Research Lead- Government
3 weeks ago
Job Description The Head Research & Insights will serve as the intellectual anchor for LCPL's product and solutions function driving the research vision, strategy, and ecosystem intelligence that powers every major initiative. This role demands a leader who can bridge policy, practice, and product, shaping LCPL's research agenda to support business development, solution design, and program delivery. The person will institutionalize research as a capability not a support by creating frameworks, processes, and outputs that continuously inform decision-making, impact design, and credibility building. Key Responsibilities 1. Strategic Research Leadership - Define LCPL's overarching research and evidence strategy aligned with organizational priorities and government partnerships. - Build a cross-domain research roadmap covering education, skilling, livelihoods, tech-in-governance, and social inclusion. - Establish thought leadership and position LCPL as a credible voice in national and state-level public policy conversations. 2. Research Design & Methodology - Develop standardized research frameworks for primary, secondary, and mixed-method studies. - Lead needs assessments, baseline and endline studies, and impact evaluations for ongoing programs. - Ensure methodological rigor and ethical standards across all research activities. - Oversee the creation of sampling frameworks, toolkits, and field protocols. 3. Knowledge & Evidence Systems - Build and manage LCPL's internal knowledge architecture: repositories, dashboards, and evidence libraries. - Partner with Product and Tech teams to embed real-time data and learning feedback loops within program delivery systems. - Curate knowledge products (whitepapers, policy notes, sector reports, research briefs) for internal and external dissemination. - Create taxonomies and templates for evidence capture at every stage of project lifecycle. 4. Intelligence & Insights - Conduct continuous secondary research across government schemes, tenders, budgets, and global best practices. - Produce monthly and quarterly intelligence reports highlighting trends, benchmarks, and emerging opportunities. - Support Business Development (BD) and Product teams with data-driven insights for bid proposals, DPRs, and concept notes. - Track competitor research, innovations, and technology interventions relevant to LCPL's focus areas. 5. Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement - Engage with government departments, research bodies, multilateral agencies, and think tanks for partnerships and joint studies. - Represent LCPL at high-level policy discussions, panels, and national forums. - Co-develop evaluation frameworks and evidence systems with client ministries and donor partners. 6. Team Building & Capability Development - Build and lead a multidisciplinary research team analysts, sector specialists, data scientists, and documentation experts. - Create pathways for capacity development through training, mentorship, and collaboration. - Drive a research culture that prizes intellectual honesty, precision, and curiosity. 7. Quality Assurance & Publication - Oversee quality standards for all reports, studies, and knowledge products. - Ensure research outputs are publication-ready and aligned with LCPL's editorial and brand guidelines. - Review data accuracy, citation integrity, and narrative quality. - Drive dissemination of LCPL's research through journals, conferences, and media channels.
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