IDinsight is looking to appoint a Manager (Kenya and Zambia)

Location: Nairobi, Kenya; Lusaka, Zambia

About IDinsight

We amplify social impact by partnering with leaders to develop tailored solutions. Our mission is to use data and evidence to help leaders combat poverty worldwide.

IDinsight is a mission-driven global advisory, data analytics, and research organization that helps global development leaders maximize their social impact. We tailor a wide range of data and evidence tools, including randomized evaluations and machine learning, to help decision-makers design effective programs and rigorously test what works to support communities. We work with governments, multilateral agencies, foundations, and innovative non-profit organizations in Asia and Africa. Our work spans a wide range of sectors, including agriculture, education, health, governance, sanitation, financial inclusion, and other areas.

We have expertise in a variety of rigorous approaches and methodologies, which we tailor to each client depending on their needs and constraints. To achieve a positive social impact we:

• Support clients’ use of data and evidence for routine and major decision-making.
• Inform funding decisions – toward high-impact initiatives and away from less effective programs or approaches.
• Create and share tools, knowledge, and ideas that expand the use of data and evidence for social good.

Our diverse, growing team of roughly 180 outstanding colleagues operate in nearly two dozen countries around the world.  Learn more about our mission and values at www.IDinsight.org.

About the Manager role

Managers are dynamic, diverse leaders who are passionate about making a difference, possess exceptional analytical skills, and thrive in an entrepreneurial, developing country setting. IDinsight invests heavily in our employees’ professional development and expects them to think critically and creatively about how to maximize our clients’ social impact. Managers are responsible for the following:

Managing client relations

• Managers oversee all aspects of client engagements (with support from an IDinsight Partner) in order to produce high-quality outputs, but more importantly, to drive each client to achieve its social impact goals. Towards this end, Managers are expected to develop a diverse skill set, including establishing trusted advisor relationships with clients, mentoring high-performing early professionals (Associates), developing expertise in a broad range of econometric, data, and field experiment tools and overseeing all project and/or office-related safety & security risk management for their team members.
• Managers establish themselves as experts and trusted advisors to IDinsight clients. Managers use this position to provide high quality counsel and support based on rigorous evidence for senior leaders in governments, foundations, NGOs, and socially impactful businesses.

Overseeing projects and providing technical expertise 

Managers harness and direct the intellectual horsepower fueling IDinsight project teams. Managers lead all elements of IDinsight evaluation and advisory projects, including evaluation design, project management, oversight of analytical processes, engagement of internal and external experts, and construction of high-quality communication materials including policy briefs, technical reports, and presentation materials. Managers need not be Stata wizards, but must be able to develop a deep and nuanced understanding of how econometric, data, and field experiment tools can be tailored to client needs.

Mentoring junior staff members

Managers have the opportunity to professionally develop IDinsight Associates in order to help them achieve their long-term career goals. Associates have exceptional raw talent, and are very energetic to learn from Managers in order to hone various skills.

Contributing to organizational growth

Managers are encouraged to contribute to IDinsight’s organizational development by helping to improve and refine the IDinsight approach, develop new client engagements, oversee country offices, and the potential to help open new IDinsight offices or start new services.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Demonstrated interest in the use of evidence, rigorous impact measurement, and data to improve international development policies and programs
• Post-graduate degree, preferably in public policy, economics, public administration, international development, and business
• 4-8 years relevant work experience, including managerial experience in Eastern or Southern Africa
• Outstanding quantitative and critical thinking skills, with nuanced understanding of econometric, data, and field experiment tools, including but not limited to statistical software (Stata wizards welcome, but not mandatory)

Behaviors and mindsets

• Outstanding interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills with senior officials
• Proven ability to lead and motivate other staff in a dynamic, multicultural environment
• Self-starter who will thrive in a start-up setting by taking ownership and initiative
• Intellectual curiosity and sense of humor
• Deep passion to improve lives around the world

Professional Development

Skill and career development are core to IDinsight’s values and long-term impact strategy, and have been noted as highlights of teammates’ experiences. IDinsighters receive significant mentorship from IDinsight leadership, support from talented peers, and are given considerable autonomy when ready. They maintain professional development plans and are given “stretch” opportunities designed to strengthen a variety of skills. Real-time feedback is embedded in our culture and formal, structured enables maximum professional growth.

Location:

This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya or Lusaka, Zambia, with possible significant regional travel depending on project needs and organizational expansion.

Compensation and benefits

Compensation and benefits are commensurate with the qualifications and experiences IDinsight is hiring for, and competitive within the global development sector. We are especially proud of the people-focused benefits we offer including comprehensive international health insurance, including mental health coverage; paid vacation, sick, and parental leave; relocation benefits; a travel stipend; technology and work from home stipends; a professional development budget; and more.

Please note, as a non-profit, we are unable to provide compensation similar to leading private sector organizations.

Start dates: We are looking for someone to start in early 2022.

To Apply

Please click the “Apply for this job online”- https://internationalcareers-idinsight.icims.com/jobs/1198/manager-senior-manager—nairobi-and-lusaka/job?mobile=false&width=1136&height=500&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=180&jun1offset=180. The application will ask various questions in order for us to get to know you and requires a CV and cover letter (not more than 2 pages). The deadline for applications is Sunday 28th November 2021. Please note, only candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. IDinsight is an equal opportunity employer and strives to create a diverse and supportive workplace.