Posting Description

SENIOR POLICY ASSOCIATE, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), to join a global
research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.
Will write publications that translate economic research into lessons for policymakers around the
world; support senior staff to create materials for policy outreach, including publications, evaluation
summaries, presentations, grant proposals, policy memos, blogs, social media content, and
newsletters and website content among other sector-specific work; support and manage the
administration of a sector-specific, ongoing competitive research fund; develop in-depth knowledge
of one of J-PAL’s sectors; and provide evidence support to policymakers; may support J-PAL’s overall mission in other ways including knowledge management, work in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion, serving as a liaison between J-PAL
Global and J-PAL’s regional offices or assisting with other J-PAL projects.

Full job description available here.