Applications have opened for the Vacancy for Head of Experimentation at UNDP in Indonesia. The deadline for the applications is 31st May 2020.

Duties

Experiment portfolio design:

• Works with UNDP and partners in mapping the context and nature of development challenges, with a particular focus on understanding systemic issues beyond traditional silos and classifications and identifying drivers of change, and levers for intervention
• Additionally, mapping systems and assets, identifying levers and logic for intervention, building hypotheses of change that are a fit to the system-level challenges identified
• Also, the incumbent works with colleagues from UNDP programs and government counterparts to identify logic against which to asses fit and coherence of the individual portfolios with the frontier challenges on which they are meant to generate learning.

Management of tests and experiments for sustainable development challenges:

• Collaborate with UNDP colleagues and stakeholders on the design of experiments across to validate the hypotheses and test the effectiveness of identified prototypes, including defining variables, formulating hypotheses, and coordinating experimental protocols
• Additionally, develop a framework to capture the learning from the experiments in such a way that it favors critical reflection and rapid adaptation over static reporting
• Furthermore, provide technical guidance for experiment design, roll-out and validation based on the experiment conditions, resources available, and requirements

Working out Loud:

• Proactively use the blog and social media to share findings from the experiments and portfolio implementation
• Additionally, help UNDP and partners disseminate insights from Accelerator lab experiments via social media platforms as a way to regularly reflect and engage with external audiences.
• Likewise, liaise with UNDP’s global Accelerator Lab network and share learnings and insights from the country-specific experience

Qualifications for Vacancy for Head of Experimentation

Education:

Master’s degree in Social Science, International Development, Environmental Science, Transition or Complexity Science, Engineering, Design (e.g. industrial or service design, architecture, urban planning), Psychology, or a related area. Likewise, a 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, Environment Science, Engineering, Design (e.g. industrial or service design, architecture, urban planning), Psychology, or related area. Also, a 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

Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to design experiments validate hypotheses and test prototypes;
• Additionally, demonstrated successful experience in bringing about organizational change
• Also, professional experience in development programming or specific policy areas and social innovation.

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