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RTI International · 1 day ago

Evaluation and Research Specialist, Act to End NTDs | East

Durham, NC

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$102K/yr - $125K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Collaborate across the Act | East team to identify opportunities to conduct evaluation/ implementation research activities to gather evidence needed to support programmatic decision-making and action, often as part of learning questions in Act | East’s learning agenda.

Lead and support successful design, protocol development, implementation, and analysis of Act | East evaluation/ implementation research studies and activities, ensuring that these complement routine monitoring and contribute to learning at program and global levels. This includes qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods evaluation/ implementation research activities.

Support measurement and visualization of progress toward health systems strengthening and sustainability made by countries supported by Act | East.

In collaboration with Act | East staff, analyze project data and generate results in easy-to-understand visual formats across the project’s three result areas.

Work with the Act | East team members to facilitate uptake of evaluation/implementation research findings and learnings for programmatic refinement as well as policy discussions.

Work with Act | East staff to ensure that evaluation/implementation research results are captured in briefs, reports, conference abstracts, blogs, journal manuscripts and other documentation products. This includes providing guidance and support to Act | East staff as well as drafting materials, submitting to conferences and peer-reviewed journals, etc.

Support capacity building of Act | East staff (including in-country program and consortium partner staff) to carry out evaluation/implementation research activities, analyze, and use data.

Collaborate with strategic partners across RTI (and specifically its International Development Group) to identify areas for evaluation/implementation research support and engagement.

Serve as the Act | East IRB liaison providing guidance on all IRB submissions and leading all those sent to the RTI IRB which includes managing submissions in the RTI system and coordinating with the IRB to finalize approvals.

Other work as assigned.

Qualification

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Public HealthEpidemiologyImplementation ResearchQualitative AnalysisQuantitative AnalysisData VisualizationHealth Systems StrengtheningInfectious DiseasesTechnical WritingATLAS.tiNVivoSASSTATAR

Required

Master’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Sciences or related field and at least 6 years of specialized experience carrying out evaluations, implementation research, and/or operations research in global health (or Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of similar experience).

Demonstrated experience in technical, proposal, abstract, report, journal manuscript and alternative story form (e.g., blog posts, snapshots, recap summarization, social media posts) writing.

Demonstrated experience supporting data collection, reporting and dissemination on health system, sustainability or directly related projects.

Experience in working with diverse teams in various global settings to conduct qualitative and quantitative data analysis, visualization, use and reporting.

Proven ability and experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection, management, analysis, use, visualization, reporting and dissemination.

Technical content expertise health systems strengthening, additional expertise in infectious diseases (including NTDs, malaria, HIV, TB) preferrable.

Strong qualitative analysis skills with proficiency in at least one qualitative analysis software (ATLAS.ti, NVivo, etc.).

Experience in at least one quantitative analysis software (SAS, STATA, R).

Ability to translate complex data into easily understandable reports, abstracts and narratives.

Ability to analyze M&E and other programmatic data and synthesize findings as learning for programmatic use.

Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills.

Proven ability to work effectively in a team-oriented setting while also taking initiative to complete assigned tasks with high quality and within tight timelines.

An understanding of development issues and potential challenges when operating in developing country contexts.

Ability to navigate complex global, multi-cultural interactions diplomatically.

Strong English oral and written communication skills (native speaker or professional-level fluency).