Company Profile

Simprints is a nonprofit tech company with a mission to radically increase transparency and effectiveness in global development. We build ethical, inclusive digital ID powered by biometrics to verify that health, aid, and services truly reach people. Simprints partners with organizations like Gavi to boost immunization rates in developing countries, Ministries of Health like Ghana on pandemic response, and NGOs like BRAC to deliver maternal healthcare. Studies have shown Simprints increases impact through real-time, precision data, for example increasing maternal health visits by 38% in Bangladesh or accurate HIV tracing by 62% in Malawi. Today we’ve worked in over 17 countries helping deliver health, aid, and finance to >2.5M people. Our goal is to transform the way the world fights poverty, ensuring that every vaccine, every dollar, and every public good reaches the people who need them most.

Job Description

About the Role

Simprints is growing in Ghana. We have proven that our technology can support partners in increasing the impact of their projects, with a new company strategy emphasizing a clear impact focus and expectations of deepening impact and how we generate data to evidence this. If you are passionate about support a growing evidence base of impact, and have previous experience in managing or coordinating large-scale research grants, ideally within the health sector in Ghana, we want to hear from you.

Simprints has successfully acquired grant funding to conduct a large scale randomised control trial (RCT) to test the impact of its solution in Ghana. As Research Manager, you will be part of the Delivery team in Simprints, primarily responsible for ensuring the smooth and timely implementation of the study, leading donor reporting and representing Simprints in meetings with the Ghana Health Services. The role will take on project management responsibilities with a focus on coordinating research activities with our local partner, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Ghana. 

The Research Manager will also contribute to broader evidence-building efforts for Simprints global portfolio, working with the Head of Monitoring Evaluation and Impact to develop a research and evidence-building strategy and providing technical support to evaluation and research initiatives.

As Research manager you will work together with the Simprints project team in Ghana, Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact colleagues around the world and academics from world-leading universities, establishing excellent working relationships and supporting all partners to deliver world-class research.

Department Overview
Primary Function: The Delivery team at Simprints is responsible for the successful implementation of our projects in the field. They work closely with partners and internal teams to ensure projects are executed smoothly, meeting both technical and operational requirements to deliver maximum impact.

Key Goals:

• Ensure successful implementation and execution of projects in the field.
• Collaborate with partners and internal teams to meet project goals and timelines.
• Continuously improve project delivery processes to maximize efficiency and impact.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead and manage RCT study in Ghana by overseeing all phases of the study, planning, data collection, analysis and dissemination while coordinating with partners and ensuring alignment with study protocols. 
• Coordinate all the field research activities, coordinating with study partners and Simprints implementation team to achieve the project deliverables as per contract, on time, on budget. 
• Identify and mitigate project risks; and provide appropriate, effective, and timely action, including where necessary coordinating with cross-departmental colleagues to resolve bottlenecks to meet the implementation needs.
• Develop a detailed research implementation plan and keep this updated as the project progresses
• Travel to project sites in Oti to support data collection related field activities, ensuring they are delivered on-time at the highest attainable quality standards.  
• Represent Simprints in project regions (Oti) and districts, maintain strong relationships with our key stakeholders, including government officials and IPA Ghana 
• Coordinate with Simprints Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact team in Ghana to ensure project monitoring and evaluation learnings are incorporated into research activities and implementation
• Ensure donor reporting is timely, accurate and fulfills all donor expectations. This includes KPI, milestone and semi-annual reporting.
• Provide technical support to Simprints global evidence-building initiatives, including developing research design and methods for research initiatives across the global portfolio 
• In collaboration with Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact lead the development and roll-out of an evidence-building strategy, including the development of a research agenda and funding strategy 

Required Skills or Experience

• A master's degree or higher in public health, social sciences, development studies, or a related field, with a strong focus on research methodologies and impact evaluation, preferably within the health sector
• 5 + years of experience in the research, monitoring and evaluation field within the international development and global health sector. 
• 5 + years of experience in managing or coordinating multi-partner research projects, balancing technical requirements with practical realities at field level.
• Thorough understanding of key research concepts and processes such research methodologies, data collection, and analysis. 
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience in coordinating with GHS (or other Government Stakeholders) would be a strong advantage. 
• Experience of USAID Grant Management or other institutional donors.
• Organised, process-oriented, and attentive to following through on planned tasks and activities. You know how to allocate and shift resources to support team members as needed, ensuring that project deliverables are met on time and within budget.
• Preferred knowledge in digital health, understanding digital ecosystem in Ghana especially in relation to child vaccination. 
• Preferred skills in using digital task management platforms such as Jira, Asana, Click-up or any other. 
• The role requires frequent travel within Ghana's Oti region.