MIT Looking for Policy Manager (Finance) at Cambridge, MA Full Time

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POLICY MANAGER (FINANCE), Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), to join a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Will act as lead staff on J-PAL’s Finance Sector and manage two to three associate level staff within the sector; build relationships with key partners in governments, NGOs, foundations, and multilateral aid agencies worldwide and present J-PAL’s work and research; and create materials for policy outreach, including publications, presentations, and other high-level deliverables as requested by J-PAL senior staff and affiliates. May also serve as a liaison between J-PAL Global and one of J-PAL’s regional offices covering Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia; support cost-effectiveness analyses; and/or assist with other broad J-PAL projects.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: master’s degree that includes training in economics, public policy, or a closely related field and coursework in intermediate-level econometrics and calculus; and at least five years of relevant work experience that includes at least one year of experience working in a low- or middle-income country. Job #21347