Research Associate

Job details

Contract Type

Description
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, social science, or a related field; graduate degree strongly preferred.
  • 2-5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in economics research, impact evaluations, international development.
  • Advanced Stata competency.
  • Experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
  • Experience managing field data collection.
  • Strong professional writing skills.
  • Strong client-facing and presentation skills.
  • Fluency in English.
Responsibilities

Project Management

  • Programming survey instruments in SurveyCTO, following programming best practices.

  • Supervising and monitoring data collection to ensure the high quality of the data.

  • Implementing data quality checks and fixing issues with data collected during data collection.

Partner Engagement

  • Handling day-to-day PI and partner communications.

  • Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations and participating in meetings with key stakeholders.

  • Keeping the Research Manager apprised of all developments in the project and serve as the key link between the field staff, research team, and Principal Investigators.

Technical Leadership

  • Prepare training materials and collaborate with the survey firm in conducting enumerator training and piloting instruments.

  • Ensuring that all team members follow necessary protocols and procedures.

  • Regularly communicate project updates to the Research Manager.

Analysis & Reporting

  • Assisting preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for researchers.

  • Documenting in detail all activities related to the project.

  • Maintaining accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary.


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