Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
The human trafficking research initiative (htri) at innovations for poverty action is a five-year us department of state-funded project that brings together implementing organizations, policymakers, and researchers to build the body of evidence on interventions to reduce human trafficking and protect victims and survivors of traffickingHtri fosters partnerships between researchers and practitioners; innovates on and improves the research methods for studying human trafficking; initiates formative pilot testing of programs; and conducts large-scale studies on the efforts to prevent trafficking, prosecute crimes, and protect trafficked persons.
Htri seeks a highly motivated and detail-oriented program coordinator to support smooth administration of htri, including financial and administrative support, research and technical support, internal and external communications, policy engagement, and grants management and reportingThe program coordinator will assist the director in stakeholder development and communications, managing htri grants, and developing presentations, webinars, policy briefs, white papers, and other outreach to improve the use of rigorous research methods in human trafficking programsThe program coordinator will also be responsible for carrying out evidence overviews on key human trafficking topics and leading stakeholder mapping for potential new lines of human trafficking researchThe program coordinator will report to the program director and work collaboratively with researchers, country offices, and other global ipa staff.
The ideal candidate will hold a master’s degree in a social science field and have the following qualifications: strong organizational and time management skills; exceptional verbal and written communication skills; strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills; and strong initiative, self-awareness, and flexibilityExperience leading or participating in research projects (ideally using rcts) is a plusThe program coordinator can be remote (us) or based at any of the ipa office locations in the us (washington, dc, new york, or connecticut).
Responsibilities
Project coordination and administration
Organize and maintain up-to-date project, partner, donor, and researcher records for htri on salesforce and other platforms.
Respond to information requests relevant to project development, donor reporting, dissemination and policy engagement activities from country office and senior ipa staff.
Contribute to building systems that improve the efficiency and internal management of htri.
Ensure that htri’s procedures are aligned with ipa’s general guidelines and policies by regularly communicating with relevant departments and teams.
Contribute to the implementation of ipa’s diversity, equality, and inclusion strategy, including tracking htri’s progress against organizational metrics.
Technical and research support, communications, and policy engagement
Coordinate and contribute to htri’s learning and research agenda and external communication activities, including literature reviews, evidence syntheses, policy briefs, program overview documents, blogposts, newsletters, and project summaries.
Assist the htri director in building up a network of affiliated principal investigators that can identify and develop research opportunities that answer key questions in the sector, with travel as necessary to support project development and set-up.
Support ipa country office staff to develop new studies and implement the initiative’s research and policy objectives in those countries.
Schedule and participate in meetings to develop key relationships among relevant parties, including donors, sectoral partners, internal research and policy leadership, and senior academics around the world.
Coordinate logistics for webinars, conferences, and other events focused on human trafficking (with the support of the htri director and academic leads) and represent ipa at external policy and research functions.
Keep track of external presentation opportunities, and support the development of concept notes, evidence reviews, and draft presentations.
Engage in stakeholder mapping and interviews to help htri develop and support new lines of research.
Grants management, financial tracking, and donor reporting
Coordinate the management of htri’s sub-awards, including the selection process, development of grant agreements, and tracking projects’ progress, deliverables, and financesWork with ipa grants and legal team as needed.
Support htri’s donor reporting, including collecting inputs from grantees and ipa staff, drafting progress reports, and working with finance and grants staff on financial reports.
Review financial transactions and support the budget review and program financial oversightWork with ipa’s finance team as needed.
Keep track of funding opportunities and support the htri director in project development and fundraising activities.
Assist with the administration of htri projects as needed.
Qualifications
Masters in a relevant social science field, such as economics, public policy, political science, or international development.
Coursework in graduate-level statistics or demonstrated ability to interpret regression outputs.
At least three years’ work experience in research and evaluation or international development.
Demonstrated project management skills, including strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments simultaneously with minimal supervision.
Excellent written and verbal communication skillsAbility to express ideas and information clearly and effectively communicate research findings with diverse stakeholders using clear, precise, non-technical writingProfessional proficiency in french or spanish a plus.
Strong interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity to effectively work with global teams across cultures, work styles, and time zones.
Experience in the human trafficking/migration sector and/or management of randomized control trials is preferred, but not required.
Familiarity with u.sFederal research standards, especially ethical human subjects research standards, is preferred, but not required.
Experience working or living in low or middle-income countries.
