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Job Title: Research
Associate
Organization:
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Project Name: Changing Social Norms
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Research
Manager
About IPA:
Innovations for Poverty Action
(IPA), is an international non-profit research organization. Based in New
Haven, CT, with offices in Washington, D.C. and worldwide, IPA works with
development partners and academic researchers to create and evaluate approaches
to solving development problems, to communicate “what works” in development and
to scale up successful projects in a variety of fields, including health,
education, microfinance, governance and agriculture.
Job Summary: The Innovations
for Poverty Action Research Associate will primarily oversee the impact
evaluation of an intervention seeking to change social norms and attitudes on
abortion and violence against women. The study aims at understanding the
effectiveness of mass media content in addressing women’s issues. The position
offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an
organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Principal
Investigator for this project is Donald Green (Columbia University), and he is
assisted by doctoral students Susanne Baltes, and Anna Wilke.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Actively
    coordinating and supervising all data collection activities
  • Working
    closely with the principal investigator and the local partners running the
    program to ensure study protocols are followed.
  • Managing
    the implementation of media intervention
  • In
    charge of developing and piloting survey instruments
  • Hiring,
    training, and managing teams of local enumerators
  • Planning,
    organizing and reporting on surveys in the field
  • Overseeing
    the project data from collection to cleaned datasets
  • Tracking
    expenses and adhering to the project budget
  • Writing
    regular progress reports
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • The
    applicants for the Data Collection Jobs should possess Bachelor’s degrees
    in economics, social sciences, public health, public policy, or related
    fields; a Master’s degree in any of these fields is a strong plus
  • Excellent
    management and organizational skills
  • Excellent
    interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to
    work successfully with diverse constituencies required
  • Possess
    the ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments and data
    collections simultaneously with minimal supervision
  • Excellent
    oral and written communication skills.
  • Fluency
    in English is required
  • Experience
    conducting field research in a developing country is strongly preferred.
  • Previous
    experience with impact evaluations and/or randomized controlled trials is
    a strong plus
  • Additional
    training in statistics and demonstrated proficiency in STATA (data
    management and cleaning) is desired
How to Apply:
Please send an email to jobs-uganda@poverty-action.org
following these instructions exactly:
  • In
    the subject line:   Put your full
    name, first (given) name followed by last (family) name.
  • Attachments:  Please attach ONLY your CV and cover
    letter.
  • In
    the email body: Copy exactly the following position line: IPA Uganda,
    Research Associate, Mass media.
  • Please
    do not include any text besides the position line(s) in the body of the
    e-mail. Adding extra text will interfere with the processing of your
    application.
Complete the J-PAL/IPA common application.
Please select the position(s) you are interested in applying for on the ‘Submit
Application’ page. Statement of purpose (cover letter), CV and reference. We
will consider your application even if you are unable to obtain reference
letters before the deadline, but please be advised that we will be requiring
them should you be invited for an interview. Please note that only short-listed
candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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