Economics Advisor x 2 - ReliefWeb

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Then join us as Economics Advisor, providing technical and operational support to Save the Children in economic evaluation.

As Economics Advisor, you will be expected to foster a culture within Save the Children UK and the wider Save the Children movement to apply cutting edge methods in rigorous measurement and evaluation as part of our Evidence and Learning agenda. You will also work with a range of stakeholders in SCUK, SC member organisations, and Save the Children International (SCI) across multiple programmes and countries. In addition, you will be expected to provide technical direction and operational support in measuring and driving various economic evaluations (including cost-effectiveness analyses and value for money). You will also:

• Undertake cutting edge economic evaluations across our strategic interventions including in common approaches;
• Proactively collaborate with technical and programme management teams to embed key economic concepts, evidence, analytical tools, and VfM methodologies in proposals and evaluations;
• Provide robust and authoritative support in the roll-out of a movement wide economic evaluation approach across all strategic interventions;
• Research, adapt, and design innovative methods to improve the quality of programmes in the light of learnings from economic evaluation/VfM findings and evidence.

To be successful you will have a Masters in development public policy, public health, health economics or related quantitative/qualitative discipline disciplines, such as economics, development evaluation, operations research, research methodology, etc. You will have proven skills in impact evaluations, cost-benefit/effective/utility analysis and/or value for money studies with international development projects. You will also have extensive practical experience and understanding of strategic and effective use of evidence to influence organisational decisions. You should have a proven ability to solve problems and make challenging decisions. In addition you will have:

• Strong analytical skills and an understanding of a range of mixed methods for research and impact assessment to generate robust programme evidence.
• Experience using economic evaluation/VfM evidence to make the economic case for programming or advocacy options, including both (a) evidence of cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of proposed approaches and (b) evidence of the how the economic evidence may be used for decision making.
• Technical assistance and training experience in economic evaluation/VfM methodologies.
• Significant experience in leading the set-up of systems for evidence generation, collation, and dissemination in similar organisations with international development projects.
• Experience in data mining approaches within development programme settings generating insight from routinely collected MEAL and economic data.
• Knowledge and proven experience of navigating organisations through methodological challenges involved in producing and assuring the quality of data and application of innovative methods and approaches to meet internal and external stakeholder needs.
• Outstanding networking skills with a proven ability to work globally and effectively with a diverse group of individuals.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 3^rd August 2021

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