Econometrician - Mo Ibrahim Foundation
GOOD GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation sponsors the Ibrahim Index of African Governance and the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
The Foundation is seeking to hire an econometrician to work as part of a small team compiling the Ibrahim Index, to be based in London. The Ibrahim Index assesses the quality of governance in Africa based on a large number of underlying indicators in 53 countries.
The successful candidate needs to have worked as an econometrician or statistician for at least two years, with experience in many aspects of dealing with data, including sourcing data from international and local sources, working with complex models, statistical testing of data sets, including sensitivity analysis, data aggregation, computation of margins of error and confidence intervals, and various methods of estimation of missing data, as well as data input and linking, and analytical interpretation.
Fluency in Excel and statistical tools is essential, including the use of Stata. Excellent written English is also a pre-requisite as the position requires writing reports associated with the Ibrahim Index. An Undergraduate or Post graduate degree in statistics or econometrics is necessary.
Previous experience of working in the area of governance or the social sciences in Africa is an advantage. Experience of working on statistical data sets for publication is also an advantage. International travel will be required.
Please send a CV and covering letter, including current salary, to: applications at moibrahimfoundation.org or by post to: Applications, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 3rd Floor North, 35 Portman Square, London, W1H 6LR, United Kingdom.
Closing date for applications: 15th April 2011.
For more information please visit www.moibrahimfoundation.org
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation sponsors the Ibrahim Index of African Governance and the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
The Foundation is seeking to hire an econometrician to work as part of a small team compiling the Ibrahim Index, to be based in London. The Ibrahim Index assesses the quality of governance in Africa based on a large number of underlying indicators in 53 countries.
The successful candidate needs to have worked as an econometrician or statistician for at least two years, with experience in many aspects of dealing with data, including sourcing data from international and local sources, working with complex models, statistical testing of data sets, including sensitivity analysis, data aggregation, computation of margins of error and confidence intervals, and various methods of estimation of missing data, as well as data input and linking, and analytical interpretation.
Fluency in Excel and statistical tools is essential, including the use of Stata. Excellent written English is also a pre-requisite as the position requires writing reports associated with the Ibrahim Index. An Undergraduate or Post graduate degree in statistics or econometrics is necessary.
Previous experience of working in the area of governance or the social sciences in Africa is an advantage. Experience of working on statistical data sets for publication is also an advantage. International travel will be required.
Please send a CV and covering letter, including current salary, to: applications at moibrahimfoundation.org or by post to: Applications, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 3rd Floor North, 35 Portman Square, London, W1H 6LR, United Kingdom.
Closing date for applications: 15th April 2011.
For more information please visit www.moibrahimfoundation.org
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