Behavioral Scientist Specialist Consultant

The role

We are currently looking for Regional Behavioral Scientist Specialist Consultant based in Anywhere in the World.

Background

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children, working in 117 countries with more than 25,000 staff. In April 2020, Save the Children launched the in Asia. CUBIC is the first “nudge unit” in the world to focus specifically on the most marginalized children’s rights and welfare. Our goal is to apply behavioral science in order to reach more children and have an even greater impact on their lives.

Objective of Consultancy

The Objectives of this Consultancy – Regional Behavioral Scientist Specialist Consultant- is to co-lead behavioral science-focused projects with Country Office staff. Tasks include: carrying out formative behavioral research, designing, implementing and evaluating behaviorally informed interventions, conducting behavioral science workshops, and writing results for both technical and non-technical audiences, among others.

Profile and Skills Sought

Essential:

Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science, Social Psychology, Economics, Public Policy, Neuroscience or a related field, and a master’s degree in a related field.
Over 5 years of previous research and work experience in a related field, including at least 3 years of experience working in applied behavioral science projects, with a preference for candidates with experience in developing contexts.
Strong qualitative or mixed methods for social research skills, including demonstrated knowledge of and experience working with data analysis software such as NVivo, ATLAS.ti or similar.
Strong quantitative, research, and data analytic skills, including demonstrated knowledge of and experience working with data analysis software such as STATA, R or Python.
Demonstrated experience and expertise designing, implementing, and analyzing randomized field experiments in developing countries.
Flexible, self-motivated, able to manage multiple tasks, team members, and projects efficiently and a team player.
Ability to succeed, detailed oriented, drive projects, and collaborate via a remote working structure.
Excellent management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills with a mastery of English.
Desirable:

PhD in related field.
Experience and/or certification in project management systems such as PMDPro, Agile, or PMP
Primary pieces of work

The Behavioral Science consultant will:

Carry out responsibilities for leading 2-3 projects, in collaboration with country office staff to design, implement and evaluate behaviorally informed interventions. He/she will coordinate regularly with country office staff to trouble shoot and make sure projects and trials are on track from beginning to end. He/she will comply with the Detailed Implementation Plan for each project.
Behavioral diagnosis. This includes leading desk research activities, workshops with country office staff and other stakeholders, working with country office staff to conduct primary and secondary “on the ground” formative research activities (where travel is permitted and appropriate as per pandemic developments) and guiding the analysis of large datasets to derive learnings and guide project/trial design.
Design, implement and evaluate behaviorally informed interventions. This will involve supporting the development of trial protocols and working with country office staff to design and implement experiments that balance rigor with practical considerations. He/she will determine which evaluation method is most appropriate (e.g., RCT, matched controlled trial, A/B test), conduct power analyses and randomization, and determine outcome measures and how data will be collected.
Other tasks include:
Support country office trainings, particularly sessions focused on formative research, experiments, and trials. These workshops involve both an introduction to behavioral science, as well as hands-on design sessions to develop the prioritized approaches for testing.
Draft reports, case studies and academic papers to promote results of trials and advise on potential scale up.
Contribute to organizational growth by supporting the development of proposals and concept notes.
Supervise more junior staff
Timeframe

Estimated 20 hours per week, for 1 year beginning on 16 May 2022, with a high likelihood of extension based on funding available and project requirements.

Location Considerations

Location of position holder is flexible, though preference will be given for persons based between UTC to UTC +8 time zones, namely Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

Supervisor

Jimena Llopis, CUBIC Head of Behavioral Science Research

Payment methodology

The consultant will provide expertise via a “drawdown” contract. In total, Save the Children will contract the consultant for up to for up to 10 days per month equivalent to 80 consultant hours per month, over a 1-year period (If the hours are expended during this period and the contract further extended, the same rate should apply during this period.)

The consultant should keep a tally of work done including reference to Piece of Work, Dates, and Hours spent. This tally, along with any written work and signed invoice with fee calculation and payment instructions, should be submitted to Save the Children to process payments. Payment requests can be submitted at the end of each month. Save the Children will provide payment based on the actual number of hours/days worked as reported in the tally (a.k.a. timesheet.)

Contract length: 1 year

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Interested candidates please submit a full via our Taleo system and submit:

1. Your current CV

2. Cover letter explaining how your experience and skills meet the consultancy requirements/ profile, and confirmation of the following:

* Your daily rate

* Your current base location (as well as if that location will change throughout 2022)

* Your earliest start date

Closing date for applications is: 3 May 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Apply via link provided on this page ‘Apply Online’

Save the Children International is a child-rights based organization. Safe recruitment is central to the safeguarding of children and young people that we come into contact with, and support through our programmes.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Save the children is an equal opportunities employer, qualified females, persons with disability and candidates from diverse cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.