Director, Impact and Research at TradeMark East Africa (TMEA)

The Director, IMPACT and Research will manage our innovative impact-level forecasting and monitoring economic model, and design and oversee our activities to generate, analyse and manage knowledge, in order to better articulate the benefits of the overall TMEA programme.

S/he will be responsible for delivering the research component of TMEA's knowledge vision, and developing a knowledge culture within TMEA with the aim of: enhancing its effectiveness; strengthening organisation learning; intensifying innovation; and increasing TMEA's external visibility through increased knowledge generation and sharing.

1. The post requires experience with both microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis and best practices, ideally evidenced by a record of published research.
2. The ideal candidate will possess a Master's degree in economics, statistics, impact measurement or other fields relevant to TMEA's core focus.
3. A relevant PhD and emphasis on quantitative data management and economic modelling are a distinct advantage.
4. S/he must possess a minimum of ten years' experience in research and advanced data analysis particularly of an economic nature or related development areas, some of which ideally will have been gained in Southern and/or East African countries.
5. Demonstrable experience of attribution, aggregation, evaluation, impact measurement systems, analysis and communication of impact data is required