Lead Research & Market Information
CVPeople Tanzania | Full time
Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Posted on 02/07/2022
Job Description
Research & Thought Leadership
Lead the development of an innovative research agenda; provide insights on how to optimize Company impact on the sustainable development of Tanzania’s financial sector and develop our understanding of how to make markets work for the poor.
Strategic & Operational Planning
Take an active role in developing the Company's strategy and the emerging portfolio of interventions, encouraging the team to incorporate insights gained from research into the design; lead the development of market interventions in the Research and Market Information space.
Intervention Design & Delivery
Lead the development and implementation of the Research & Market Information project pipeline to ensure utilization of funds and achievement of output, outcome, and impact targets; provide a potentially high impact portfolio of interventions are submitted to and approved by the Investment Committee.
Advocacy, Communications & Relationship Building
Clarify how achievement of the Company's objectives depends upon influencing the mindset or behavior of others (e.g. Implementing Partners, policymakers, end-users & other stakeholders); lead the development and implementation of an innovative Communications & Influencing plan for the Research Department.
Risk & Resource Management
Secure, manage, and safeguard program e resources; ensuring that each intervention achieves optimal financial efficiency, value for money, and impact while ensuring compliance with Company and donor policies.
Leadership & Empowerment of the Team
Lead the teams of staff and consultants deployed to each intervention to empower them to contribute effectively towards achieving Company strategy.
Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum of bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Post Graduate Degree in Development Economics, Research, or other related fields
- Professional qualification in monitoring and statistical techniques preferred
- Certification in Project Management (e.g. PMP/ PRINCE2) (added advantage)
- Excellent knowledge of data and information quality management techniques; including cutting-edge technologies in the field
- 10+ years’ post-graduation experience in research related to development economics; ideally involving market information management
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