Are you a law graduate/ legal professional looking for job opportunities as a Research Associate? This opportunity might be of interest to you!
About:
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of 194 affiliated professors at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty. J-PAL South Asia, based at the Institute for Financial Management and Research in India, leads J-PAL’s work in the South Asia region. J-PAL South Asia conducts randomized evaluations, builds partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and helps partners scale up effective programs. Over more than ten years of existence, J-PAL South Asia has conducted 193 ongoing and completed randomized evaluations.
Role:
Research Associate
Location:
New Delhi, Vijayawada
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in economics, social sciences, public policy, education, or related fields.
- Knowledge of and experience with fieldwork in developing countries is a strong plus.
- Previous experience in development research preferred.
- Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative skills.
- Fluency and excellent communication skills in English and some conversational-level skills in Hindi and Telugu (preferred).
- Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player.
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-level relationships with partner organizations.
- Knowledge of Stata, R, or Python (strongly preferred) or other data analysis software is preferred.
- Familiarity with randomized controlled trials/clinical trials/quasi-experiments preferred.
- Ability to deal with unstructured and changing environments.
- Ability to work independently and in rural field locations.
Responsibilities:
- 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
- Supervising data collection and data entry to ensure good data quality during both these phases
- Co-ordinating with the Administrative and Finance team on a variety of tasks related to field staff contracting and payments
- Overseeing the implementation of the evaluation in accordance to the research design in association with our partner organization
- Ensuring that the project complies with IRB and JPAL data collection and security protocols with the help of the Research Manager
- Maintaining relationships with partner organizations at both headquarters and field levels
- Assisting with data cleaning and preliminary data analysis.
- Assisting in the preparation of documents and presentations for donor reporting as well as dissemination activities.
- Reporting to PIs on all of the above-mentioned activities.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here (click here)
