• Application Deadline: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Research Associate / Senior Research Associate


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 2 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Research 
  

The Position

• The Research Associate /Senior Research Associate will gain first-hand experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research.


• The ideal candidate would be a self-starter whose responsibilities would include: managing critical high-level relationships with project stakeholders, designing survey questionnaires; running pilot exercises; refining study design and surveying instruments; hiring, training, and managing survey teams; checking and analyzing data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Research Manager/direct supervisor or projects’ partners to refine study protocols


• Implement study protocols in the most rigorous and efficient manner


• Collaborate with the Research Manager/direct supervisor or projects’ partners on survey design


• Program and pilot existing and future surveys using Survey Solutions, Tangerine, Kobo Collect, Survey CTO (a platform built on Open Data Kit) and/or CS Pro


• Develop High Frequency Data Checks


• Conduct data quality control checks, data cleaning and analysis


• Support the organization in business development activities and serve as technical writer in response to Request for Proposals or other types of solicitations


• Manage key team members (research staff, field staff) while providing leadership support and oversight to other staff as needed, and in the organization in general.


• Track expenditures and prepare financial reports


• Draft grant summaries and reports


• Hire, train and manage survey teams


• Manage critical high-level relationships with project stakeholders


• Assist writing proposals and expression of interest


• Participate in data analysis and writing reports.

Qualification and Skills

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Public Policy, or a related field (required)


• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar position at a research center, a consulting firm or in academics


• Working knowledge of Stata (strongly preferred) or other data analysis software


• Working knowledge of survey programming on ODK, Survey CTO, CSPro, Survey Solution or a similar software (preferred)


• Familiarity with setting up of the World Bank Stata high frequency data checks


• Familiarity with impact evaluation including randomized controlled trials


• Experience in monitoring and evaluation


• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently


• Excellent attention to detail


• Flexible, self-motivating, and able to solve unexpected problems


• Strong quantitative and data analysis skills


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both French and English


• Strong experience in writing proposals and expression of interests


• Experience living in a developing country and proficiency in a local African language.