Specific skills and expertise

The range of skills and expertise I can offer in social development includes:

• Research /Analysis and Evidence Generation

  • Conceive, design and direct research studies
  • Develop research concepts and funding proposals

  • Design conceptual and practical research methods including:

    • Indicator, scale and question development
    • Grounded theory
    • Social action research
    • Most Significant Change
  • Develop questionnaires, surveys, focus group and key informant interview protocols
  • Code qualitative data
  • Carry out literature reviews
  • Grounded theory and social action research
  • Recruit and manage regional research teams
  • Write research monographs, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers
  • Edit journal collections

• Knowledge Development and Organisational Learning

  • Design, mentor and advise organizations in knowledge generation, learning and self-assessment
  • Develop organisational learning agendas
  • Guide product development including case studies, models and policy briefs
  • Develop/ distil theories of change
  • Transfer skills in research design and analysis to field workers and project managers

• Course Development

  • Develop and deliver training on philanthropy at graduate and professional levels

• Gender Analysis

  • Gender analysis, policy and mainstreaming into development projects

• Programme, Research and Grant Fund Management

  • Direct, design and implement national and multi country programs
  • Design, manage and monitor grant funds

• Capacity Building, Facilitation & Training

  • Develop materials and deliver workshops

    • Project planning & reporting
    • Gender analysis
    • Maternal and child health
    • Demand and accountability

• Writing

  • Editing
  • Prepare high quality reports
  • Write briefing papers, concept notes, case studies, policy briefs & concept papers
  • Academic and popular articles

Areas of technical assistance I can help with

• Program  conceptualisation and development
• Programme management and implementation
• Monitoring
• Evaluation Research and Organisational Learning
• Primary and Applied Research

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