audiences; updates events photo database.Partnership outreach: Reaches out to relevant organizations across the globe to engage them in CGD’s work, whether it is events, publications, or other initiatives.Additional: Contribute to CGD communications team weekly and long-term planning.Works closely with institutional advancement team to involve stakeholders in the Center’s events.

The Center for Global Development (CGD), an independent, nonpartisan research organization in Washington, DC, seeks a part-time paid intern for populating a database of experts in topics on which CGD works, in order to expand the array of expert voices from which our events and research products draw.The Center for Global Development is engaged in programs of research and policy innovation on a wide array of topics, including health, education, migration, technology, development finance, and international aid policy. The intern would identify experts on these topics that capture a wide array of perspectives, including across gender, race, geography, and other aspects of diversity, and incorporate publicly available information about those experts into an existing database at CGD. This work should help to provide a platform for a wider array of voices in dialogue about a wide range of international development policies.

We are looking for a hands-on, engaged intern to assist with several projects that will help us to deliver a climate-smart program. Key Responsibilities Extracting and analysing energy use data from farm audits (see Annex 1: Energy use project Supporting the audit of ASC’s organisational carbon footprint. Supporting the review of carbon offsetting projects.

Responsible to: Head of Research Team Responsible for: Supporting the ASC’s work relating to greenhouse gas emissions and climate

Job summary We’re looking for a Brand Designer with mid to senior level experience to craft impactful and distinctive design assets that help us connect with our stakeholders. Your class-leading creativity, granular attention to detail, and strategic thinking will drive greater engagement across all our marketing and communications channels, with templates, toolkits, and guidelines that help roll out a coherent and consistent brand across our global network. Working with your brand, marketing, and communications colleagues around the world you will need to bring the brand to life through a range of digital, social, event and print assets, content, and merchandise, towards consumers, customers and other audiences. In addition to advising on the best design routes and tools to connect with our audiences and make the ASC’s science-based content more accessible and shareable, your experience will be called on to advise on strategic development and management to continue to increase brand value.  Main responsibilities Developing and maintaining a clear, consistent, tone and visual style guide applied to all our materials Designing graphic content, illustrations, infographics and layouts for ASC documents and reports, both for internal as external use. Managing graphic designs from conception to delivery. Continue to add to our portfolio with new design concepts that inspire teams through creativity and flawless execution Supporting the implementation and embedding our new guidelines Supporting the global implementation of ASC’s new brand positioning through impactful templates and creative assets for colleagues to use Building and maintaining a library of design assets and materials As a core member of the Brand team, support organisation-wide content development, production, campaign design, and help teams deliver results through the power of creative approach and design best practice. Performing brand checks to ensure brand consistency throughout various GloCal marketing projects. Keeping up-to-date with industry developments.

Responsible to: Global Brand Director

They will work with our research team to make grant decisions, our impact assessment staff to learn from past successes, our operations department to track financials and assure legal compliance, and our philanthropy and communications teams to communicate with donors and the public about our fund.Key areas of responsibility Contribute to Movement Grants program strategy. ACE is continually learning new information and actively considering the strategy that informs all of our activities, including our relatively new Movement Grants program, which was started in late 2018. The goals of our fund may evolve over time, and we hope that the Program Officer can help guide its evolution. Work cooperatively with our team and external organizations. One of the most interesting aspects of our work at ACE is the opportunity to discuss strategies with various animal advocacy groups and learn from individual advocates from all over the world. You will regularly engage with the advocacy community and academics to guide them through the grant application process, provide feedback on their applications, and follow up with them about their progress. Facilitate our grant process. You will help to plan, schedule, and implement our grant process. Research topics relevant to grantmaking decisions. During months when we are not actively engaged in the grant process, you will be working on related research projects to improve the impact of Movement Grants in future rounds. Communicate about the Movement Grants program. You will hone your writing skills by drafting content for our website and other public-facing materials, and you will engage with external stakeholders such as donors or peers in our field. Manage fellows or other researchers. You may be asked to manage a research fellow or junior staff member, depending on respective levels of experience.

Position summaryAnimal Charity Evaluators (ACE) is seeking a detail-oriented and strategic individual to work with our research department to administer grants from our ACE Movement Grants program. The Movement Grants Program Officer will facilitate the grant process by reaching out to potential recipients, reviewing grant proposals, managing our decision-making process, educating our team on grantmaking best practices, and communicating with recipients. They will also track and report the progress of our previous grantees.

Reports To: Director of Research