Impact Analyst - Friedman School of Nutrition

The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, established in 1981, is among the world's leading graduate and professional schools of nutrition. Its mission is to improve the nutritional well-being of people worldwide through the creation of new knowledge, its application and dissemination, and the education and training of future leaders in the field. Faculty, students and staff at the school include physicians and other health practitioners, biomedical and clinical scientists, nutritionists and epidemiologists, agricultural and environmental scientists, economists, psychologists and others whose work on food and nutrition contributes to the sustainable, equitable development of human societies.

This Impact Analyst position offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to help improve food, nutrition, and agriculture policy and programming through Tufts University support for the global Agriculture, Nutrition, & Health (ANH) Academy.

The ANH Academy is jointly funded by the Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom's Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, through the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). This project convenes a global community of interdisciplinary researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on agriculture and food systems for improved nutrition and health, with over 10,000 members in 160 countries.

The Impact Analyst will collaborate with other members of the ANH Academy staff at Tufts University and LSHTM to manage expansion of current programs to deliver impact; analyse and visualize data to support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities; and support research projects to meet ANH Academy program objectives. This position will be supervised by the ANH Academy Project Manager based at Tufts University.

Duties will include but are not limited to: updating and developing new content for the ANH Academy Support Center for Agriculture - Nutrition Research (SCANR), ANH Research Communities and other efforts to attract new members and achieve program goals; designing and conducting data analysis and visualization activities that demonstrate program impact; coordinating research activities and planning; liaising between relevant internal and external stakeholder groups; providing technical support and data analysis for ongoing research aims; and disseminating MEL or research findings in reports or events.

Essential Functions in this role will be:

Development and delivery of program content

• Attract new ANH Academy members and meet project goals through updated and expanded content for the Support Centre for Agriculture-Nutrition Research (SCANR) and related activities such as Research Communities and Teaching Materials
• Plan and track timelines and action items for ANH Academy staff and collaborators on research activities, events, conferences, and meetings
• Maintain communication with ANH Academy staff and collaborators to ensure timely, responsive delivery of program content
• Create and maintain meeting agendas, minutes and associated files when needed 40%
  Data analysis and visualization
• Conduct data analysis projects to measure and visualize program outputs, outcomes, and impacts
• Work collaboratively with the team MEL lead to share progress and lessons learned from ANH Academy activities using the MEL framework, collecting data as necessary.
• Create MEL reports and multi-media presentations for activities or groups of activities. 30%

Research support

• Obtain and analyze data, create charts and tables, update software tools and documentation using R, Stata, Excel and other environments, and
• Conduct literature reviews and write manuscripts for publication in academic journals as well as research summaries for websites and social media, in partnership with ANH Academy staff and collaborators

Dissemination of results and other duties

• Design and write reports and content for the ANH Academy website, social media and other outlets for outreach and engagement to achieve project objectives
• Assist with planning and implementation of ANH Academy activity at conferences and workshops or other online and in-person events

Other duties as assigned related to support project needs.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree related to international nutrition and global health, economics and policy or other related fields
• 3-5 years of professional experience
• Clear and precise written and verbal communication skills in email, documents and website materials
• Attention to detail and computational skill with spreadsheets for managing expenditure and financial reporting
• Self-motivation to achieve the highest levels of professional excellence and ethical conduct
• Collaborative orientation with high levels of organizational and time management skills;
• Ability to work quickly and independently in response to changing circumstances.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree related to international nutrition and global health, economics and policy or other fields related to the mission of the ANH Academy;
• 1-3 years of professional experience in data analysis, outreach and engagement or MEL for research activities;
• Familiarity with UK government policy towards research and international development;
• Familiarity with human nutrition, global agriculture and food policy, familiarity with criteria for healthy and sustainable diets, analysis of food prices and diet modeling, experience with sponsored program administration policies and procedures at Tufts or similar universities,
• Familiarity with reporting requirements for private and foreign funding sources, and experience living and working in Africa, Asia or Latin America.