Senior Manager/ Manager/ Assistant Manager - Research and Evaluation

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About the Organization

At Arpan, we believe every child matters. Every child has a right to be safe and protected from sexual abuse and heal from its ill effects. Arpan is the largest NGO in India addressing this issue with over 140 professionals providing prevention and intervention services to children and adults irrespective of their socio-economic background, gender, sexuality, caste, religion and political affiliation. Arpan is scaling up its work and reach through partnerships with government bodies, school chains and NGOs pan India.

Job Responsibilities

To provide methodological, research and evidence-based support to Arpan’s Research and Programme evaluation design, implementation, analysis, reporting, and dissemination

Major Deliverables        

• Lead and manage assigned internal and external research projects and evaluation independently
• Design and pilot quantitative, qualitative and mixed method surveys in collaboration with other teams.
• Conduct advanced data analysis using statistical software packages of programme and research data to inform programme design, implementation and strategy.
• Engage with external research agencies to ensure conduct of quality research and follow ethical protocols.
• Perform data quality checks for internal and external research projects.
• Write high quality reports and review internal and external stakeholders’ reports.
• Conduct literature reviews and keep abreast of findings from relevant research.
• Ensure preparation, maintenance and updation of Arpan’s research knowledge databases.
• Undertake other administrative duties related to research projects, such as participating in internal meetings, arranging and coordinating dissemination of research reports, and maintaining research documents.

Job Challenge   

• Managing both internal and external research projects simultaneously while ensuring quality and timeliness can be challenging.
• Ensuring accuracy and reliability of data from multiple sources, especially when working with external agencies or large-scale surveys.
• Conducting advanced data analysis and deriving meaningful insights, particularly when dealing with complex datasets.
• Ensuring external research partners adhere to high-quality standards, timelines, and ethical protocols.
• Coordinating with programme, communications, and M&E teams to align research with organizational goals while managing differing expectations.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

• Masters’s degree in any developmental, statistical, population studies, with graduate-level coursework on statistics, econometrics, impact evaluation, and economic development.

Desired Experience        

• Minimum 4 to 5 years of experience in quantitative research in development sector.
• Prefer candidates with exposure to child protection, child sexual abuse and/or similar areas of work.

Other desired attributes             

• Experience conducting literature searches (e.g. through Google Scholar alerts, research circulars, etc) and summarizing complex academic papers and non-academic reports into key findings/talking points in straightforward, non-technical language.
• Predict and oversee risks and deliver on time and to budget.
• Strong power point presentation skills is a requisite.

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