| Location: Hyde Park Campus Job Description: - Spearheads the development of this new initiative to become an effective lab for fostering innovations using the tools of development economics.
- Leads conversations and negotiations with governments to plan, design, and execute collaborations with the Lab.
- Represents the Lab in meetings with high-level government officials, business executives, NGO leaders, and other key stakeholders on the global stage.
- Builds and oversees a growing organization.
- Provides leadership for a Center with senior management and serves as a liaison to academic departments, professional organizations and administrative units of the University.
- Manages related teams. Establishes department priorities, may be responsible for the management of the center budget, allocates resources and executes strategic plans.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications Education: - PhD degree in economics, public policy, or a related field preferred with training in microeconomics and econometrics.
- Candidates from a policy background who can demonstrate similar knowledge through demonstrated professional experience will also be considered.
Experience: - 8 or more years of professional work experience, with significant experience in international development research and implementation working with, and ideally part of a diverse set of stakeholders.
- 7 or more years of people management experience, including building teams of direct and indirect reports with significant technical and leadership skills as well as overall center management.
- 5 or more years of experience conducting or managing research in development economics.
Preferred Competencies - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical information in a way that can be understood by stakeholders with varying levels of technical background.
- Highly organized with excellent project management skills and the ability to anticipate needs before they arise.
- Comfortable navigating situations with varying degrees of ambiguity in an environment where priorities may shift often.
- Excellent people management skills, with an ability to build an open, positive, team-oriented work culture that is diverse and inclusive, sensitive to cultural differences, and where everyone feels valued.
- Demonstrated commitment to improving the lives of those living in poverty in developing countries.
- Willingness to travel in the US and internationally, usually around 30% of the time.
- Background working with governments of developing countries.
- Working knowledge in complex partnerships including between research, nonprofits, business, funding agencies, and governments.
- Oversee budgets and financial reporting.
- Fundraising from individuals, institutional and governmental funders, and philanthropic foundations.
- Running an organization, or significant business unit within an organization.
- Living in low- and middle-income countries.
- Interacting with a variety of other major institutions relevant to international development.
Technical Skills or Knowledge - Vigorous understanding of and ability to communicate economic concepts.
- Knowledge of the practicalities and econometrics of randomized control trials.
- Present complex data in a clear intuitive way.
Application Documents - Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter (required)
- Response to the subsequent questions (required) - Please describe your experience in each of the following: a) tasks/responsibilities which are most appealing to you; b) working with governments of developing countries, bilateral agencies, and multilateral organizations; c) managing an organization; d) working in a research environment (development economics research preferred); and e) training in economics.
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