Senior Associate, MLE (Field Operations)
Evidence Action, Malawi

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Since our founding in 2013, we have reached over 515 million people globally with our interventions. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, and Charity Navigator.

We do development differently: We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs which deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our Deworm the World Program has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.8 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. Safe Water Now provides sustained safe water access to over 10 million people in Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths.

We drive innovation:Our Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless inexiting programs which do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.

We are global: Across nine countries in Africa and Asia, our 700+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.

We have big ambitions: Over the next decade, we’re setting our sights higher: We aim to reach over 600 million people globally to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.

We need great people:Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.

Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative (DTW) is an incredibly high impact program, helping to deliver over 1.8 billion treatments to children for intestinal worms since 2014. Deworm the World Initiative provides technical assistance to governments to implement evidence-based, cost effective, and sustainable deworming programs, with recent data showing dramatic reductions in the prevalence of worm infections in geographies we support. Our program was highlighted as one of GiveWell’s top-rated charities from 2013 to 2022, and continues to be a part of their All-Grants Fund for high-impact charities.

In 2019, given the strength of our technical support on school-based delivery of deworming in India, at the request of government, Evidence Action launched a technical assistance program to support the delivery of Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation for children and adolescents 6 months 19 years of age in India. This program, Equal Vitamin Access, is in a test at scale phase - it is being implemented across five states in India with a robust external evaluation design to measure changes in coverage.

The Senior Associate, MLE Field Operations is responsible for supporting all of Evidence Action’s Monitoring and Evaluation field activities for the DTW-IFA and HPV programs in Malawi. This is an exciting position that involves supporting program research, monitoring, and learning; training of data collectors, management of data collection processes and quality, vendor management, development and maintenance of program data tools. The individual will coordinate between the sub regional MLE Manager, Deputy Country Director, Senior Associate Knowledge and Training, government and other implementing partners as needed.

Requirements

Manage Data Collection Activities

• Manage all types of data collection activities for DTW, IFA and HPV programs including, field-based data collection and phone-based data collection for both quantitative and qualitative research, electronic amp; paper surveys.
• Work with DTW, IFA and HPV program teams to train and manage all staff collecting program data to ensure quality data collection; including tracking all data collection activities and conducting back-checks/spot-checks.
• Support regular sampling of field activities based on guidelines, develop

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