The Busara Center is growing once again. We are taking applications for new associates. This year we’ve signed new projects in Egypt and Pakistan, started a Policy Innovation Unit in Nigeria and grown our Ugandan office.
We’ve examined poverty through the prism of aspirations, stress levels and cash transfers. We are now operating in Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Kenya. That’s all in pursuit of our twin missions of advancing behavioral science and alleviating poverty.
Roles for the Research Associates Job
- Design and develop research and advisory projects focused on using behavioral science to alleviate global poverty
- Recruit partners from academic institutions, development banks, large NGOs, private companies and social enterprises and manage the relationships
- Implement qualitative and quantitative behavioral research
- Develop and pilot instruments
- Manage large scale field and lab projects with leading academics and institutions
- Organise, clean and analyse data
- Disseminate results, prepare project reports and present results
- Design future scope of works
- Live, travel and work in Africa from a base in Nairobi
Research Associates Job Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in economics, social sciences, public policy, or related fields. Other fields will be considered.
- 1-3 years previous work experience in a related field
- Excellent management and organizational skills
- Fluency and excellent communication skills in English
- Interest and experience working in a fast-paced working environment
- Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, a team player
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-level relationships with partner organizations
- Strong quantitative skills including knowledge of and experience working with data analysis software
And preferably:
- A Master’s degree in economics, social sciences, public policy, or related fields
- Experience managing and mentoring staff
- Familiarity with and interest in behavioral economics or science
- Familiarity in the contexts which we work in
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