Research Director, Emergency Cash

About This Role

This Research Director will own GiveDirectly's learning agenda for Emergency Cash (EC) Programs, in close collaboration with the Senior Product Director for Emergency Cash, EC Response Leads, and other M&E staff. As the organization's internal expert on Emergency Cash research strategy and methods, they will own and continually redefine the scope of our Emergency Cash learning priorities as the portfolio evolves, including:

• Owning GiveDirectly’s research and learning strategy for Emergency Cash Programs and other frontier topics within this portfolio, independently setting research priorities and weighing them against org-wide priorities, in coordination with product, partnerships, and fundraising leadership
  
• Full accountability for strategic impact evaluations and impact-focused research for Emergency Cash Programs across multiple countries — including developing research concepts, establishing new partnerships, and making resourcing decisions to support this work
  
• Setting the standards and systems for research best practice within the Emergency Cash portfolio, holding accountability for the quality, ethics, and compliance of Emergency Cash M&E approaches, and establishing new policies and processes where needed
  
• Because emergency cash response is a fast-evolving field, this role will frequently pilot new research methods and work across a wide range of contexts. That work is owned within Emergency Cash, but it will often surface lessons and approaches with relevance for the rest of the organization.
  
• They will provide intellectual leadership and technical direction across GiveDirectly’s Emergency Cash research work, mentoring staff on the Emergency Cash team to improve the design and use of strategic data sets, while directly owning projects in emerging areas of the Emergency Cash portfolio.