Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) recherche un Associé principal en charge des politiques, Afrique de l’Ouest, États-Unis
The Senior Policy Associate will support the execution of IPA’s evidence-based policy and practice impact and influence strategy, working with a portfolio of countries in West Africa. He/she will work closely with the global policy team, country office management, and policy staff in our offices in West Africa to identify, cultivate, and support strategic policy and practice opportunities that show promise in improving lives at scale . Current projects and opportunities the Senior Policy Associate might support are in the education, gender, health, and social protection sectors. The strategic goals of the Senior Policy Associate will be to work with colleagues to equip partners to use evidence in policy making and program design and pursue scale-up opportunities of promising programs; develop embedded evidence labs with Ministry partners; build strategic partner relationships; and host/manage policy events. The Senior Policy Associate will write policy communications materials to inform policy making and program design and will also work closely with the policy team to support the development of funding opportunities to resource strategic policy projects and initiatives across IPA. This position reports to a Senior Policy Manager.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Policy Associate, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Policy Communications and Strategy
- Combine insights from disparate areas of research into policy lessons for decision-makers who want to apply research to their policies and programs.
- Write original policy communications publications and materials to communicate IPA’s policy lessons to internal and external stakeholders. This may include writing and/or ghost writing original blog posts, policy briefs, website content, and other materials communicating IPA’s policy impact and strategy to internal and external stakeholders
- Develop strategic tools to equip IPA staff and partners to use evidence in decision-making
- Investigate the use of evidence from IPA’s work and draft impact case studies that illustrate how evidence is being used to inform programs and policies
- Support the management of key policy projects Conduct cost effectiveness analysis for strategic projects
Policy or Research Dissemination Events
- Support virtual and/or in-person events with coordination, planning, and presentation drafting and support Business Development, Grant Coordination, and Project Management Support
- Support policy team with policy proposal writing to raise funds for strategic policy work
- Coordinate grant reporting and support deliverable management for a handful of global policy grants
- Update project information in knowledge management system
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, international development, international education, journalism, political science, public policy, or other relevant field and at least three years of relevant work experience; exceptions may be made for excellent candidates who do not meet this criterion
- Exceptional ability to understand academic research studies and analyze bodies of research
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including clear, precise, non-technical written and presentation skills; requires a strong written “voice” and ability to write in various voices as needed as well as effective spoken communication and presentation style
- Experience with business development or fundraising
- Proven ability to multitask and successfully complete projects on tight deadlines with little supervision
- Willingness to work hard, be self-motivated, learn, be a team-player, and adapt quickly will be essential for doing well in this position.
Application Instructions
About IPA
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor. In recent decades, trillions of dollars have been spent on programs designed to reduce global poverty, but clear evidence on which programs succeed is rare, and when evidence does exist, decision-makers often do not know about it. IPA exists to bring together leading researchers and these decision-makers to ensure that the evidence we create leads to tangible impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 600 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries. This research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions of individuals worldwide.