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Senior Manager - Research

  • Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Permanent
  • Research
  • 4 - 6 years
Job Title:

Senior Manager - Research

Job Description:

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. 

Experience Range:

4 - 6 years

Educational Qualifications:

Any graduation, and MSW MSW, PG Diploma Other, MPH Other, ,or Any Doctorate

Job Responsibilities:

These are the following roles and responsibilities:  
  • 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.
    


Skills Required:

Quantitative Research, Qualitative Research, Impact Evaluation, End-to-End Project Management, Proposal Writing, Time Management,

Candidate Attributes:

Education :    Master’s degree in Social Sciences, PhD is a plus
Experience: 
  • 4-5 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.


Job Code: KL-9BGXY6FU
About Us
Sambodhi Research & Communications helps create high-impact knowledge to catalyse accountability in public domain. We offer project management, monitoring & evaluation and research solutions to implementers, federal and state governments, bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and corporate philanthropic foundations. Over the past decade, we have pioneered cutting-edge methodologies for evaluation of large-scale interventions across sectors and themes including public health, nutrition, sanitation, natural resources, renewable energy, livelihoods and microfinance.
Why Us?
Sambodhi works towards enhancing appreciation of evidence-based functioning among development organisations and practitioners. As part of our field-building effort, we co-founded the Community of Evaluators-South Asia (CoE-SA); are home to the South Asian Journal for Evaluation in Practice (SAJEP) – first-of-its-kind peer reviewed journal on evaluation from this region; and have trained more than 5,000 professionals on M&E and related areas.