Website J-Pal
key Responsibilities :
- Research Associates work closely with academic researchers and other field staff to perform a variety tasks including, but not limited to:
- Overseeing the implementation of the evaluation in accordance to the research design in association with our project partner, the Madhya Pradesh state police
- Maintaining relationship with partner organization at both headquarter and field levels
- Designing survey questionnaires, conducting qualitative research, running pilot exercises, refining study design and survey instruments
- Managing teams: Recruit, train and supervise both field-based and data operations teams consisting of project assistants, field managers, field-based surveyors, data entry operators and other field and office staff
- Travel to project sites to monitor and coordinate field activities
- Ensuring that the project complies with IRB and JPAL data collection and security protocols
- Coordinating with teams across different verticals within JPAL on a variety of operational tasks
- Supervising data collection and data-entry, and ensuring data quality and productivity
- Assisting with data cleaning, preliminary data analysis, and preparation of documents and presentations for dissemination
- Reporting to PI and RM on all of the above-mentioned activities and any other work assigned
- Maintain compliance with all J-PAL protocols and policies.
Desired Qualifications and Experience: - Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in economics, social sciences, public policy, or related fields
- 1-2 years’ Experience of working in a developing country.
- Excellent management/ organizational skills and able to solve unexpected problems
- Excellent quantitative skills (required), qualitative skills (preferred)Knowledge of Stata (required) and Survey CTO Familiarity with RCTs
- Willingness to travel
- Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player
- Ability to deal with unstructured and dynamic environments
- Attention to detail
- Familiarity with Hindi (both spoken and written)
- Note on Work Authorizations:
- Candidates must have work authorization to work in India.
How to Apply
If you are interested in this position, please click on the apply button on the JD here; the first-time users will be asked to sign up and upload the CV, cover letter, and academic transcripts (optional).
For any queries, please write to recruitment.jpalsa@ifmr.ac.in.
To apply for this job please visit www.povertyactionlab.org.
