Senior Officer SPIA Use of Evidence CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service IAES

Senior Officer SPIA Use of Evidence
Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA)

• Develop and implement a Use of Evidence Strategy for SPIAplan defining and refining the strategies for better use of evidence by different CGIAR stakeholders.
  

• Work with panel members on developing Theories of Change for use of evidence for the strategy and key emerging SPIA products in close collaboration with SPIA Professional Team.
  
• Liaise with consortium contract holders to codevelop substrategies for use of evidence coming out of the country studies of theSPIA Plan.
  
• Coordinate evidence generated through subcontracted research and channel through strategic formats and for use by CGIAR stakeholders.
  

• Develop an operational plan monitor and report on the progress of the Use of Evidence strategy.
  
• Develop or adapt tools and standards for consortium contract holders and subgrantees and support capacity to contribute seamlessly to SPIA Use of Evidence activities.
  

• Liaise with subcontracted research teams working closely with Use of Evidence counterparts in subcontracted teams on all useofevidence activities to assure the organization and monitoring of the different events and outreach activities.
  

• Identify and engineer opportunities to engage users and communicate evidence.
  

• Support the SPIA Chair and SPIA panel members in effective communication with the CGIAR Governing bodies and committees.
  
• Identify opportunities and package appropriately emerging findings and themes from SPIA supported current country and causal impact studies () plan and earlier waves of SPIA evidence when applicable for continuity of communications about evidence to users.
  
• Stimulate and support SPIA actions engaging evidence users during design and implementation to create a foundation for subsequent use of evidence.
  
• Lead dissemination of the synthesis of insights/lessons from the SPIA portfolio aligned with the strategy and arising opportunities.
  
• Organize SPIA webinar series including webinars to engage Science leaders on new developments in Impact Assessment in the CGIAR focusing on evidence use.
  
• Liaise with other members of the SPIA professional team to stay up to date with technical developments in the full SPIA portfolio and identify opportunities to share generated evidence in userfriendly formats for relevant audiences.
  

• Support use of evidence activities with internal stakeholder groups.
  

• Support SPIA Principal Scientist in encouraging Science leaders the research community of the CGIAR and national partners and stakeholders more broadly in a dialogue and reflection on findings from the reach and impact studies.
  
• In close collaboration with the SPIA Principal Scientist plan strategic Use of Evidence activities as part of visits to CGIAR centers by members of the SPIA Panel and SPIA professional team to help increase the dialogue with several CGIAR actors.
  
• Coordinate with SPIA Principal Scientist to make sure that lessons drawn from the portfolio of learning and accountability studies are brought for discussion with Science Leadership Team and their teams.
  

• Document reflections and management and governance body responses to SPIA evidence presented at dissemination events to be shared with System Council members.
  
• Keep other independent advisory and evaluation functions informed and uptodate with new evidence generated by SPIA and share relevant lessons learned.
  
• Assess monitor and supervise activities to fulfill a variety of Use of Evidence support and technical backstopping needs which may include supervision of a longterm communications consultant.
  

• Coordinate copyediting layout work and launch campaigns for SPIA reports and technical notes.
  
• Lead the implementation of a successful communication and social media strategy of SPIA and coordinate the timing of communication products within IAES to leverage shared platforms and services.
  
• Prepare and/or coordinate preparation of communication products (technical notes research summaries blogs presentations) for various audiences.
  
• Provide SPIA updates as part of IAES joint communications products (bimonthly newsletter and annual report).
  
• Contribute to discussions to maximize use of CGIAR s MELIA system as one appropriate channel for SPIA evidence and feed materials through this system to CGIAR management and other decision makers.
  

Requirements

• A Master s degree in Economics or Political Science.
  
• Preferably at least 5 years of postMA experience among which at least 2 years dealing with communicating research findings to different audiences.
  
• Mother tongue or fluent in English.
  
• Working knowledge of Spanish or French.
  
• Data visualization skills knowledge and experience in presenting data to different audiences by using Tableau or similar software.
  
• Good understanding of rigorous impact assessment research.
  
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary multicultural organizations and preferred good knowledge of CGIAR.
  
• Experience in communicating research findings to different audiences.
  
• Experience in public speaking and addressing different audiences in English.
  
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage and prioritize a busy and diverse workload with a range of deliverables for a variety of stakeholders.
  

Benefits

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