Job Opportunity for Senior Research Associate at PxD in New Delhi, India

**Job Title:** Senior Research Associate

**Location:** New Delhi, India

**About PxD:** PxD is a global non-profit organization dedicated to leveraging technology, data science, and behavioral economics to deliver targeted information to farmers in low- and middle-income countries.  Their evidence-based approach utilizes randomized controlled trials to measure impact and cost-effectiveness, ensuring services are demonstrably valuable to funders and partners.  PxD’s work in India is conducted in partnership with Behaviour Change Advisory Services (BCAS) LLP.

**Job Summary:**

PxD seeks a driven, creative, and independent Senior Research Associate to join its high-performing team.  This role involves contributing substantially to PxD’s programs by testing and refining new ideas, rigorously measuring impact, and identifying scalable solutions to improve the incomes and well-being of people in poverty.  The successful candidate will work closely with PxD and affiliated researchers.

**Responsibilities:**

* Collaborate with team leadership and colleagues in designing, piloting, and scaling evidence-backed digital agriculture services, including direct engagement with farmers in the field.

* Conduct qualitative and quantitative data collection (focus groups, interviews, surveys) and data cleaning.

* Produce accurate data summaries, including basic descriptive statistics and simple regression analysis, and contribute to report writing.

* Conduct literature reviews and desk research, providing input on research questions and structure.

* Maintain up-to-date project documentation.

* Assist in managing partner relations and working with external stakeholders.

* Contribute to internal and external communications (briefs, blogs, reports, presentations) to disseminate project findings.

* Support PxD’s institutional knowledge management and internal learning initiatives.

**Requirements:**

* Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, international development, or a closely related field.

* Strong understanding of economics, econometrics, and familiarity with randomized evaluations.

* Excellent knowledge of Stata or R (or similar data analysis software).

* Experience conducting field research in economics in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

* Experience using SurveyCTO/ODK (or similar survey design software).

* Ability to draw inferences from data to identify pathways for program improvement.

* Experience in a multi-faceted role, balancing priorities across multiple projects and stakeholders.

* Strong written and oral communication skills in English; advanced writing and presentation skills.

* Fluency in Hindi; knowledge of other Indian languages is a plus.

* Experience working with government agencies.

* Willingness to travel to field sites in India.

**Experience Required:** Mid-level experience is required.  The specific number of years is not specified in the provided text.