Associate, Cost-Effectiveness - Evidence Action

About Evidence Action

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development - we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Our programs have grown since our founding in 2013 to reach over 515 million people globally with our interventions. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, and Charity Navigator.

We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs which deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our Deworm the World Initiative has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.8 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. Dispensers for Safe Water provides sustained safe water access to over 10 million people in rural Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths. 

We drive innovation: Our Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless in exiting programs which do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people. 

We are global. Across nine countries in Africa and Asia, our 700+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background - with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused. 

We have big ambitions. Over the next decade, we’re setting our sights higher: We aim to reach over 600 million people globally to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action - because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we. 

We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us. 

About the Cost-Effectiveness team

In this role you will report to the Senior Manager of Cost-effectiveness who leads our team. Our team helps inform organizational priorities, programmatic decision-making, and resource mobilization as we pursue high-impact programs. We estimate the cost-effectiveness of our full portfolio of programs, ranging in interventions from early stage programmatic activities, programs operating at scale, and those expanding to new geographies. 

In the early program stages we start by conducting back-of-the-envelope calculation (BOTEC) costing and impact estimation. For our scaling and at-scale programs, we review large volumes of cost and program monitoring data to assess the CE and estimate the impacts of our work. And, for Evidence Action’s more mature programs we explore the expansion of our successful programs to new geographies by conducting BOTEC CEAs to inform geographic prioritization and scoping efforts. 

Through it all, we foster an atmosphere of growth and learning, encouraging constructive feedback and providing opportunities for both growth where we can empower our team members to make decisions and contribute meaningfully to Evidence Action’s mission.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support development of cost effectiveness analysis, including detailed costing, incorporating evidence on intervention effectiveness.
• Conduct literature reviews, interpret findings to extract relevant impact estimates, and engage with colleagues and external experts to identify the highest-quality inputs to use.
• Collaborate with global and country finance and program colleagues to gather and analyze program financial and cost data.
• Periodically update models with revised inputs and revised assumptions when the team is presented with relevant new evidence.
• Support the development of internal and external communication products (such as blog posts and presentations) to engage with various audiences on the cost-effectiveness of various interventions.

Required Qualifications:

• You have a bachelor's degree in international development, public health, public finance, public policy, economics, statistics, or related field.
• You have up to 3 years of professional work experience. 
• Basic competencies in Excel; a working understanding of and comfort with core functions and formulas.
• Experience in quantitative and/or qualitative analysis in professional or academic settings, and interest in developing quantitative modeling skills to understand program impact and costing.
• Detail-oriented and comfortable in engaging with datasets, literature, and evidence.
• Ability to analyze and communicate about data to form narratives with easily understood language.
• You are a team player with the ability to collaborate within and between teams.
• Alignment with core Evidence Action values.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for roles based in the U.S.

Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

Benefits: Evidence Action provides a comprehensive benefits package for employees worldwide. Benefits include:

• comprehensive health insurance,
• retirement savings options,
• life insurance, 
• generous leave, 
• avenues for engagement and recognition.

*Benefits may differ based on country-specific regulations