An international non-profit organization is seeking professionals specializing in academic qualitative and quantitative research. This expertise is highly valued by the social entrepreneurs within the organization's network. An elite team of experts is being created from different world regions to reflect cultural contexts and languages. These members are called 'Professional Support Partners' to reflect their expertise and commitment to impact within the global community.
What you do
- Provide professional consults and project-based engagement to staff and social entrepreneurs.
- Your expertise will be promoted within the organization over two to three months.
- If a need matches your interests and availability, an introduction will be made to discuss the details of the partnership and ways you can contribute.
Profile
- Advanced methodological expertise combined with strong social-entrepreneurship literacy and systems-change evaluation experience.
- Ability to translate complex evidence into actionable learning for diverse, globally distributed innovators.
What they ask
- Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g., Development Economics, Public Policy, Statistics, Social Sciences, Epidemiology, Data Science, or Health Economics); master’s preferred, with 6-8 years of research experience.
- Mixed-methods expertise: strong command of both quantitative and qualitative methods (case studies, theory of change validation, participatory approaches).
- Social-impact and systems-change evaluation: experience evaluating social entrepreneurship, nonprofit programs, or systems-change initiatives; familiarity with proxy indicators, longitudinal tracking, and attribution challenges typical of early-stage ventures.
- Technical tools: fluency in statistical software (Stata, R, or Python), advanced Excel/Sheets, and data visualization tools; ability to write defensible methodology sections and produce donor/investor-ready impact reports.
Desired.
- SROI and cost-effectiveness: experience with Social Return on Investment (SROI), ROI, or cost-effectiveness analysis is highly valued.
- Global and intercultural fluency: ability to work across diverse countries, adapt methods to varied contexts, and communicate clearly in English (additional languages like Spanish, French, Hindi are a plus).
- Capacity strengthening: skill in coaching teams to design lean, credible measurement systems that fit early-stage resource constraints while still producing decision-useful evidence.
Working Style.
- Analytical writing and storytelling: ability to synthesize complex findings into concise briefs, dashboards, and narratives.
- Collaboration and empathy: comfort partnering with entrepreneurial leaders who may be measurement novices; ability to balance rigor with pragmatism and maintain a “do no harm” ethics stance in sensitive contexts.
- Learning orientation: commitment to embedding learning loops (not just reporting) so strategies can be iterated based on evidence.
Practical
- This is an unpaid, volunteer opportunity.
- Language requirements: English plus (Spanish, French, Hindi are a plus).
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