Impact & Scaling Lead, Peanut Innovation Lab

Ugajobsearch; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Georgia seeks an Impact Specialist for the Peanut Innovation Lab to scale technologies and measure economic impact across multiple countries via the GINA network. The role focuses on scaling mechanisms, partnerships, and a robust MEL framework to inform sponsors and policymakers.

The position is grant-funded for two years, with possible extension based on project needs and performance. Travel internationally is expected as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent and 5 years of professional experience.
• Masters or doctoral degree in relevant fields preferred.
• Experience designing or evaluating technology scaling and private-sector delivery models.
• Experience leading impact evaluations for development programs.
• Experience building public-private partnerships with multi-stakeholder platforms.
• Proficiency in Stata, R, and survey platforms (ODK/KoBo/Qualtrics).
• Working proficiency in French.

Responsibilities

• Designs and leads economic impact assessments of lab technologies and scaling models.
• Develops baseline, midline, and endline studies with quantitative and mixed methods.
• Maintains the lab’s Logic Frame, results framework, and MEL plan.
• Builds partnerships with private firms, producer organizations, NGOs, and government agencies.
• Prepares impact and scaling content for quarterly sponsor reports and briefs.
• Performs other duties to support program goals.

Skills

Economic impact methods

Results frameworks

Data analysis

Writing for sponsors

Partnership building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s or doctoral degree (preferred)

Tools

Stata

R

ODK/KoBo/Qualtrics

Job description

University of Georgia seeks an Impact Specialist for the Peanut Innovation Lab to scale technologies and measure economic impact across multiple countries via the GINA network. The role focuses on scaling mechanisms, partnerships, and a robust MEL framework to inform sponsors and policymakers.

The position is grant-funded for two years, with possible extension based on project needs and performance. Travel internationally is expected as part of the role.