Associate Director of Policy - J-PAL Africa

Location: This position can be based in either Accra, Ghana or Nairobi, Kenya

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,100 top researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts innovative research and builds powerful partnerships to solve the world’s greatest challenges. J-PAL was launched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2003 and is directed by Nobel laureates and , along with . It has over 500 research, policy, scale, training, and operations staff across Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

leads J-PAL’s work in sub-Saharan Africa. We conduct randomized evaluations, build partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and help partners scale up effective programs.

J-PAL Africa’s policy team an...