Chief Research Specialist
2 weeks ago
**Job Advert Summary**:
A permanent position to be based in Cape Town, Pretoria or Durban
**People who previously applied for this position are not encouraged to apply.**
**Minimum Requirements**:
**Key Requirements**:
- A doctorate in behavioural economics, econometrics, quantitative social science, or other related disciplines with impact evaluation training.
- At least 6 years’ experience as a senior impact evaluation, implementation science researcher or similar position.
- Excellent knowledge of impact evaluation methodologies, (quantitative and qualitative skills applicable to impact evaluations)
- Excellent analytical and computer skills
- A strong record of published research in both local and international journals, and/ or a strong record of public policy analysis and evaluation report development (at least 10 publications in peer reviewed journals).
- Expertise in one of the priority areas of the Impact Centre: research impact, evidence-informed policy making, rapid evidence synthesis, systematic reviews
- Intellectual and personal integrity, imagination, and drive.
- A strong user orientation, based on a commitment to social research that makes a difference.
- The ability and enthusiasm to lead research and practice teams involved in large-scale multidisciplinary projects, to manage team members, and to mentor and train junior researchers; and
**Duties and Responsibilities**:
- **Key Responsibilities**:
- Develop a programme of work in the Impact Assessment unit around the science of impact, impact evaluation and assessment, evidence-informed policy making,
- Provide leadership on the measurement of impact, and impact assessment and evaluation:
- Conceptualise and lead on the science and measurement of impact and provide inputs on proposals, protocols, and tools for key projects across different divisions of the HSRC
- Provide leadership on relating project research objectives and impact questions
- Evaluation design (Experimental/Quesi-Experiemental, quantitative/qualitative, sampling and sample sizes, evaluations methods etc)
- Design and implement impact evaluations in partnerships with divisions in the HSRC, government and other partners on projects of interest
- Provide workshops/training on impact evaluations concepts (Theory of Change Models, attributions and causations, implementation science, study designs, experimental, quesi-experimental designs etc, results frameworks, logic models etc)
- Mentor junior staff on impact assessment and evaluations
- Conduct evaluation studies to assess the impact and effectiveness of various HSRC programme, policies and interventions and develop accessible knowledge products.
- Foster knowledge sharing and disseminate evaluation findings and lessons to increase awareness and knowledge in SA and beyond.
- Support strengthening of impact evaluation capacity in the HSRC.
- Build visible national, continental, and international impact research partnerships
- Develop opportunities for fund raising to support Impact Evaluation programme of work.
- Deliver high-quality results and reports within budget and deadline.
- Communicate research findings and publish in peer reviewed journals.
- Mentor junior researchers
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