Senior Consultant - Women in Learning Leadership Project

• Provide technical guidance to reach the project objectives
• Lead or contribute to global research including identification, creation and analysis of assessment tools, analysis of education datasets and drafting policy briefs
• Lead or contribute to country-level work including analysis of primary data, report writing, and providing technical guidance for data collection
• Lead or participate in data collection activities including managing ethical protocols, establishing sampling strategy, drafting questionnaires, recruiting survey firms, training enumerators, and supervising data collection and cleaning
• Contribute to project management including coordination with national and international partners, reporting, participating in policy dialogue and fund-raising efforts
• Contribute to publication and dissemination of research results
• Ensure quality assurance of institutional analysis

• Advanced university degree (Master or PhD) in education, economics, social sciences, gender or related fields
• At least ten years of professional experience in quantitative research and report writing in education and gender
• At least two years of professional experience at the international level
• Demonstrated expertise in quantitative data analysis, including the use of statistical software and education datasets
• Demonstrated experience in research design and implementation, including development of analytical frameworks, tools and protocols
• Strong analytical and writing skills, with a proven track record of analytical outputs (e.g. research reports, policy briefs, technical notes, publications)
• Proven experience working with Ministries of Education, international organizations, or development partners
• Experience in sub-Saharan Africa, including collaboration with national counterparts and local stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral proficiency in French and English
• Ability to travel internationally, including in fragile and challenging context countries

• Demonstrated experience in qualitative research methods, including interviews, focus groups and qualitative data analysis
• Demonstrated capacity to integrate and triangulate quantitative and qualitative findings within mixed-methods research designs
• Experience in managing or contributing to complex, multi-country research projects, including coordination with multiple partners
• Experience contributing to resource mobilization, including proposal writing, budget development or donor reporting
• Experience contributing to or leading the publication and dissemination of research findings, including policy-oriented outputs and/or peer-reviewed publications
• 2 years of experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection is a strong advantage

Travel expenses will be covered by IIEP according to UN travel rules (airplane tickets + DSA)