Research Director – Emergency Cash

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🌐 United States, United Kingdom, +1 more countries – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote

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👔 Director

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GiveDirectly

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2009

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $1M Grant on 2018-03

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

GiveDirectly is a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty by providing direct cash transfers to individuals in need around the world. With a mission to help people living on less than $2. 15 per day, GiveDirectly empowers recipients to make their own financial decisions by delivering unconditional cash directly to them, leveraging mobile money technology. Their innovative approach has led to broad recognition and has been studied in numerous research projects. By bypassing traditional aid mechanisms, GiveDirectly aims to efficiently and scalably transform lives, offering targeted assistance in regions such as Bangladesh, Kenya, and the United States, among others.

📋 Description

• Own GiveDirectly’s research and learning strategy for Emergency Cash Programs and frontier topics • Define and prioritize impact-focused learning questions against organization-wide priorities • Lead strategic impact evaluations and impact-focused research across multiple countries • Establish research partnerships and make resourcing decisions • Set standards for data collection, quality checks, analyses, ethics, and compliance • Establish and refine policies and systems for data sharing, human subjects protections, and transparency • Drive evidence-informed decision-making across Emergency Cash teams • Advise RME leadership on research strategy and capacity development • Pilot and refine new research methods and share lessons across the organization • Own outcome-focused indicators and measurement standards • Direct strategic research projects and manage partnerships or contracts • Mentor Research Managers and Emergency Cash team staff • Represent GiveDirectly’s Emergency Cash research externally • Author research briefs, policy papers, and submissions • Partner with Partnerships to position Emergency Cash work as credible and evidence-driven

🎯 Requirements

• Expertise in Emergency Cash research strategy and methods • Experience owning strategic impact evaluations and impact-focused research across multiple countries • Ability to develop research concepts and establish research partnerships • Ability to set standards and systems for research best practices • Knowledge of data collection processes, data quality checks, and research analyses • Knowledge of data sharing, human subjects protections, and data transparency • Ability to develop outcome-focused indicators based on theories of change and research literature • Experience managing research partnerships or contracts end-to-end • Ability to author and co-author research briefs, policy papers, and submissions • Ability to negotiate with fundraising, partnerships, product, programs, and communications leaders • Ability to represent research externally at leadership level and high-stakes events • Ability to mentor research staff and Research Managers

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus at target performance: 15% with potential for upside • Annual benefits stipend: $21,393 for United States-based employees • Annual benefits stipend: £2,760 for United Kingdom-based employees • Annual benefits stipend: $8,453 for Kenya-based employees • Benefits stipend may be used to cover benefits or taken as additional taxable income • Fully remote work arrangement • Professional growth opportunities • Non-hierarchical, high-ownership work culture