Incubation Research Specialist II

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Assist in the design, development, and execution of incubation and research initiatives that tackle complex challenges faced by children, youth, families, churches, and field offices.

• Work alongside multidisciplinary teams to pinpoint unmet needs, brainstorm ideas, and assess effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability.

• Utilize research methods to address learning questions and evaluate the impact of pilot initiatives.

• Lead workshops, discussions, and sessions for stakeholder engagement.

• Analyze and consolidate research findings into concise, actionable insights suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Support projects from the initial concept stage through to testing and evaluation.

• Contribute to learning agendas that promote responsible innovation.

• Incorporate feedback from children, youth, church partners, field leaders, researchers, and organizational leadership.

• Keep up-to-date with emerging research, development trends, and innovative practices.

• Travel globally up to 30% of the time for project implementation, stakeholder engagement, and learning activities.

• Encourage curiosity, learning, collaboration, and ongoing improvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Maintain a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

• Hold a Bachelor's degree with approximately five years of relevant experience; a Master's degree is preferred.

• Familiarity with research processes and methodologies is essential.

• Demonstrate curiosity and a passion for exploring complex questions.

• Ability to excel in ambiguous situations and adapt to changing priorities.

• Strong collaboration skills across teams, disciplines, cultures, and organizational levels.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English.

• Experience in engaging diverse stakeholders.

• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and facilitation abilities.

• Preferred experience in conducting or supporting research, monitoring, evaluation, learning, or related activities.

• Exposure to human-centered design, innovation, design thinking, or incubation approaches is desirable.

• Valued experience in cross-cultural contexts.

• Familiarity with data analysis tools such as R, Stata, or similar platforms is advantageous.

• Proficiency in Spanish or Kiswahili is a plus.

• Commitment to child protection expectations and adherence to the Code of Conduct.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous paid time off.

• 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund in addition to salary.

• Excellent healthcare coverage.

• Free short-term professional counseling.

• Regular chapel services.

• Prayer groups.

• Department devotionals.