Research Associate / Senior Research Associate at Innovative Hub for Research in Africa

The Position

• The Research Associate /Senior Research Associate will gain first-hand experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research.
• The ideal candidate would be a self-starter whose responsibilities would include: managing critical high-level relationships with project stakeholders, designing survey questionnaires; running pilot exercises; refining study design and surveying instruments; hiring, training, and managing survey teams; checking and analyzing data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Research Manager/direct supervisor or projects’ partners to refine study protocols
• Implement study protocols in the most rigorous and efficient manner
• Collaborate with the Research Manager/direct supervisor or projects’ partners on survey design
• Program and pilot existing and future surveys using Survey Solutions, Tangerine, Kobo Collect, Survey CTO (a platform built on Open Data Kit) and/or CS Pro
• Develop High Frequency Data Checks
• Conduct data quality control checks, data cleaning and analysis
• Support the organization in business development activities and serve as technical writer in response to Request for Proposals or other types of solicitations
• Manage key team members (research staff, field staff) while providing leadership support and oversight to other staff as needed, and in the organization in general.
• Track expenditures and prepare financial reports
• Draft grant summaries and reports
• Hire, train and manage survey teams
• Manage critical high-level relationships with project stakeholders
• Assist writing proposals and expression of interest
• Participate in data analysis and writing reports.

Qualification and Skills

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Public Policy, or a related field (required)
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position at a research center, a consulting firm or in academics
• Working knowledge of Stata (strongly preferred) or other data analysis software
• Working knowledge of survey programming on ODK, Survey CTO, CSPro, Survey Solution or a similar software (preferred)
• Familiarity with setting up of the World Bank Stata high frequency data checks
• Familiarity with impact evaluation including randomized controlled trials
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Flexible, self-motivating, and able to solve unexpected problems
• Strong quantitative and data analysis skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both French and English
• Strong experience in writing proposals and expression of interests
• Experience living in a developing country and proficiency in a local African language.