From: Michael Kremer <[email protected]> USAID's Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) at https://divportfolio.org/ is both recruiting and soliciting proposals for innovative solutions. We would be grateful if you are able to circulate information on these opportunities further, by tweeting, distributing to lists of former employees of your organization, or just talking to people you think would be suitable. (If you are interested, that is wonderful too.)
Development Innovation Ventures supports piloting and rigorous testing of innovations in development and helps transition the most successful innovations to scale. Thus, for example, DIV supported a rigorous evaluation by James Habyarimana and Billy Jack of Georgetown University which found dramatic reductions in accident rates from placing stickers in minibuses in Kenya encouraging passengers to speak up if the driver was driving unsafely. DIV then supported a national scale up, and the innovation is now improving safety for millions of Kenyans and being rigorously tested to see if there are similar effects in other countries. I serve as DIV's Scientific Director. We are looking for someone with suitable skills in rigorous impact evaluation to play a very senior role in the leadership team of Development Innovation Ventures: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/535489500 The position is open to US citizens, and closes June 24. Applicants should fill out a questionnaire, which may look a little unusual, but is part of the US government's HR policy. Since it takes time to fill out the form, I would encourage potential applicants to take a look as soon as possible. I would suggest they carefully read the material on the link, and to make sure that they explicitly address the questions asked, which may require careful attention, as most existing resumes may not explicitly cover areas such as "teamwork." If the applicant is not familiar with how the process works for applying to government jobs through forms such as this, they might want to research it, or react out to someone who is familiar with the process. I think this is a really exciting opportunity and I’d encourage people to apply. Unfortunately I am going to be in meetings and traveling a fair amount between now and the deadline, and there are rules limiting how much I can say in any case, so I am probably not able to provide further information on the position beyond what is on the website, but obviously once people apply and get further in the process there will be opportunity to further discuss specifics with the interview panel. Finally DIV is also soliciting proposals for innovative solutions (rolling). https://divportfolio.org/apply Best wishes, Michael -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest mode, or change password by emailing [email protected].
