Website Poverty Action Lab
Who are you?
Ideally you have:
- Masters’ degree in economics/statistics/demography required; Masters preferred
- In-depth knowledge of survey design and quantitative research methods required, knowledge of qualitative research preferred
- Experience working with SurveyCTO, preferred
- Working knowledge of at least one of the following – Stata, Python, R.
- Ability to work in a team, manage multiple projects and be self-motivated
- Strong communication skills
What will you do?
The Associate will work closely with academic researchers, the research implementation team, and other research staff to help implement various projects. The work would involve developing Research strategies; Sampling methods and design; Data Collection Methods; Data Analysis; Use of Software Packages in Qualitative and Quantitative Research. Key responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- Understand the setting, sampling, survey design, measurements for each project
- Designing survey instruments across different projects (Types of questions, framing and sequencing)
- Data collection through different methods (In-depth interviews, FGDs, Vignettes etc.)
- Conducting validity and reliability of survey instruments
- Understanding sources of bias in measurements
- Data processing and analysis
- Report writing
- Working with multiple stakeholders and partners to understand and implement their project-specific surveys
- Work with field teams in developing relevant manuals
- Training enumerators to implement large-scale surveys
What should you be comfortable with?
- A dynamic environment with competing priorities
- Working in a team with shared responsibilities
- Independently coordinating with coworkers to accomplish goals
- Being resourceful in new environments and scenarios
- Problem-solve in hi-pressure environments
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