Research & Policy Associate
Role Summary
Job Title: Research & Policy Associate
Department: Research & Policy Advisory
Role Coverage: National
Travel Clause: Highly possible but as required
Job Location: Ibadan or Abuja, Nigeria
Contract Duration: Indefinite
Reporting Mechanism: Executive Director
Key Working Relationships
The Research & Policy Associate will work in the research and policy advisory department with a direct reporting line to the Executive Director.
External working relationships will include government officials, donors, civil society organizations, and other non- governmental organizations.
Job Purpose
To contribute to outstanding and coordinated research and policy development effort that supports PLSI’s programmatic themes.
Research & Policy Capabilities
- Contribute to the development and delivery of PLSI’s organizational strategy
- Design qualitative and quantitative research plans and methodologies
- Coordinate research projects around public policy and public finance management practices at national and subnational levels in Nigeria
- Ensures that PLSI stays abreast of key policy changes and relevant external issues
- Produce a wide range of high-quality written outputs for various audiences including high-quality, well-targeted research reports, policy briefings, press releases, blogs, and other outputs
- Manage relationships with research institutes, think tanks, policy makers, and other Civil Society Organizations
- Represent the organization at conferences, media appearances, events, etc on all matters related to policy and research
- Update job knowledge and skills by participating in continuous professional development, e.g., training, professional publications
- Maintaining personal networks, and membership of relevant professional bodies
Qualifications & Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in accounting, statistics, or other relevant fields
- A Master’s degree in Public Policy, Social Sciences, or Economics
- A minimum of 5 years related public policy, research, and supervisory experience in a foundation or non-profit organization
- Strong familiarity with public audit process and analysis, policy research, fiscal policy analysis and public finance management practices at national and sub-national level
- Excellent qualitative and quantitative research skills and experience in using a range of research techniques
- A media background is an added advantage
Work-Based Skills
- Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills in a range of formats to include briefings, press releases, reports, media, articles etc
- Ability to draft, proofread and edit reports is required
- Proven ability to translate (written and verbal) complex issues into easily understandable formats for a range of stakeholder audiences
- Proven project management skills and experience in designing, managing, and delivering high quality projects on time
- Competence in data mining and analysis
- Must be confident and possess executive presence to gain the credibility and respect of internal and external stakeholders
- Willingness to travel, even at short notice
- Proven experience managing teams and building networks and strong working relationships
Interested and QUALIFIED candidates should send CV and cover letter to “hr@plsinitiative.org” using the subject title, “Research & Policy Associate”. Please note that this role is open until a suitable candidate is hired. Also, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
