Research And Learning Director

Summary of the Position;

Semilla Nueva is recruiting a research and learning director to co-lead the development and publishing of third-party impact evaluations, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, and assist in program design. This position will report to and collaborate closely with the COO, supervise a M&E coordinator position, and will be a part of our senior leadership team. The position will require time in Guatemala, but we are open to remote work.

We are looking for a passionate, creative, and outgoing leader who wants to help use impact evaluation to change public policy and donor priorities in order to improve the nutritional intake of millions of people in the next 3-5 years.

·Remote work with travel (~10%) to Guatemala

·Salary range: $90-120,000/yr depending on experience

·Competitive benefits package

Qualifications:

Required:

·Graduate degree in nutrition, public health or related field

·Experience in research, monitoring, or program management for nutritional/agricultural programs

·Proficiency in Stata, R, or SAS with strong quantitative and qualitative research skills

·Experience designing and managing health or nutrition research studies

·Experience at an international NGO, preferably living in a developing context

·Demonstrated leadership, stress-management and flexibility in the work environment

·Strong technical writing abilities

·Strong networking and inter-organizational collaboration skills

·Fully fluent English

Desired:

●Fluent Spanish

●Experience working in Meso-America

Expectations:

-Ability to work independently, proactively, and prioritize/coordinate a variety of activities

-Ability to represent organizational values and develop strategy in a senior leadership role

-Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team

-Comfortable working in a fast-paced, constantly evolving work environment

Specific Tasks:

●Third party studies and M&E

oCo-develop studies with third party researchers to measure the nutritional and livelihood impact of Semilla Nueva’s programs on beneficiary families, including studies on biological impacts of biofortified grain, ex-ante impact models, livelihood impact evaluations, and climate resilience studies

oWork with Semilla Nueva’s operations department to improve internal systems that measure the economic, climate resilience, and food security impact of our program on farming families

oLead efforts to visualize the impact of Semilla Nueva’s programs to make it easier for donors, partners, and government to understand the potential and impact of biofortified seeds

●Bilateral Relationships and Proposals

oParticipate in relationship management with major donors and bilaterals such as USAID

oParticipate in proposal writing

●Management and Leadership

oDevelop and grow a professional team dedicated to the areas above

oWork with the leadership team on organizational and strategic development, including leading writing of new strategic and operational plans.

To apply please send your CV to [email protected] with the subject, Research and Learning Director and your last name.

Feel free to send any recent publications and/or 2-3 bullet points of why you think you would be a good fit for the role and we may be a good fit for you.