Research Associate opportunity for Aspiring Post-graduate students

Principal Investigators: Atonu Rabbani (University of Dhaka), Eric Edmonds (Dartmouth College), Nishith Prakash (U of Connecticut), Priya Mukherjee (U of Wisconsin, Madison), Shwetlena Sabarwal (World Bank)

Vacancy: not specified

Employing Institution: JPG

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Education: Master’s

Language Requirements: English, Bengali

Start Date: June 2022

Duration: 18 months

Job Responsibilities:

• Extensive travel to project sites to monitor and coordinate field activities.
• PIs with designing survey questionnaires and refining survey instruments.
• Assisting in preparing funding proposals, budgets, and deliverables.
• Planning and managing data collection and ensuring data quality and productivity.

Go to the application link for further information about the job responsibilities.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

• Education: Master’s degree in economics, public policy/administration, engineering, or related fields. Advanced coursework in economics is preferred
• Technical skills: Demonstrating a good basic understanding of the randomized control trials is highly valuable
• Software: Microsoft Excel (required), Stata (required), SurveyCTO/ODK/digital data collection (preferred)
• Relevant Work Experience: This project requires demonstrating management experience in a multi-faceted role, working with and managing partnerships with multiple stakeholders. Experience in managing teams and interacting with institutional partners is strongly desired.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Salary: as per company policy 

Application Deadline: not specified

Application Link:

Go to this link for details - https://cutt.ly/ZG4D3ls