LEAD's Gender x Digital (GxD) hub is seeking a Senior Associate Research & Learning to contribute to its research, evaluation, and knowledge dissemination portfolio on gender, digital inclusion, and AI. The role combines applied research with writing and strategic communications, offering the opportunity to generate rigorous evidence, develop high-quality knowledge products, and translate insights that inform policy, practice, and public discourse.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Associate whose focus will be research and evaluation delivery, complemented by writing and communications work that supports GxD's research and evaluation portfolio and its visibility as a thought leader on gender digital AI issues. The candidate will sit primarily within GxD's Evidence Generation workstream, contributing directly to research or evaluation studies, while also actively supporting the Ecosystem Engagement & Thought Leadership workstream in shaping how GxD's findings are communicated to policy, donor, and public audiences.

This is a research-forward role for someone who is at home in the field or with a dataset, and who can also turn findings into a clear report, blog, or deck. The ideal candidate is a strong researcher, can write and communicate well, and who is energized by variety across projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. Research & Evaluation Design and Delivery
- Contribute to the design and implementation of new studies, including instrument design, sampling strategy, fieldwork coordination, and analysis working with other team members.
- Apply mixed-method approaches, combining quantitative analysis (Stata, R, or Excel) with qualitative enquiry, to generate evidence on women's digital and AI capability and outcomes.
- Support secondary data analysis for GxD's internal knowledge products and evidence briefs.
- Lead data cleaning, analysis, and interpretation for assigned studies, with attention to methodological rigour and quality assurance.
- Support literature reviews and evidence synthesis,



and contribute to the design of MLE frameworks and indicators for ongoing evaluations.

- Research Writing & Knowledge Products

- Draft evaluation reports, working papers, policy briefs, and evidence notes to a publishable standard, ensuring findings are both methodologically sound and accessibly written.
- Translate technical research findings into clear, methodologically grounded narratives for policy, donor, and public audiences, maintaining a consistent voice across GxD's outputs.

- Communications & Narrative Building

- Support GxD's website content, social media content, decks, and one-pagers that carry GxD's research into wider circulation.
- Support preparation for convenings and speaking engagements including briefing materials, decks, and talking points.
- Contribute to GxD's DOI and publication-visibility infrastructure

- Cross-Project & Cross-Team Coordination

- Work across GxD's Evidence Generation & MLE and Ecosystem Engagement & Thought Leadership work streams, coordinating with the relevant team members.
- Support proposal development, particularly the research design, methodology, and framing sections of pitches to funders.
- Proactively flag opportunities to package ongoing research into external-facing content.

Essential Qualifications

- Master's degree in Development Studies, Public Policy, Economics, Gender Studies, Communications, or a closely related field, with 3+ years of relevant experience; OR Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of experience combining applied research and writing/communications roles.
- Demonstrated ability to lead research and evaluation delivery, with strong skills in writing and communications.



This is a research-first but hybrid role: the majority of the workload is research and evaluation, complemented by strong writing and communications.
- Solid working knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods, including instrument design, primary data collection, and statistical analysis (Stata, R, or Excel).
- Excellent written English, with a portfolio of published or publishable writing (reports, briefs, blogs, or articles) that demonstrates the ability to translate technical findings for varied audiences.
- Experience supporting institutional communications such as website content, newsletters, social media, or donor-facing materials.
- Comfortable managing multiple concurrent projects and workstreams, with strong self-organisation and follow-through.

Strongly Desired

- Prior experience in a research, evaluation, or think tank environment, ideally with exposure to gender, digital inclusion, or AI-related themes.
- Experience with content or website platforms and familiarity with visibility/DOI infrastructure.
- Ability to convert evidence into digestible formats, with demonstrated experience of working with a variety of communication formats (decks, website, campaign material, podcasts etc).

Key Attributes

- A strong researcher, with fluent narrative-building skills as a complement.
- Strong sense of ownership with ability to take a partial draft or a rough dataset and shape it into something publishable.
- Comfortable operating in a lean, fast-moving team with a varied portfolio of projects.
- Collaborative instinct and works well across research, communications, and stakeholder-facing colleagues without needing rigid handoffs.
- Keen interest in gender, digital systems, and AI's social implications.

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