Role Description The objective of this consultancy is to support the above-mentioned research activities in Sudan. The consultancy will support the finalization of the midline design (protocol) and instrument, amendment of the ethical clearance, training of the fieldwork team, quality assurance of field data, causal analysis of the interviews with Causal Map and thematic analysis of the focus groups with MAXQDA, drafting of report (draft and final versions) and brief (draft and final versions) and dissemination activities. - Inception: Conduct up to 10 key informant interviews at the programme level to complement the description of the intervention; conduct desk research about maternal health, care practices and gender norms in the region, for the background chapter of the report. - Design: Develop the final study design, research protocol, instrument, and amendment of the ethical clearance (including addressing the Board requests, as needed). - Training: Prepare the QUIP enumerators training and facilitate the training, in close collaboration with the national partner (data collection firm). This will require an in-country mission of approximately 7 working days. - Data collection: Monitor the data collection operation and the transcription process (in close collaboration with the local data collection firm), transcripts quality assurance. - Analysis: Elaborate the analytical strategy and codebook for the thematic analysis, clean the QuIP data set, conduct the coding and analysis through Causal Maps and MAXQDA of the 112 transcripts. - Draft report: Following the analyses, draft the report (all chapters), including revisions following the internal review. - Validation workshop: Preparation work for the workshop, presentation of the report preliminary findings to key stakeholders to collect their feedback. The workshop will be held online. - Final report (post-workshop): draft of the final version of all chapters based on the feedback collected from the validation workshop, and feedback from two external reviewers. - Dissemination activities: draft the report brief (including any revisions), one slide-deck, and deliver presentations as required. Qualifications - Master's degree in Sociology, anthropology, public/social policy, public health, or related field. - At least 5 years of professional experience in qualitative research and evaluation, in low- and middle income contexts, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. - Strong experience with Qualitative Impact Protocol (QUIP) data collection, including in QuIP training for data collection. - Strong experience in applying the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QUIP) for the analysis using CausalMap. - Excellent qualitative analytical skills and writing skills. - Expertise in social protection. - Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Requirements - Proficient in Arabic. - Research experience in Sudan and/or in humanitarian contexts. - A PhD in Sociology, anthropology, public/social policy, public health, education, or related field. - Knowledge of maternal health and nutrition, and their linkages to social protection. - Experience with mixed-method impact evaluation. Benefits - Paid parental leave. - Breastfeeding breaks. - Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.

Role Description Dayforce is looking for a highly motivated and strategic Sr. User Research Manager to shape the future of human-AI workforce experiences and lead a team of researchers who deliver strategic insight, influence product direction, and help create exceptional experiences for customers and users. Design at Dayforce is evolving beyond traditional enterprise software toward intelligent, human-centered experiences that help organizations and their people navigate increasingly complex work. Research plays a critical role in this transformation, helping the organization understand where AI creates meaningful value, where human oversight remains necessary, and how trust, transparency, and accountability can be designed into experiences that people and organizations can confidently adopt. What you’ll get to do: - People management for a team of 5-7 researchers, including 1:1s, regular coaching and feedback on project work, professional development, performance reviews, etc. - Bring a B2B strategic mindset that helps researchers connect their work to business value to drive impact. - Lead the research direction of your team, establishing a vision for how research informs product strategy, AI innovation, and experience quality across Dayforce. - Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, and AI teams to shape the future of intelligent and agentic experiences. - Keep researchers (and cross-functional peers) focused on the research work that will deliver strategic impact and improve the experience of our users. - Help develop early career researchers through modeling more advanced research skills. - Seamlessly shift between strategy and the details of delivery, connecting efforts at all levels of abstraction. - Uphold quality standards in the face of myriad pressures. - Build relationships and partner with leaders across Product Management, Design, Engineering, and Strategy. - Ensure that your team maintains focus on their work, avoiding disruption and distraction. - Guide the evolution of research operations to enable an effective, scalable, and efficient research practice. - Contribute to the evolution of our research practice as AI becomes embedded in both our products and ways of working. - Actively recruit and hire researchers and other design professionals when the need arises. Qualifications - Experience managing and developing UX researchers, with a demonstrated commitment to mentorship, coaching, and growing research capability across teams. - Success at bringing a range of people into the research and design process, including cross-functional partners. - Experience leading projects/teams that ship complicated products that have made a positive impact on its users and clear business impact. - Experience conducting research in domains where accuracy, trust, compliance, risk, or governance considerations materially influence product design and adoption. - Prior experience articulating the connections between user/customer value and our business ambitions. - Experience researching, designing, or evaluating AI-powered, conversational, agentic, or decision-support experiences. - Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills. - Orderly and organized, maintaining multiple conversation threads across product teams. - Comfortable with scoping research for decision-making and structuring/planning research and design work in cross-functional contexts. - Demonstrated ability to guide teams through periods of technological and organizational change. Benefits - Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. - 401k plan (plus match) and a Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan. - Unlimited Time Away From Work (in lieu of accrued vacation time). - 10 paid US holidays and up to 80 hours of paid sick time. - 17 weeks of paid parental leave, subject to the terms of the applicable policy or program. - Opportunities for community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares. Company Description Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity, and compliance for the global workforce. Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™ - reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners, and communities globally.

Role Description A Senior UX Researcher I leads a team's understanding of user behaviours, needs and motivations. She/he leads the UX Research strategy for a business or product line. She/he is an expert user of a number of research and testing methodologies. She/he informally mentors other researchers. Responsibilities - Customer (or User) Focus - Gathers, evaluates and has a solid understanding of customer use cases. - Maintains close links with UX Designers, ensuring that user feedback and testing are fed into the design process. - Aligns/coaches the team to ensure customer needs are met. - Shares research findings with the organisation. - Understands competitors and regulatory environment. - Segments markets and understands needs of those sub-segments in greater detail. - Creative Problem Solving - Identifies if we are addressing the right problem with a thorough analysis of the brief. - Presents research learnings to stakeholders to guide future projects. - Collaboratively analyses the results of research to recommend solutions. - Independently identifies different research solutions. - Works with designers to iterate and test solution. - Considers the problem from a number of angles. - Practices and facilitates reflection as part of the research process. - Product Design - Leads the User-centred research process, mentoring juniors where needed. - Applies a number of UX Research techniques. - Creates research documentation and analysis outputs. - Works with UX Designer to define structure and layout of the product. - Works with Visual Designer to define the visual identity of products. - Data Driven Analysis & Testing - Regularly tests design work with users in partnership with UX Design team. - Proactively uses data to establish key metrics for projects. - Iterates research methods based on testing and data analysis. - Summarises data from analytics packages, customer insight or other sources to understand context of research work. - Uses data to inform testing future strategy. - Identifies gaps where data is needed and works with business to fill them. - Technical Skills - Uses relevant tools for research analysis. - Understands the nuances of researching in different contexts (remote / in person / unmoderated / moderated). - Has an excellent knowledge of the tech stack of the organisation. - Mentors junior researchers in technical skills. - Uses research software (Qualtics, Lookback, Usertesting.com) to expert level. - Builds good working relationships with tech teams. Qualifications - Suggested Minimum Years of Experience: 6-8 years - Education to Qualify: Bachelors or Masters degree in a design subject (Psychology, UX, HCI, Product Design, Design, Graphic Design, etc discipline) is preferred, but not required. Benefits - We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. - We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Company Description We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120. Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Role Description Are you a behavioral researcher or strategist ready to use your expertise to tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges? Join Appleseed and create lasting social and environmental impact in communities across the globe. This is a remote position with travel required. You may be based anywhere. Appleseed is building a core team of seasoned behavioral strategists who are also skilled researchers and client partners. This is not an academic or theoretical role: our consultants deliver B2B client services, leading field-driven research and crafting human-centered strategies that stick. We work only with nonprofits and funders fighting poverty and protecting the planet. This role requires behavioral insight, leadership & storytelling ability, and a deep commitment to continuous learning. We are seeking to fill a full-time core team role with significant ownership and influence in shaping Appleseed’s craft and culture. All full-time hires begin with a ~4-month freelance project to explore mutual fit from both sides. We are also open to exceptional candidates who prefer ongoing project-based work, rather than joining the core team full-time. - Freelance Project Fees: $20,000–$22,000 per project (travel covered separately) - Core Team Salary Range: $87,000–$122,000 (growth potential to >​$152,000) - Work Week: 4-day week; Thursdays off Benefits include flexible work location and schedule, 178 annual workdays vs. global average of 225–244, paid international travel, and stipends for workspace and professional development. Feel free to apply even if you are not immediately available — strong candidates are kept on file and contacted when the right project comes up. Qualifications - Senior behavioral specialists with analytical sharpness, strong communication, and field fluency. - Experience in roles such as communications strategist, narrative strategist, behavioral or UX researcher, or co-founder of a startup. - Proven strength in field-based research, behavioral diagnosis and strategy, or storytelling. Requirements - Apply behavioral frameworks to real-world problems in clear, actionable ways. - Lead research in unpredictable, low-resource contexts with composure and agility. - Diagnose root causes and craft strategic recommendations that land. - Turn messy insights into crisp, persuasive narratives clients can rally around. - Manage and build trust with clients as true partners. - Work independently and collaboratively across time zones. - Adapt quickly, lead calmly under stress, and foster team resilience. - Give and receive feedback openly. Benefits - Flexible work location and schedule. - 178 annual workdays vs. global average of 225–244. - Paid international travel. - Stipends for workspace and professional development. Company Description Appleseed is a behavioral agency for global development. We are obsessed with one big problem across the sector: important solutions failing to stick. Our clients are fighting to end poverty or protect the planet. When they struggle to engage people or drive uptake of a service, product, or idea, they put us on the case. Appleseed consultants dive deep — taking an ethnographic approach to investigate the challenge and uncover human insights. Then we help our clients design accordingly and bring about changes required for impact. - Field-based work that is meaningful, challenging, and real. - A small, candid, curious team with high standards and low ego. - Real ownership and client partnership from day one. - A flexible, learning-rich culture that prizes rigor and honesty.