Regional Senior Research and Learning Manager

Location and scope

• Full-time regional early-childhood-development research role based in Amman, Jordan or Beirut, Lebanon. Partial remote work possible; approximately 15% travel.
• Reports to the Regional Research, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Lead; no direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage research/evaluation agendas with country and regional teams, donors and external researchers; support randomised trials, scale pathways, study design, schedules and resource alignment.
• Secure ethics/IRB and local approvals, adapt and pilot instruments, programme tools and recruit/train enumerators.
• Oversee accurate standardised field collection, cleaning and quantitative/qualitative analysis, with data protection, ethics and protocol compliance.
• Develop and review research products and peer-reviewed articles; translate findings into accessible briefs, reports and presentations and coordinate institutional partners.
• Lead regional learning/reflection cycles, support country tools/training/analysis, recruit consultants, facilitate workshops and disseminate learning to influence policy and practice.

Requirements

• University degree in public health/administration, relief/development, statistics, social sciences, education, ECD or a related field.
• At least four years implementing mixed-method research/evaluations in humanitarian or development settings; randomised impact-evaluation, multi-institution coordination and large-scale field-data experience.
• Qualitative analysis using Dedoose, nVivo or similar, and quantitative analysis using SPSS, Stata or other statistical packages.
• At least three years of training/facilitation, excellent English and Arabic, MENA experience, accessible research communication and humanitarian-principles knowledge.
• Preferred: relevant master’s, education/ECD studies in low-resource contexts, peer-reviewed publication and measurement/learning systems experience.

Application

• Apply online through the official portal by 27 November 2026. No exact closing hour is stated. Integrity, safeguarding and equal-opportunity standards apply.