Policy & RFE Coordinator at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Job Description

• IPA is seeking a Policy & RFE Coordinator to work closely with a financial services regulator in Nigeria.
• Responding to demand, IPA is developing an embedded evidence lab with the regulator, putting a strong focus on equipping them to regularly use evidence to improve their decision-making, policies, and programs.
• This position will support these activities, reporting to a Consumer Protection Embedded Lab Manager and dotted line reporting to the Right-Fit Evidence Unit and Policy & External Relations Team.

Responsibilities

• Support mapping of the data needs of specific departments within the regulator against the existing data available, complemented with an assessment of its quality
• Support assessment of existing datasets and indicators according to criteria of relevance, objectivity, and reliability
• Support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) training, and workshops for staff of the regulator
• Support identification of goals, crafting of theories of change, and MEL plans for programs
• Support implementation of data use “pilots” to generate actionable information and analysis
• Support opportunities to leverage administrative data for analysis to inform key programs and decisions
• Support the execution of “learning-by-doing” capacity-building projects with a staff of the regulator
• Produce draft “policy reports and briefs” based on key insights generated from lab activities
• Contribute to events to disseminate lessons learned from the implementation of lab activities
• Support the design and delivery or other potential policy and RFE engagements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Public Policy, Social Science, or a related field
• 2 - 5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in M&E (public sector) or organizational performance/R&D/operational research (private sector)
• Superior analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Familiarity with statistics and data analysis (including advanced Excel)
• Demonstrated ability to coach and train others in MEL methodologies or data analysis
• Ability to present information in a structured and insightful way, both in writing and orally
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, versatility, and willingness to learn.
• Passion for making data-driven decision-making a reality in the development sector.

Preferred Additional Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Economics, Public policy, Social science or a related field
• Experience in management consulting or other professional services
• Experience with programs relating to financial inclusion and/or consumer protection
• Experience working in developing countries
• Familiarity with the concepts surrounding the Theory of Change and the core tools of MEL (both quantitative and qualitative research methods)
• Familiarity with SurveyCTO, Open Data Kit, Kobo, or similar survey software
• Ability to use Stata, R, or similar statistical software.