Project Manager

L'Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement recrute un/une

**PROJECT MANAGER (RESEARCH) (F/M/D)**

**CENTRE: NORRAG - Network for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training**
**CONTRACT: Maximum duration contract 1 YEAR**
**ACTIVITY RATE: 100% 40 h / W**
**APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15.09.2024**
**STARTING DATE: 01.10.2024**

(1 Year contract with the possibility to extend)

**Introduction of the Centre**:
**About NORRAG**
NORRAG is the Global Education Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute and is a global network of over 5,800 members for international policies and cooperation in education and training.
NORRAG’s strength lies in addressing under-researched questions of quality and equity in key issues in education and development, and in amplifying under-represented expertise, particularly from the South. NORRAG’s core mandate is to produce, disseminate, and broker critical knowledge and to build capacity for and with the wide range of stakeholders who constitute our network. Our stakeholders from academia, governments, NGOs, international organizations, foundations, and the private sector inform and shape education policies and practices at national and international levels. Through our work, NORRAG contributes to creating the conditions for more participatory, evidence-informed decisions that improve equal access to and quality of education and training.

As part of this mandate, NORRAG is recruiting a Project Manager (Research) (100%) to support the research project “Innovative Financing for Education (IFE) to Leave No One Behind”.

**About the Innovative Financing for Education to Leave No One Behind project**
The IFE-2-Leave No One Behind project conducts impact evaluation research to assess the contribution of innovation in education financing to bringing in more and better financing to educate the most disadvantaged and marginalised groups. The research is conducted by three university partners - NORRAG, the Global Education Centre of the Geneva Graduate Institute, the Bertha Centre at the University of Cape Town-Graduate School of Business (UCT-GSB) in Cape Town, and the Centre of Excellence in Teacher Education (CETE) at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, in collaboration with implementation partners. The project focuses on innovative financing initiatives implemented by UBS Optimus Foundation, Volta Capital and Language and Learning Foundation in Ghana, India, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and South Africa. The research design utilizes mixed-methods impact research to assess if and how innovative financing mechanisms, arrangements, and program elements are likely to produce educational benefits for marginalized and vulnerable student populations. The project is co-funded by the TRANSFORM research initiative of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the research and implementation partners. project.

**The role**:
NORRAG is recruiting a Project Manager (Research) who will coordinate and manage the research activity workflow process and partner relationships.

**Key responsibilities**:
As part of the IFE-2-Leave No One Behind project team, the main responsibilities will be:
**Project Management**:

- Support the NORRAG project leadership team with overall project activity management and planning, including but not limited to co-developing work plans, standard operating procedures, internal and external communication guidelines, and drafting project reports.
- Manage and coordinate research activities within NORRAG and with project partner teams.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among team members, partners, and external audiences.
- Organize and facilitate regular project meetings and communications.
- Develop and maintain project timelines, ensuring milestones and deadlines are met.
- Support additional and new partner onboarding with research presentations, contextualized programme descriptions, contracts, or a memorandum of understanding of the development process.
- Monitor planning to ensure data is received in time and can be processed in time to comply with the overall project objectives.
- Take the lead in coordinating and collecting NORRAG and funder-mandated Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) data for reporting.
- Support the project leadership team and the NORRAG Senior Administrator in project financial management.

**Research Coordination**:

- Coordinate, consolidate, and manage data from individual innovative financing initiatives within the IFE-2-Leave No One Behind project
- Lending for Education in Africa, Impact Bond Innovation Fund, Quality Education India Development Impact Bond, Haryana Early Literacy Development Impact Bond, Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge, and Ghana Education Outcomes Project, and any other initiatives being studied.
- Support the NORRAG team in ensuring that methodological approaches and analytical lenses are consistent across differ