Roles and Responsibilities

BIT is looking for an exceptional candidate to join as a Senior Advisor focusing on International Development. In this role you will be expected to lead projects in low and middle-income countries and to manage relationships with government officials and partners. The successful applicant will have a good knowledge of behavioural science and/or development economics, and an understanding of mixed research methods.

Examples of projects you could be involved in are:

• Designing and evaluating interventions to prevent sexual harassment on buses in Bangladesh;
• Building the capacity of government officials in the Ministry of Education of Guatemala to conduct qualitative work in schools and run RCTs; and
• Exploring the barriers to tax compliance in Tanzania and working with academics and government officials to design appropriate behavioural interventions.

Key skills
Essential

• All candidates must also be able to demonstrate:
• An understanding of the behavioural science or development economics literature and how it can be applied to help solve complex real life policy problems;
• Strong project management experience including working remotely;
• An understanding of quantitative and mixed research and evaluation methods;
• A keen sense of personal impact, particularly a sensitivity to local customs and a courteous, diplomatic yet (when needed) assertive manner when dealing with partners;
• A clear focus on collaborative working, including with partners from outside of your organisation; and
• Strong written and verbal communication (for example ability to write short, to-the-point policy papers for Ministers or senior officials);

Desirable

• Finally, it would be desirable if you have:
• Experience working on the development or delivery of policy or services in government, academia, industry, or for a consulting firm;
• Experience presenting to large audiences and facilitating behavioural insights workshops with policy professionals;
• Experience running quantitative impact evaluations, preferably randomised control trials;
• Experience in responding to competitive tenders and securing new work packages;
• A Masters or PhD in a relevant subject area (including, but not limited to behavioural economics, psychology, design thinking, evaluation methods);
• Foreign language skills (Spanish, French, Arabic are of particular interest).