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Design Workforce Analysis Fellow at Spark MicroGrants: (Deadline 11 August 2023)

We’re hiring a Design Workforce Analysis Fellow 

Phrases of Reference:  

About Spark

Spark Microgrants believes in a world the place everybody lives with dignity and determines their very own optimistic future. Spark has pioneered a poverty alleviation mannequin in East Africa that pulls on the proof from extremely poor commencement and community-driven growth approaches, often known as the facilitated collective motion course of (FCAP). The FCAP combines a money grant plus facilitated group conferences and trainings to catalyze improved livelihoods, stronger social cohesion, and better gender fairness. Spark is partnering with NGO and Authorities companions to scale adoption and impacts for rural communities – on their very own phrases. Learn extra about our Strategy, Impression and Values on our web site.

Spark is in search of an skilled Analysis Fellow to extend our inside capability to assemble, evaluation, conduct, and digest analysis that may additional our programmatic, design, and analysis targets. The Fellow will bolster Spark’s efforts towards constructing proof by inside and exterior evaluations, creating and sustaining sturdy evidence-program-policy linkages, and strengthening the suggestions loop between the physique of literature and Spark’s program design.

In regards to the function

The Fellow will add capability to Spark’s workforce by supporting its Design workforce on analysis and studying initiatives. Focus areas might embody community-oriented local weather resilience methods, distilling finest practices from the physique of related peer reviewed literature, country-specific authorities coverage and technique, amongst different subjects. The Fellow will:

• Report back to Rachel Jones, the Design Director, and can have weekly check-ins associated to tasks, efficiency, {and professional} growth.
• Take part in weekly workforce conferences and month-to-month workforce coaching.
• Be given 10% of their workload to deal with a ardour challenge. This challenge advantages the workforce and the group however is outdoors of the important thing duties given by the supervisor.
• Take part in human-centered design practices and trainings.
• Have a portfolio of literature critiques, ideas notes, and finest practices of Group Pushed Growth on the finish of this chance.

The core function for the Analysis Fellow is to assemble analysis from the worldwide group and assist information design initiatives; particularly with regard to group pushed growth (CDD), local weather change, financial savings teams, social entrepreneurship, and many others.

Duties

1. Conduct literature critiques as requested by Spark management workforce (for instance, finest practices in community-driven growth and poverty alleviation packages)
2. Distill learnings from tutorial literature and peer reviewed publications into simply digestible data for Spark workforce and companions
3. Contribute evidence-rooted views to program design conversations and initiatives
4. Develop idea notes for brand new partnerships and research
5. Take part in Spark’s focus group discussions with program members and conduct qualitative analyses
6. Take part in fast prototyping of latest approaches and initiatives
7. Construct capability of  design workforce by coaching employees on key learnings from analysis
8. Undertake ardour challenge with 10% of time

Necessities and different concerns

• Masters diploma in a associated discipline plus 2+ years expertise in analysis centered roles
• Expertise working in world south required
• Expertise writing idea notes and proposals is most well-liked
• Glorious English written and oral communication
• Choice for information and experience in areas together with sustainable agriculture, gender equality, financial growth, democracy, and entrepreneurship 

OTHER INFORMATION

Job Location: Choice for Fellows situated within the East Africa, Central Africa, or Greenwich Imply / British Summer season Time zones

Contract Length:  Time period of fellowship is 6 months with potential to increase based mostly on Spark wants and workforce capability.

• Month-to-month stipend will likely be supplied based mostly on schooling, expertise, and price of residing in Fellow’s location.

Begin date: 18 September 2023

Utility deadline: 11^th August 2023

WHAT WE OFFER

• A aggressive wage, relying on expertise.
• Gifted and welcoming colleagues, 90% of whom are based mostly within the international locations the place we work.
• A supportive surroundings with loads of skilled growth alternatives.
• An opportunity to assist form the way forward for worldwide growth.

TO APPLY

Comply with the Hyperlink to use: https://sparkmicrogrants.bamboohr.com/careers/71

Utility Particulars:

• Connect your resume and a canopy letter that explains why your expertise and background make you the best candidate for this place. Resume ought to be not more than two pages.
• Please additionally embody a pattern of writing related to this place’s obligations.
• Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Spark Microgrants supplies equal employment and development alternatives to all people. Employment choices at Spark are based mostly on advantage, {qualifications}, and skills. Spark doesn’t discriminate in employment alternatives or practices on the idea of race, shade, faith, intercourse, sexual orientation, nationwide origin, gender id, age, incapacity, marital standing, or another attribute protected by the legislation. Spark will make affordable lodging for certified people with recognized disabilities until doing so would end in undue hardship to every day operations.

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