Principal Advisor

Do you have a passion to help drive meaningful, actionable change in the social sector? Are you ready to join a diverse, global team that values its people, nurtures professional growth and emphasises collaboration?

Location: Singapore (hybrid)

Remuneration: Competitive salary reflective of skills and experience

Contract terms: 12 months (maternity cover), with possibility for extension

**What does the Principal Advisor do?**:
A large proportion of the role (0.6 FTE+) involves collaborating with the Centre for Holistic Initiative for Learning and Development (CHILD) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, where CEI is a Founding Research Partner. CHILD brings together experts in the field of translational research, child development, and implementation science to help give children the best start to life. The Principal Advisor leads and supervises project teams within CEI and alongside CHILD collaborators to design, enhance and evaluate interventions targeting children (0-6 years), families and early childhood educators.

CEI provides government, service sector, and philanthropic decision-makers with rigorous data analysis and feasible solutions to support them in improving the lives of people facing adversity. The Principal Advisor leads and supports projects using rigorous methodology applied to real-world research and evaluation.

The role supports CEI’s partners in Singapore and regionally to evaluate policies, programmes, and service models: conducting evidence reviews (e.g., evidence insights, landscape studies, rapid reviews); developing theory of change and programme logic models; conducting and overseeing data collection and analysis; report writing; facilitating workshops; coaching and advising on methods and approaches; developing implementation plans and presentations of findings. The Principal Advisor also contributes to project management, research activities and publications - as required by CEI’s project portfolio.

As part of a global organisation, there may be occasions when work and meetings will be conducted outside regular business hours, and this role may involve working on projects and initiatives across CEI’s offices, i.e., working virtually with our UK or Australian teams.

**Key areas of responsibility**:
Key areas of accountability are outlined below. Other duties will be performed as required.

**Research and evaluation methods leadership**:
Manage the design, planning and delivery of projects, including a diverse range of activities that contribute to the methodologically rigorous enhancement and evaluation of programmes including, but not limited to:

- Designing, establishing and delivering projects, or components of projects, requiring strong quantitative research and evaluation skills.
- Conducting and/or leading the process of sophisticated quantitative and qualitative analyses of experimental, quasi-experimental and hybrid effectiveness-implementation evaluations.
- Leading the conduct of evidence reviews and syntheses.
- Contributing to the development of evaluation methodology including hybrid effectiveness-implementation designs.
- Implementing research and evaluation quality control processes and participating in CEI’s Methods Lab.
- Disseminating evaluation findings and keeping abreast of current grey and academic literature in relevant fields.
- Preparing publications for various audiences, including academic audiences, policymakers, programme managers and practitioners.
- Participating in appropriate research and evaluation networks and collaborations.
- Developing and presenting outcomes from research and evaluation activities at relevant internal and external forums.

**Project management**:
Conducting project planning and management activities to a high quality within budget and timeframes, including, but not limited to:

- Establishing and managing project governance, project planning, and budgets.
- Identifying project risks, running Chief Investigator Group meetings, and undertaking regular reporting and liaison with clients.
- Managing relationships with evaluation consortium partners.
- Undertaking consultations with key stakeholders, including peak bodies, service providers, and clients.
- Preparing reports, publications, and project overviews.
- Managing teams (within CEI and as part of consortia) to deliver projects on time and to a very high quality.

**CEI business operation and development**:

- Contributing to the preparation of competitive tenders, project proposals, and grant submissions.
- Participating in, and contributing to, CEI’s internal operations, activities and processes, such as team meetings, knowledge management, line management, and performance tracking.
- Supporting the development and maintenance of strong stakeholder relationships
- Contributing to CEI’s thought leadership in implementation science and evaluation.

**Health and safety requirements**:

- Act in a safe manner at all tim