Head of Experimentation - UNDP
Job Title: Head of Experimentation
Type of Contract: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Gaza
Duration of Contract: 12 months
Closing Date: Apply before 11:59 pm on 4 September 2022
Required Skills and Experience
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 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, Environment Science, Engineering, Design (e.g. industrial or service design, architecture, urban planning), 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
Experience:
- Demonstrated ability to design experiments, validate hypotheses and test prototypes.
- Professional experience in development programming or policy and social innovation.
Experience in the following areas is desirable but not necessary:
- Proven professional knowledge and experience in social innovation approaches such as Systems Thinking, Behavioral Insights, Qualitative and Quantitative User Research, Co-creation, Prototyping, Incubation, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Data Empowerment, and Collective Intelligence.
- Demonstrated ability to lead ‘digital transformation’ initiatives in governance, economic development, and management of natural resources, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to apply a portfolio approach, adaptive management, and complex systems approaches.
- Demonstrated ability in running co-design sessions and capacity-building in experimental design, innovative M&E approaches and impact evaluation.
Please note that continuance of appointment beyond the initial 12 months is contingent upon the successful completion of a probationary period.
Required Language (s):
Proficiency in written and spoken English and Arabic.