Job Title: Research Associate – IPA Uganda Jobs 2022
Organization: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Research Manager/Associate Research Manager
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Profile:
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is developing a transaction cost index (TCI) for digital financial services (DFS), a resource to systematically capture and report the cost of DFS transactions across multiple countries. The TCI will capture the full cost of completing mobile money transactions, including official listed prices, additional “off-the-books” agent fees, and non-pecuniary costs such as wait times, incidence of failed transactions, and agents asking to view customers’ sensitive account information. The index will capture three different transaction types: depositing cash into digital wallets, withdrawing cash from wallets, and transferring funds between individuals.
Job Summary:
IPA Uganda seeks to hire a Research Associate, for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the livelihoods program of the NGO Raising the Village (RTV) on household poverty and intra-household relationships.
The Research Associate will work closely with academic researchers and other field staff to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to: designing survey questionnaires, conducting qualitative research, running pilot exercise, refining study design and surveying instruments, managing survey teams, negotiating contracts with survey firms, checking and analyzing data, cleaning data and assisting in preliminary analysis, assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos, and coordinating with NGO partners.
The Research Associate reports to and falls under the direct supervision of the Research Manager or Associate Research Manager. The Research Associate will work with and seek project related guidance from the research team or Project Investigator. The Research Associate may from time to time perform other duties not listed in the job description.
Roles and responsibilities:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Liaise with Principal Investigators and Research Coordinator in the design of survey questionnaires
- Work with the data manager to program survey tools using SurveyCTO, high-frequency checks and data flows
- Develop data collection protocols and data quality assurance protocol
- Develop a data collection plan (procurement, logistics and route plan) that ensures adherence to data collection budget
- Manage the project budget
- Supervise training of team leaders, auditors and surveyors
- Conduct daily data quality checks
- Ensure implementation of survey spot checks and back-checks
- Compile clean databases
- Assist the PI team in data analysis as requested
- Assisting in managing relationships with donors, partner organizations and researchers
- Produce technical reports for donor and/or other stakeholders (e.g. fieldwork reports)
- Keep the Research Coordinator/Manager and the PI team appraised of all project activities
Other Duties
- As assigned by your supervisor, perform other tasks, which are consistent with your level in the organization.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Designated Project Field Managers, and overall oversight of the Field Officers
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, business management, social sciences, public policy, political science or related fields, Master’s degree preferred
- Demonstrated proficiency in Stata and experience with data management, data cleaning, and regression analysis
- Experience with quantitative research, particularly with randomized controlled trials
- Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative skills;
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude
- Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-level relationships with partner organizations
- Experience running a large-scale survey and managing the survey implementation and data entry process
- Experience with Computer-Assisted Interviewing is preferred, but not required
- Fluency and excellent communication skills in English language.
How To Apply for IPA Uganda Jobs 2022
All interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit their applications through the link below.
Closing Date: Open until filled
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