Assistant Manager, Institute for Education Development

Aga Khan University chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED) was established in July 1993 with the overall objective of becoming a leader in educational reform and improvement, especially in developing countries. The aim of AKU-IED is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of schools and other educational institutions in the country through innovation, policy development, practice, training and research.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.

You will be responsible to:

• collect and organise quantitative and qualitative data sets from research contexts, including Chitral and Karachi
• maintain well-structured data sets for analysis
• conduct workshops with the research team to analyse data
• code data, develop categories, generate themes, and draw conclusions
• write research reports, including interim and final project reports
• support publication efforts with the Principal Investigator, targeting submissions to international journals
• assist in developing grant proposals for scaling up the C2C model and ensure timely submission.

You should have:

• PhD in Education
• demonstrated three years of experience in mixed-methods research, including advanced data analysis
• proven record of publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals
• strong academic writing, analytical, and communication skills
• familiarity with qualitative and quantitative analysis software (e.g., NVIVO and SPSS)
• ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and collaborate effectively with research teams.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.