Join IRRI as Researcher in Socioeconomics

IRRI is the world's premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger.

Vacancy: Not specified 

Vacancy Type: Full-time

Role: Researcher

Job Responsibilities

• Planning and organization of (i) events logistics for training/ workshop for enumerators (ii) survey implementation (designing the survey and coding it up, planning travel, assigning responsibilities, setting up data-quality checks) (iii) ensuring adherence to randomization by coordinating with implementers and tracking progress.
• Monitor the approved project budget, prepare and consolidate budget reports and total cost recovery charges, and manage petty cash requests, disbursements, and liquidations.
• Hire, train, and manage a team of enumerators.
• Ensure timely submission of reports to funders.
• Maintain the flow of information and appropriate communication by liaising and coordinating with PIs as well as external partners (like the government and implementation partners).
• Maintain the flow of information, appropriate communication, and efficient service by constantly liaising and coordinating with other teams/units as well as external partners and collaborators.
• Assist in grant application writing and IRB application updates.
• Draft planning documents of all activities (action plans) to keep a record, and help with presentations to local partners during the design and planning stage.
• Provide support in the day-to-day research operations of the project in Bangladesh.
• Provide administrative and logistics support in coordinating with relevant stakeholders.
• Survey design and planning.
• Process information from qualitative work and meetings to contribute to study design.
• Team management during survey implementation.
• Data cleaning and preliminary data analysis.
• Data cleaning and high-frequency checks.
• Report writing.
• Perform other relevant tasks assigned by the supervisor from time to time.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Public Policy, Statistics, or a related field and two years of relevant experience, or Master's degree in Economics, Public Policy, Statistics, or a related field and one year of relevant experience.

Additional Requirements:

• Basic knowledge of Stata/R.
• Good oral and written communication skills-able to communicate the status of work regularly.
• Basic knowledge of RCTs and empirical economics analysis.
• Good organizational skills.
• Experience working on RCTs and/or surveying.
• Knowledge of coding surveys using ODK.
• Excellent English language skills.

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Negotiable

Benefits: As per the company policy 

Application Deadline: 8 May 2023

Application link: https://cutt.ly/c5BDzbm