Responsibilities

Economic Research and Learning

• Lead quantitative modeling on project outcomes through cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA), owning the development and revision of models, assumptions, and outputs
• Conduct evidence and literature reviews, interpret findings to extract impact estimates and model inputs, and engage with colleagues and external experts to validate model design and quantitative outputs
• Collaborate with global and country finance and project colleagues to gather, structure, and analyze financial and cost data
• Build the evidence base for CARE’s work on gender-transformative market systems programming, including correlational or causational research on economic outcomes and improvements in women’s agency, decision-making, confidence, quality of life, etc.
• Advance our work in cash benchmarking through synthesis of internal data and external evidence

Country Office Support and Capacity Building

• Ensure adoption of measurement standards for economic and gender metrics at regional, country, and project levels and update global guidance and standards based on feedback and learning
• Support finance and technical colleagues at country and global levels to understand and implement cost analysis, economic analysis, and cash benchmarking in project MEL workstreams and proposal development
• Serve as a resource and coach for teams to deepen measurement approaches and expand impact in market systems programming across CARE

Partnerships and Thought Leadership

• Produce reports, analysis, and data visualizations to socialize and make sense of analytic outputs
• Manage research partnerships with consultants, evaluation firms, and academic institutions and ensure timely and high-quality research outputs
• Work with marketing, communications, and thought leadership colleagues to jointly develop case studies, learning briefs, and other technical documentation
• Survey external approaches to gender-transformative economic analysis and articulate sectoral gaps and opportunities

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public policy, economics, international development, business administration, finance or similar degree program, or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
• Strong training in methods of economic analysis, especially cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis
• Thorough grounding in methods of program evaluation, including logic models and results frameworks
• Strong familiarity with theories and programming for gender equality
• 5 to 7 years of progressive experience in international development, social sector, or the private sector, preferably in economic development, market systems, or the equivalent
• Experience managing, supporting, or using the results of rigorous quantitative research, evaluation, and program monitoring
• Demonstrated experience conducting cost analysis, budgetary analysis, financial modeling, or equivalent accounting analysis
• Experience successfully managing projects and solving problems remotely with distributed teams
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Professional fluency in English and excellent written proficiency