About US:
BRAC International is one of the largest non-governmental development organization in the world, working in a number of countries in Africa and Asia on poverty alleviation Programs, is registered in Uganda as BRAC Uganda. The organization implements integrated development approach combining Education, Health, Agriculture, Livestock, Adolescent Empowerment and Microfinance
Job Summary: The BRAC Research Associate will work collaboratively with a team of Researchers from around the world to carry out rigorous evaluations of development programs to understand what works, and why it works, in order to provide useful feedback to implementing agencies and to the policy makers more broadly. The Research and Evaluation Unit (REU) currently runs projects in Agriculture, Health, Access to Finance, Education, Training, Youth empowerment and many others.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Data Collection:
· Significantly contribute to the design and lead the piloting of quantitative survey instruments
· Manage the programming of the survey instruments on tablet computers
· Organize and lead the training of enumerators for data collection
· Manage the field implementation of the surveys- this will involve monitoring the central server as well as the activities of enumerators in the field to ensure maximum data quality
· Supervise and organize the data coming in from the field to the central server
2. Data Cleaning and Analysis:
· Manage the data cleaning activities for the project – this will involve preparing and cleaning the data collected during the last two rounds of surveys as well as during prior phases of the project
· Support the Principal Investigators in the analysis of the existing data
3. Report Writing: Support the Principal Investigators in writing reports on the results of the impact evaluation- this will involve contributing to reports for donors, policy reports as well as academic papers
4. Communication:
· Report regularly to the Principal Investigators in London as well as to the Research Coordinator of BRAC Africa and BRAC REU Program Manager in Kampala about the progress with all project activities
· Coordinate and organize the work of field-supervisors both centrally at BRAC Country Office as well as in the field throughout the country
5. Capacity Building:
· Assist in training field supervisors in data management and data cleaning
· Render support in building knowledge about the results of the impact evaluation by presenting at policy -meetings, seminars, conferences etc.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The Research Associate should preferably hold a Master’s degree in Economics, Econometrics, Statistics or related quantitative discipline
· A minimum of six months’ work experience in quantitative research
· Excellent knowledge of STATA and the Office package
· Excellent knowledge of Development Economics and Econometrics
· Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
· Prior experience working in developing countries and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa
· Working knowledge of ArcGIS or other geographic information systems
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their softcopy applications including an application letter, Curriculum Vitae (including bio-data such as: Date of birth, Education qualification, language proficiency, work experience and at least three referees), scanned copies of academic documents, and a day time contact number and a recently written sample STATA to hrd.uganda@brac.net or recruitment.uganda@brac.net
Deadline: 12th June, 2015