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Pipeline Development and Evidence Standards
Lead the ongoing design, implementation, and refinement of the DIV Fund’s Evidence & Analysis approach, including supporting consistent application of the approach in how we assess and select innovations for funding.
Quantitatively model the expected returns of potential investments, right-sized to proposal amounts and time constraints. This will require using microeconomic tools and concepts to predict the behaviors of firms, individuals, and governments, and to determine how to value different types of benefits, as well as good judgment to assess real potential for impact at scale.
Develop and support the use of practical guidance and quantitative tools for diligence that incorporate the DIV Fund’s expected returns framework, including assessing prior evidence, identifying key uncertainties, and evaluating potential for impact, cost-effectiveness, and scale.
Partner with Investment Managers during diligence to assess the strength of existing evidence and ensure proposals articulate clear hypotheses, have credible pathways to impact and scale, and include stage-appropriate evaluation plans.
Leading Proposal Review and Due Diligence
Serve as an expert reviewer of proposals, bringing forward key findings and insights from the relevant academic literature.
Proactively identify, cultivate, and collaborate with a network of external experts, including academic researchers, sector specialists, and practitioners, to select the highest-potential projects and solutions for funding.
Participate in screening and run the review process on select applications for funding. As appropriate, engage with promising applicants on evaluation designs.
Portfolio Management and Research
Actively partner with the DIV Fund team to design grants and to monitor grantees’ progress, ensuring that grants are structured and implemented to answer key questions and generate policy-relevant findings.
Design and lead the approach for capturing and synthesizing grant results, using insights to inform the DIV Fund’s future funding and grant management decisions, and ensuring that all findings - positive, negative, or inconclusive - are captured and responsibly shared with the global development field to advance learning, promote highly cost-effective models, and prevent duplication of failed approaches. Promote an appropriate response to failures.
Ensure that evidence of impacts generated across the portfolio is systematically incorporated into decisions about follow-on funding, scaling, and prioritization.
Shape internal and external messaging to clearly communicate the DIV Fund’s evidence expectations and tiered funding model to applicants and partners.