Organization Overview Bright Future is an NGO based in Mumbai that empowers youth to make informed decisions about their career and thus enables them to transform their passion into gainful employment through life skills development, career development, mentoring support, internships and placement opportunities. Bright Future also builds capacities of key stakeholders like parents and schools who play an instrumental role in creating a conducive environment for enabling youth to make informed decisions independently pertaining to their career and life. Job Title: Manager - Research and Advocacy DESCRIPTION: The Manager- Research and advocacy The Manager- Research and advocacy supports the Head-Innovation and is responsible for managing research projects and advocacy at Bright Future. The objective of this role is to ensure planning and supervising research projects, monitoring project progress, supporting M and E team members, implementing new methodologies, writing reports and presenting research findings. Research and advocacy Manager needs to articulate the impact of the program to donors, beneficiaries and other stakeholders to strengthen the program and organization's sustainability This position also involves overseeing the implementation of advocacy strategies of the organization. He/she must have extensive experience in policy, promotional and advocacy work. REQUIRED competencies and skills -Knowledge of Research methods and statistical analysis -Knowledge of project cycle management ,LFA (Logframe analysis) , -Situation/context analysis, conceptual models,theories of change -Experience in designing tools ,strategies for Data collection,analysis for the survey and research -Excellent management and coordination skills -Possession of strong organizational, reporting and analytical skills; - Strong Interpersonal skills and good communication skills - Good written skills in English Job responsibilities Research – Take lead in the design and implementation of a research project (direct/indirect to track delivery against goals and objectives. Develop tools, analyze data, prepare draft research reports, Support needs based secondary research and conduct surveys as per requirement of the pilot projects. Advocacy - Take lead in the evidence based advocacy activities.Build good partnerships and engage in advocacy activities with key stakeholders.Develop short term and long term advocacy strategies.collect and analyze best practices in the field of advocacy Impact study – Analysis of data collected for assessment of progress and areas for improvement. In addition, facilitate periodic evaluations of Bright Future’s program Impact Periodic field visits -To conduct assessment and make recommendations for key challenges about programme outcome and Impact. Reports - Contributing to Annual Reports, Impact report, Quarterly report, Half-yearly Progress and Monthly MIS report for donors with 100 % data accuracy. Provide support in writing project proposals and MoU. Educational Requirements: Postgraduate degree in management, development studies, public policy, or related areas Work experience Minimum 5 years of experience in the following fields- • Design and implementation of a community-based research project • Prior experience in community-based implementation approaches, with familiarity of relevant concepts, including socio-economic empowerment, gender equality, financial inclusion, rural development, skill development or similar, shall be given preference. Desirable ● Two to three years of experience in Research design, survey and tools ● Knowledge in use of data management and analysis software e.g. SPSS.