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  • Posted: Oct 27, 2022
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    Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world&...
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    Research Associate, ThinkMD

    Job Description

    • As an ideal candidate, you not only have a solid technical foundation in impact evaluation methodology, but you can also independently guide and direct the activities that happen both upstream and downstream of any rigorous, randomized evaluation.
    • You enjoy contributing to high-performing teams that drive the production of the highest quality research for our clients and partners.
    • You excel in solving problems using clear, strategic, and creative thinking.
    • You have a strong social acumen and are excited about the opportunity to broaden, deepen, and manage meaningful relationships with high-level clients and partners across the public, academic, non-governmental, and multilateral sectors.

    Responsibilities 
    The Research Associate will perform a variety of tasks related to managing day-to-day research activities, from planning to implementation, and monitoring quality. These include, but are not limited to:

    • Coordinating research and implementation efforts with all relevant stakeholders;
    • Recruiting, training, and supervising field-based teams;
    • Refining and piloting survey questionnaires;
    • Supervising and monitoring data collection to ensure high-quality of the data;
    • Implementing data quality checks and fixing issues with data collected during data collection;
    • Assisting in data cleaning and preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for researchers and/or supervisors;
    • Documenting in detail all activities related to the project;
    • Maintaining accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary;
    • Preparing high-quality progress and results reports to Principal Investigators (PI), research partners, and funding agencies, and sharing them timely;
    • Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations, and participating in meetings with key stakeholders;
    • Providing training and supervision for research project staff (Field Manager);
    • Managing project finances including budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting;
    • Ensuring that all team members follow necessary protocols and procedures;
    • Handling day to day PI and partner communications;
    • Any other task as assigned by Country Director;
    • Keep the Country Director apprised of all developments in the project and serve as the key link between the field staff, research team, and Principal Investigators.
    • Support the country office in project and policy development as needed

    Qualifications 

    • Education: Master's Degree in Economics, Public Policy or other quantitative Social Science disciplines
    • Quantitative Skills: Strong technical understanding of economics and econometrics required.
    • Demonstrated proficiency in Stata, and experience with data management, data cleaning, and regression analysis
    • A minimum of 2 year of work experience is required. Experience managing field staff in developing countries strongly preferred
    • Ability to collaborate among geographically and culturally diverse teams to drive common goals
    • Interculturally verseded to build capacity, work with, and live in Nigeria
    • Excellent management and organizational skills
    • Ability to successfully complete assigned tasks and meet deadlines, required;
    • Experience working on health-related projects will be preferred
    • Communication Skills: Attention to detail and advanced writing and presentation skills are required.

    Language:

    • English fluency required.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) on www.poverty-action.org to apply

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