Research Officer, India MicroSave
About the Job:
MicroSave is seeking a Research Officer to manage the research component of the agent network accelerator program. It is a four year program that will conduct extensive qualitative and quantitative research in eight selected countries around the world. It will compile and analyze the data collected to distill best practices that will then formulate the basis for a curricula offered through the Institute for Digital Finance, which will be founded shortly in Nairobi, Kenya.
MicroSave is seeking a Research Officer to manage the research component of the agent network accelerator program. It is a four year program that will conduct extensive qualitative and quantitative research in eight selected countries around the world. It will compile and analyze the data collected to distill best practices that will then formulate the basis for a curricula offered through the Institute for Digital Finance, which will be founded shortly in Nairobi, Kenya.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Implement the research methodology, including making adjustments and improvements to it when necessary;
- Manage a team of MicroSave qualitative researchers that will conduct interviews in the eight countries;
- Manage external firm(s) hired to complete the enumeration of large scale quantitative surveys, including field trainings of enumerators;
- Ensure that the data collected is cleaned, reliable, and maintained in an database using accepted best practices;
- Develop templates for producing short reports on the different agent networks surveyed, aggregated country reports, and assisting on occasional academic papers for publication;
- Analyze data collected in a statistical software package (likely STATA), conducting hypothesis testing using regression analysis, and other statistical techniques;
- Must be ready and willing to travel when required.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Econometrics, Statistics, Research or a related field;
- Should have 3 to 6 years in research and data analysis;
- Should be fluent in STATA and knowledge of other statistical software packages is a plus;
- Experience with development projects, and also with digital financial services will be valued highly.
Closing Date: 14 Feb 2013
Please mention "Quantitative Research Officer" in the subject line.
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Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
226006
India
Uttar Pradesh
226006
India
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