About This Job
District: All Punjab
Industry: Education/Training
Project: Punjab Skills Development Fund
Total Positions: 1
Employment Status: Full Time
Role: Assistant Manger Research
Level: G3
· Prepare and implement the assigned functional operating plan and annual research agenda to support departmental and organizational targets. · Design and manage evaluations of PSDF programmes – baselines, mid-programme and tracer studies, and impact evaluations – covering evaluation design, sampling strategy, survey instruments, quality assurance protocols and analysis plans. · Develop Terms of Reference for research assignments and manage the procurement, onboarding and technical oversight of consultants, research firms and academic partners, including review of inception reports, tools, fieldwork reports and final deliverables. · Establish credible baselines for all newly launched programmes, ensuring tools, sampling frames and data readiness are in place at or before class initiation to enable outcome and impact measurement. · Provide evidence inputs to programme design – labour market and demand analysis, sector prioritization and beneficiary segmentation – to support PC-1s, concept notes, scheme design and presentations to management and government forums. · Produce high-quality knowledge products – case studies, research and policy briefs, sector studies and blogs – and coordinate with Marketing & Communications on review, design and dissemination. · Maintain and analyse PSDF’s research and outcome datasets, including tracer, baseline and MIS data, and develop dashboards that make findings usable for management decision-making. · Contribute research inputs, evidence and analysis to proposals, concept notes, donor engagement and reporting obligations to development partners. · Coordinate with M&E, Programme and Procurement teams on data collection planning, enumerator training, field logistics and data quality assurance, and ensure 100% adherence to research, procurement and audit SOPs. · Ensure ethical research practice across all studies – informed consent, data privacy and safeguarding – with particular care where research involves women, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. · Organize and represent the research function at dissemination events, validation workshops and technical working groups; supervise and mentor assigned research staff. · Assist in any other activities, duties and responsibilities assigned to him/her from time to time.
Years of Experience:
Masters/Bachelors (Hons) (16 years) : 5 year(s)
Required Division: First (60 % and above)
Gender: Both
Age: 21 - 35