1. Context
The role holder will lead research initiatives on the prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA), ensuring evidence-based program development, policy recommendations, and government partnership efforts. This role involves designing and implementing research studies, analysing data, and disseminating findings to strengthen Arpan s interventions. Associate Director Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Assistant Manager / Manager Research and Evaluation
3. Key Objectives of the Job
- To provide methodological, research and evidence-based support to Arpan s Research and Programme evaluation design, implementation, analysis, reporting, and dissemination
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Specialized job competencies
- Demonstrated experience on quantitative methodologies and data analysis using statistical tools (SPSS, STATA, R, NVivo, Survey CTO etc.) is a must.
- Experience in experimental / quasi-experimental research studies (e.g. RCT, RDD, PSM designs) would be an advantage.
- Hands-on experience of overseeing primary data collection, ensuring ethical considerations and child protection protocols.
- Ability to communicate technical topics to internal and external audiences in clear, simple and compelling manner both verbally and in writing.
- Interpret research findings to inform program strategies, training modules, and government partnership, fundraising efforts.
- Masters s degree in any developmental, statistical, population studies, with graduate-level coursework on statistics, econometrics, impact evaluation, and economic development.
8. 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.
9. 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.
