Head of Experimentation position is available in UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). This post is based in the Accelerator Labs which lies within UNDP’s global architecture and country platforms. The Accelerator Lab will undertake external facing interventions addressing priority development challenges, as well as internally facing experiments to embed new ways of doing development within the existing UNDP portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Works with UNDP and partners to map the context and nature of development challenges
• Moreover, maps systems and assets, identifying levers and logic for intervention, building hypotheses of change that are a fit to the system level challenges identified
• Also, identify logic against which to asses fit and coherence of the individual
• Collaborate with UNDP colleagues and stakeholders on the design of experiments to validate the hypotheses and test the effectiveness of identified prototypes
• Furthermore, develop a framework to capture the learning from the experiments in such a way that it favours critical reflection and rapid adaptation over static reporting;
• Likewise, provide technical guidance for experiment design, roll-out and validation based on the experiment conditions, resources available, and requirements;
• Proactively manage risks within experiments including those related to ethics and privacy;
• In addition, examine the results from the testing of prototypes and translate them into proposals

Qualifications and Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Science, International Development, Science, Engineering, Design (eg. industrial or architecture), Psychology or a related area and minimum of 2 years of professional experience in development programming or policy; social innovation; partnership building; engagement (public and private sector) and/or resource mobilization OR, Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, International Development, Science, Engineering, Design (for example: industrial or architecture), Psychology or related area and minimum of 4 years of professional experience in development programming or policy; social innovation; partnership building; engagement (public and private sector) and/or resource mobilization
• Demonstrate ability to design experiments, validate hypotheses and test prototypes;
• In addition, professional experience in development programming or policy and social innovation.
• Above all, proficiency in written and spoken English.