Evidence and Ethics Coordinator JOB

About Us:

Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a global organisation providing personalised contraception services to women and girls. Our local teams of professionals are passionate about the work they do in communities across 37 countries. The services we provide give a woman the power to choose when she has children so that she is free pursue her plans and dreams for herself and her family.

The primary responsibility of this role is to further MSI’s Goal: The Prevention of Unwanted Births and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to**: Children by Choice Not Chance.**

In order to achieve its ambitious strategy goals, Marie Stopes International (MSI) must continue to learn how to improve the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of its programming. High quality research, monitoring and evaluation are integral to this agenda. The purpose of the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Team is to produce or synthesise data, generate unique insights and put them into action. A pragmatic focus on ‘knowing what works’ ensures that insight gathering and programme evaluations make a difference to how services are implemented for clients across the world.

The Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Team also works closely with MSI’s independent Ethics Review Committee (ERC). The ERC conducts ethical review of MSI’s research protocols, promoting implementation of ethically sound research across MSI’s country programmes.

The Role:

The Evidence and Ethics Coordinator provides administrative coordination to the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation team and to the independent MSI Ethics Review Committee. The role includes support for the communication and dissemination of research findings and insights to internal and external audiences within the sexual reproductive health (SRH) sector.

About you:

To be considered for this role, you will have:

Coordination and organisation of teams and corporate processes

• Administrative experience working in an Executive Assistant, Team-Coordinator or equivalent role
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Experience managing and supporting databases, up-to-date technology and virtual teams that work remotely
• Experience in managing grant, donor and financial processes in an non-profit environment is strongly preferred

Writing skills and ability to communicate

• Excellent communication skills, including with non-native speakers via remote means of communication
• Good presentation skills (PowerPoint) and ability to work as part of a team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Second class or higher) (desirable)
• Excellent computer literacy, with good skills in MS Office (including Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Knowledge or interest in research and research ethics preferred

For more information about the role, please view the job framework on our website.

In addition you will have the right to work in the UK and be pro-choice on children by choice & not chance

Location: London

Closing date: Sunday 7th October 2018 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for suitable candidates.

Salary: circa £24-28,000 depending on experience and ability.

All nationalities are encouraged to apply.