Regional Director, Research, Measurement & Evaluation [ Bilingual: French &English ]

Preferred Location: Nairobi, Kenya; Kigali, Rwanda
Who We Are

NewGlobe supports visionary governments to transform public education systems, the cornerstone of a prosperous, equitable, and peaceful society.

With a comprehensive system transformation platform and data-driven educational services, NewGlobe delivers rapid and dramatic improvements in learning outcomes at state and nationwide scale. Through building impactful partnerships and programmes, NewGlobe ensures that all children have access to an education that will develop their full potential and create a foundation for growth and prosperity.

NewGlobe leverages more than a decade of educational experience and proven impact in integrated school management, teacher professional development, instructional design innovation, technological system support, child-centered classroom practice, and parent engagement -- all grounded in learning science -- to ensure each teacher is empowered to engage children in transformational learning, and all children have the opportunity to develop to their full potential. Every day, NewGlobe supports governments to solve what were once seen as intractable problems, and by doing so, ensures this generation will be able to grow up to lead more fulfilled lives, while simultaneously building economic prosperity for themselves, their communities, and the globe.

NewGlobe's high-touch, intensive professional development programs, along with integrated school management, teacher support, and assessment software, enable schools to succeed. NewGlobe works within state and national curriculum and syllabi, ensuring all children are empowered to learn their own history, and master local content, while being globally competitive in mathematics and languages. The science of behaviour change and the science of learning is at the foundation of all programming.

NewGlobe works with urgency because youth quickly becomes adulthood and relentlessly because improvement requires continuous problem-solving. NewGlobe is honoured to serve and to help rebuild trust in public systems.

NewGlobe's work is all encompassing and will challenge you to use your full mind, and heart, each day. We need bright minds who want to be part of building a new globe -- a more equitable globe -- to join us.
Academics

The objective of the Academics group is to drive student achievement. To do so, we must know what is happening minute-by-minute for the typical child. The student's daily experience, and thus the path to achievement, emerges from their relationship with the teachers and the content that is delivered in the classroom. Our team is collaboratively organized around these levers. We develop rigorous content pitched at the right level for students to be delivered by a teacher who is prepared to succeed in the classroom.
Research, Measurement & Evaluation

The Research, Measurement & Evaluation (Research, Measurement and Evaluation) team at NewGlobe is housed within the Academics group and collaborates across departments to help leaders assess the quality of teaching and learning at NewGlobe. We work to answer the core questions of "How well are we doing?", "Are we getting better?", and "How can we get even better?". We blend quantitative analyses with qualitative field work to measure what matters most, provide feedback to NewGlobe school leaders and managers, assess our impact on student learning, and communicate the results to various internal and external audiences.

At the heart of our work is comparative analysis. We compare student learning at NewGlobe across time and place. In all of our locations, we examine how much faster NewGlobe students learn than their peers in similar schools. We examine how student performance today compares to student performance yesterday. We examine sub-groups of students to advance equity. We examine variability across our schools to determine which characteristics matter most to student learning. We help NewGlobe managers assess the impact of the changes they have made to accelerate learning.

We take pride in providing rigorous measurement, study design, and analysis. We also take pride in our ability to communicate clearly in words, tables, and data visualizations. We intend our work to make a difference in how NewGlobe managers and our government partners think and act. We judge our own work accordingly.

Collaboration sits at the heart of the Research, Measurement and Evaluation team at NewGlobe. We collaborate with our internal team members as well as with our government partners. With every product, we enter into a collaborative conversation with those who operate and those who study. Research, Measurement and Evaluation has established deep partnerships with the education ministries, with local research organizations, and with international researchers who focus on teaching and learning, especially those who focus on the aspects of schooling most relevant to the students we serve.
About the Role

We are seeking a full-time Research, Measurement, and Evaluation Regional Director to lead this team-someone eager to share their expertise and build upon NewGlobe's tradition of evaluation excellence.

The Research, Measurement, and Evaluation Regional Director will lead studies on multiple aspects of NewGlobe's operational and instructional performance. Their primary responsibility is to co-design, conduct, and deliver evaluation reports estimating the impact of the NewGlobe program on teaching and learning. This role reports jointly to the Group Managing Director and NewGlobe's Vice President of Research, Measurement, and Evaluation.

Additional responsibilities include supporting the growth of managers as they develop and refine data collection tools, protocols, and visualizations. At NewGlobe, data and analytics are core to our ability to learn as an organization. To drive improvements in teaching and learning, we must deliver high-quality data to all decision-makers. The Research, Measurement, and Evaluation Regional Director will support all aspects of the analysts' work, including technical review, project management, professional development, and stakeholder engagement. In short, this role provides leadership and capacity-building for the Research, Measurement, and Evaluation team, equipping them to support NewGlobe's continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate must also be able to manage relationships with government counterparts, collaborate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds, demonstrate strong emotional intelligence, and maintain composure in a fast-paced environment.
What You Will Do

• Direct the Execution of Research Studies. The Research, Measurement and Evaluation Regional Director will work closely with the Research, Measurement and Evaluation team and the Research, Measurement and Evaluation Vice President to design and execute research studies. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, ensuring reliable data collection, preparing and analyzing the data files, data visualization, writing and other modes of communications to disseminate the findings.
• Direct Research, Measurement and Evaluation Analyst Personnel. The Research, Measurement, and Evaluation Regional Director will oversee and coordinate Research, Measurement, and Evaluation enumerators while also supporting data analysts and research fellows throughout the report production process. Additionally, they will ensure that team members correctly apply appropriate research methods and statistical models.

• Develop plans and manage projects. This includes developing a work breakdown structure, creating a timeline, liaising with other departments to get the support you need, managing and motivating short-term staff members, figuring out how to get things done when things don't go as planned, getting the data you need and getting it right, conducting analyses, framing the results, and answering any and all questions about your work.
• Establish Data Reporting Protocols. The Research, Measurement and Evaluation Regional Director is responsible to establish and enact data reporting protocols to ensure timely communications to relevant NewGlobe Managers. The Research, Measurement and Evaluation Director will monitor current reporting targets and deliverables to ensure timely reporting.
• Accommodate requests for quick analyses. Time-sensitive questions may come from NewGlobe's VPs and C-Level Executives, and usually take anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Oftentimes, you will need to direct your staff to use their best judgment in the face of imperfect data.
• Identify Opportunities to Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency. The Research, Measurement and Evaluation Regional Director supports NewGlobe's ability to deliver a world-class education by helping NewGlobe managers use information for improvement. With limited resources, the Research, Measurement and Evaluation Director must prioritize high potential research and build efficiencies that strengthen the research.
• Stakeholder Management and Engagement: The Research, Measurement and Evaluation Regional Director will play a key role in engaging with Government stakeholders, research partners, and the general public. This includes communicating complex research methodologies, learning outcomes data, and global best practices in educational assessments, ensuring alignment with NewGlobe's vision and objectives. The director will leverage a comprehensive knowledge of our research methodologies and findings to build and sustain strong relationships and partnerships with external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Research, Measurement and Evaluation Concepts: The Research, Measurement and Evaluation Regional Director possesses a deep understanding of monitoring and evaluation concepts and education research. This includes familiarity with education assessments and the education landscape (both globally and regionally). The director will leverage this knowledge to support the Research, Measurement and Evaluation team in ensuring that our research methodologies and findings are aligned to the current education practices observed in the region and worldwide.

What You Should Have

• A high level of proficiency with Excel, Stata, SAS, or R. You've done a fair share of data cleaning, manipulation, and analysis. A recognition that when it comes to data, 70% is data prep and 30% is design, analytics, and visualization.
• An advanced degree - in a relevant academic discipline, such as Economics, Policy, or Statistics.
• Strong experience using quantitative methods - At least 5 years of experience using quantitative methods in an academic or applied setting, such as being an analyst, research assistant, data manager, or consultant.
• Expertise in Education Assessments: A solid understanding of education assessment tools such as EGRA, EGMA, ICAN, DIBELS, and ASER, alongside a deep understanding of global educational metrics, including learning deprivation.
• Team Management Skills: Proven experience in managing, mentoring, and overseeing team members, including enumerators and other Research, Measurement and Evaluation staff. Effective leadership, coordination, and motivation skills are essential to guide the team to success.
• Organizational Skills: Strong organizational skills to oversee all quality assurance procedures and effectively coordinate production processes across various stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to produce reports that influence decision-making and provide insights to production managers and business leaders.
• Technical Skills: Expertise in developing, refining, and troubleshooting data collection and reporting tools to ensure data integrity and reporting efficiency.
• Bilingual French and English speaker.
• Passion for NewGlobe's Mission: A deep passion for NewGlobe's mission and vision to transform education and create lasting impact.
• Bonus - experience in extreme growth situations and dealing with ambiguity and complexity; worked/studied in a developing country, worked in a no-excuses charter school in high-poverty areas in the U.S., and/or experience implementing data collection projects, particularly for impact evaluations.

You're also

• A detailed doer - You have a track record of getting things done. You're organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A networking mastermind - You excel at meeting new people and turning them into advocates. You communicate in a clear, conscientious, and effective way in both written and oral speech. You can influence strangers in the course of a single conversation. Allies and colleagues will go to bat for your ideas. You have an existing network from prior experience in the country, preferably in the regulatory, education, or business sectors.
• A creative problem-solver - Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, NewGlobe works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
• A relentless advocate -The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent's hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like. Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience, and value.
• A malleable learner -You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you've missed things or failed today.

• A data-driven decision-maker - When making decisions, you don't rely on your intuition alone. You collect data, you analyze it and make decisions with clear justifications.
• A curious investigator - You ask why a lot. You don't just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions - and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust.

Application Requirements

We have one open position we are seeking to fill ASAP. We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis, and they will be reviewed in the order they are received. Please include both a resume and a cover letter in your initial application.