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About the Internship

• As an intern for Busara's Research and Advisory team you will get the chance to dive headfirst into the world of behavioral science and get firsthand experience working on projects in the development space alongside your mentors.
• This is not your coffee-grabbing internship! Interns are tasked with supporting the research, composing reports, client deliverables, and analysis on ongoing projects, in close coordination with Analysts, Associates and Engagement Directors, thus exposing them to all sides of research.

This is a full time internship for 10-12 weeks. 

Who are we looking for?

• Students in their third year or fourth year of undergraduate studies, students in masters programs, and recent graduates who have completed their course within the last 6 months.
• Students preferably based out of Lagos, since the internship will likely entail some fieldwork. 
• Busara loves diversity of thought and we will accept applicants from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds – psychology, sociology, economics, public policy, political science, neuroscience, statistics, marketing and so on.
• Interest in qualitative and quantitative research and familiarity with data analysis (Excel, Stata, R and/or other programming languages)
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills with a mastery of English and Swahili
• Hunger to learn, high level of self-motivation and energy, and an optimistic “can-do” attitude
• Flexible and comfortable with ambiguity
• Interest in working in a fast-paced environment and able to manage multiple tasks efficiently
• Ability to work independently and highly collaboratively as part of a team 
• Interest in behavioral science (most important!)

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Your growth:

• We invest heavily in our Analysts, exposing you to a range of projects prior to your potential growth within the organization.
• With rigorous mentorship and support, we ensure that we grow talent and provide support where it is needed.

Responsibilities

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve inquiries on external and internal research data and act as a research resource person for senior leadership, internal teams, staff, and external parties.
• Work closely, when necessary, with the data and programming team to source, clean, and structure data.
• Support the design of effective quantitative and qualitative survey instruments and coordinates all activities associated with survey development including research, formatting, liaising with survey programming teams, analyzing, summarizing, and presenting results; write reports highlighting key findings and present results.
• Support Associates/Senior Associates in preparing materials such as, but not limited to, drafts of client reports, experimental designs, literature reviews, proposals, and pitch decks.
• Support multiple large-scale research and advisory projects at a given time as may be required.
• Clarify research requests to identify potential data sources and informational resources; identify, and discuss research needs with Associates and Engagement Directors.
• Carry out general logistics planning for project activities as it relates to content outcomes such as phasing of field activities, coordinating meetings, etc.  Work closely with the Project Operations team and the Project Lead team to plan logistics for field operations, data collection, and data quality assurance.  
• Ensure that all project coordination work is communicated with the relevant teams at Busara to ensure proper roll-out of the engagement.  This includes, but is not limited to, finance, procurement, operations, facilities, and wellness.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy or related fields.
• High level of self-motivation and energy, an optimistic “can-do” attitude
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills. 
• Qualitative and quantitative research or data analytic skills preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player.
• Interest and experience working in a fast-paced working environment.
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills with a mastery of English and (where applicable) at least one other appropriate language for the office in which they will be based.
• Extreme attention to detail while sustaining a global focus and vision for institutional planning and decision making.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

And preferably

• Familiarity with randomized controlled trials preferred.
• Familiarity with behavioral science.
• Familiarity with R, STATA, Python, SAS, and/or other programming languages 
• Exposure to large-scale research and consulting projects in countries in which Busara has an office.
• Previous experience working on public health intervention projects