Overview
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’s poor.
Job Position: Research Associate, ThinkMD
Job Location: Abuja
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.
Job 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
Job Requirements
- 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 versed 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.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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