Research Lead

Head – Research & Insights

policy, practice, and product

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Research Leadership

• Define LCPL’s overarching research and evidence strategy aligned with organizational priorities and government partnerships.
• Build a cross-domain research roadmap covering education, skilling, livelihoods, tech-in-governance, and social inclusion.
• Establish thought leadership and position LCPL as a credible voice in national and state-level public policy conversations.

2. Research Design & Methodology

• Develop standardized research frameworks for primary, secondary, and mixed-method studies.
• Lead needs assessments, baseline and endline studies, and impact evaluations for ongoing programs.
• Ensure methodological rigor and ethical standards across all research activities.
• Oversee the creation of sampling frameworks, toolkits, and field protocols.

3. Knowledge & Evidence Systems

• Build and manage LCPL’s internal knowledge architecture: repositories, dashboards, and evidence libraries.
• Partner with Product and Tech teams to embed real-time data and learning feedback loops within program delivery systems.
• Curate knowledge products (whitepapers, policy notes, sector reports, research briefs) for internal and external dissemination.
• Create taxonomies and templates for evidence capture at every stage of project lifecycle.

4. Intelligence & Insights

• Conduct continuous secondary research across government schemes, tenders, budgets, and global best practices.
• Produce monthly and quarterly intelligence reports highlighting trends, benchmarks, and emerging opportunities.
• Support Business Development (BD) and Product teams with data-driven insights for bid proposals, DPRs, and concept notes.
• Track competitor research, innovations, and technology interventions relevant to LCPL’s focus areas.

5. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with government departments, research bodies, multilateral agencies, and think tanks for partnerships and joint studies.
• Represent LCPL at high-level policy discussions, panels, and national forums.
• Co-develop evaluation frameworks and evidence systems with client ministries and donor partners.

6. Team Building & Capability Development

• Build and lead a multidisciplinary research team — analysts, sector specialists, data scientists, and documentation experts.
• Create pathways for capacity development through training, mentorship, and collaboration.
• Drive a research culture that prizes intellectual honesty, precision, and curiosity.

7. Quality Assurance & Publication

• Oversee quality standards for all reports, studies, and knowledge products.
• Ensure research outputs are publication-ready and aligned with LCPL’s editorial and brand guidelines.
• Review data accuracy, citation integrity, and narrative quality.
• Drive dissemination of LCPL’s research through journals, conferences, and media channels.