Post:Innovation Manager -
Organization:Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Research and Innovation Fund,
Location:London
About the Programme
Investing significantly in scaling up its programme work in tackling Violence Against Women and Girls
(VAWG) CHASE and DFID's Research and Evidence Division (RED) have designed a joint five year, £18m Research and Innovation Fund (2013-2018) to address critical evidence gaps and improve the effectiveness of interventions to address VAWG (in stable and fragile contexts).
This fund will consist of two components: i) innovation grants; and ii) operational research and impact evaluations.
Under innovation grants, we will look to manage a set of between 10 – 14 grants to be given to organisations to implement innovative programmes or pilots to prevent VAWG that address a number of research questions.
Under the Operation Research and Impact Evaluations Sub-component we will develop an overarching research framework to guide the operational research and impact evaluation of existing and new prevention of VAWG programmes. This will include i) a selection of programmes funded independently, such as current DFID country programmes or programmes implemented by other donors, NGOs or national governments, as well as ii) a sample of the innovation programmes funded by the granting mechanism outlined in sub-component 1.
DAI is currently bidding for this opportunity and seeking an experienced, full time, London (UK) based Research, Innovation Manager
Duties and Responsibilities
• Demonstrable achievement in bringing innovation to scale within diverse contexts, including the developing world
• Strong networks within the global innovation community and ability to build and extend upon these for the purpose of VAWG prevention
• Understanding of VAWG challenges in DFID target countries, and role of innovation to solve these challenges
• Excellent communication skills, including strong presentation and facilitation skills
• Experience of DFID Programming preferable
• At least 7 years of relevant expertise
Requirements & Skills:
• Design approaches that seek to transfer and adapt successful models in between DFID programmes and elsewhere
• Act as spokesperson for experimentation and innovative thinking for VAWG, speaking at workshops, conferences and events
• Advise and assist successful initiatives and programmes in "scaling up" in order to assist them with the wider and greater application of their work
• Work with the Research and Learning Advisor to apply fund research findings to the programme and identify innovations to be the subject of research
• Build relationships with and manage pool of resource partners to conduct technical assistance to support fund activities and awards
• Overall responsibility for advising and assisting successful initiatives and programmes in "scaling up" in order to assist them with the wider and greater application of their work
Project Start Date, Duration, Local:
Autumn 2013, 5 years
Based in London with travel to Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Application Deadline::31st May 2013
How to Apply
http://unjobs.org/vacancies/1375655389340