Research Associate at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Research Associate at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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.>
Requisition ID: 1783
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Reports to: Research Associate
Job Summary
- The Research Associate (RA) will lead the data collection and management of research projects within the Nigeria Country Office under the supervision of the Research Manager.
- The RA will supervise project field staff, including the field managers, supervisors and enumerators, while ensuring timely submission of deliverables to donors and partners.
- The Research Associate will perform a variety of tasks related to managing day-to-day research activities, from planning to implementation and monitoring research data quality. These include, but are not limited to:
Responsibilities
Project Management:
- Programming survey instruments in SurveyCTO, following programming best practices.
- Supervising and monitoring data collection to ensure the high quality of the data.
- Implementing data quality checks and fixing issues with data collected during data collection.
- Managing project finances including budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting.
- Cleaning data on an ongoing basis.
Partner Engagement:
- Handling day-to-day PI and partner communications.
- Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations and participating in meetings with key stakeholders.
- Keeping the Research Manager apprised of all developments in the project and serve as the key link between the field staff, research team, and Principal Investigators.
Technical Leadership:
- Prepare training materials and collaborate with the survey firm in conducting enumerator training and piloting instruments.
- Ensuring that all team members follow necessary protocols and procedures.
- Regularly communicate project updates to the Research Manager.
- Providing training and supervision for research project staff.
- Supporting the country office in project and policy development as needed.
Analysis & Reporting:
- Assisting preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for researchers.
- 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.
- Producing dissemination materials such as presentations, final reports, and evidence briefs.
- And other tasks that may be assigned by the Research Manager.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, social science, or a related field; graduate degree strongly preferred
- 2-5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in economics research, impact evaluations, international development
- Advanced Stata competency
- Experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
- Experience managing field data collection
- Strong professional writing skills
- Strong client-facing and presentation skills
- Fluency in English
- Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, versatility, and ability to learn at a fast pace
- Passion for making data-driven decisions a reality in the international development sector.
- Experience with research project management in Nigeria
- Experience in randomized control trials
Travel Requirements:
- Expect to spend at least 50% of the time in the study sites during data collection periods.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
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