Executive (Impact & Research)

TOUCH Community Services; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social services organization in Singapore seeks an experienced project manager to oversee research studies and program design. Responsibilities include managing evaluations, supporting teams with monitoring, and building organizational capabilities through training. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree, strong communication skills, and proficiency in statistical software.

Qualifications

• Prior experience conducting research programme design and evaluation is preferred.
• Ability to interpret, analyze and synthesize data.

Responsibilities

• Manage and contribute to research studies and project design.
• Support programme monitoring and evaluation.
• Contribute to organizational capability building through training.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Qualitative and quantitative research design skills

Strong project management skills

Stakeholder management skills

Data analysis skills

Proficiency in SPSS or Nvivo

Education

Good degree in any discipline

Tools

SPSS

Nvivo

Job description

Job Summary:

Your key responsibility will be to manage and contribute to a portfolio of projects comprising research studies, programme design, monitoring, and evaluation to improve programme efficacy and outcomes of beneficiaries.

Activities include project management, applying evidence in programme design, developing indicators for monitoring and evaluation, providing implementation support, conducting research studies and research synthesis. You will also contribute to strategic organisational development and capability building projects.

Principal Responsibilities and Duties:

1) Support research studies and activities

• Conduct literature reviews
• Scope research studies and design surveys
• Prepare reports and present findings through reports, newsletters, presentation, etc.

2) Work with programme teams to design and develop evidence-informed programmes and interventions

• Project planning and management
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders
• Provide relevant evidence-based information
• Support in needs assessment/ situational analysis and synthesis
• Develop monitoring indicators and scales for programme monitoring and evaluation (both internal and external)
• Contribute to proposal writing
• Support teams in programme implementation to ensure monitoring process is in place

3) Work alongside teams for programme monitoring and evaluation (both internal and external)

• Co-ordinate and manage programme evaluation projects with external programme evaluators
• Support programme monitoring and evaluation of internal programme evaluations
• Prepare reports and present findings through reports, newsletters, presentation, etc.

4) Contribute to organisational capability building e.g. training workshops, etc.

• Support in preparing and conducting training on related impact and research topics

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• A good degree in any discipline, preferably with prior experience conducting research programme design, monitoring and evaluation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Qualitative and quantitative research design, data collection and analysis skills
• Strong ability to interpret, analyse and synthesise data
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in using statistical software such as SPSS or Nvivo to conduct data analysis