About this role
Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence Unit
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world&...
Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence Unit
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 2 - 5 years
- Location Nigeria
- Job Field Project and Program Management
Job Summary
- IPA’s Right-Fit Evidence (RFE) Unit has supported dozens of partners across the development and humanitarian sectors to embed evidence and learning into their work.
- The Advisor will play a key role in delivering evidence- and data-driven Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) advisory services to implementers and funders, helping them shape more effective programs and policies and transform how they use data for decision-making.
- The Advisor will report to an RFE Manager and collaborate closely with peer Advisors, other RFE colleagues, and IPA colleagues across country offices.
Responsibilities
Technical capability strengthening (70–85%):
- Collaborate with partners and project teams to develop and refine their Theories of Change (ToCs) and MEL frameworks
- Offer continuous, hands-on technical guidance, coaching, and training to partners on MEL design, data collection methods, survey instrument development, data management, analysis, and the use of evidence for decision-making
- Prepare and present high-quality advisory and analytical deliverables that communicate findings and recommendations clearly and effectively, while maintaining high standards of quality
- Conduct detailed quality checks on deliverables
- Design and adapt workshop content and materials to meet partner needs; plan and facilitate workshops, training sessions, and collaborative learning events, and coordinate their logistics
- Manage portions of project workplans and administration (such as documentation, note-taking, file storage, and work plan tracking).
Stakeholder engagement and partner management (5–10%):
- Establish and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with key external stakeholders, including direct interaction with leadership staff from partner organizations
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to foundations, NGOs, and governments, helping them unpack complex programmatic and strategic questions and identify actionable insights
- Accompany and provide feedback on data