Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy non-profit Organization 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
Research Associate – Aspirations Project
The project aims to do a randomized controlled trial to examine the combined effect of lifting external and internal constraints simultaneously, providing a cash transfer and an intervention to boost poor people’s sense of self-efficacy and alter their understanding of their opportunities, encouraging poor people to set and pursue their own goals without directing their choices.
The research will test if a brief, standardized psychological intervention can alter psychological outcomes and future-oriented behaviors in a developing country and examine if such interventions can enhance the already- known benefits of cash transfers.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee large scale data collection activities
- Manage logistics for new pilot activities
- Develop and pilot survey instrument
- Design forms for electronic data collection (using SurveyCTO) and manage survey data
- Recruit, train and manage teams to conduct surveys
- Ensure adherence to data quality protocols and assist with data cleaning and preliminary analysis
- Monitor project timeline and budget, including tracking project expenses and adherence to the project budget and timeline
- Work closely with local partners to ensure study protocols are followed
- Assist with donor reporting
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s degree in economics, social sciences, public health, public policy, or related fields.
- Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree and significant fieldwork experience will also be considered.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Knowledge of Stata (strongly preferred), SAS, or other data analysis software
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
- At least two year of work experience required. Previous experience with IPA/JPAL preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to manage enumerators teams and survey operations at different levels (programming and data flow, financial budgeting and reporting, human resources and team building)
- Responsible, accountable and able to manage problematic situations
- Experience living and working in a developing country
- Fluency in Luo a big plus
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred.
More Information
- Job City Nairobi
