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Junior Economist

IDinsight · Remote, India

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2+ yrs
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Research analyst · Early career (0–2 yrs)
Financial modellingStatisticsVueMachine Learning
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About the job

Note:

- We have a strong preference for candidates with work authorisation in Senegal, Kenya, Zambia, Morocco, the Philippines, or India.

- The French translation of this job description can be found below. We strongly encourage French-speaking candidates to apply.

JUNIOR ECONOMIST

Location: Dakar, Senegal; Nairobi, Kenya; Lusaka, Zambia; Rabat, Morocco; Manila, Philippines; or Delhi, India.

ABOUT IDINSIGHT

IDinsight helps leaders combat poverty worldwide by designing, deploying and promoting evidence-generating tools. We tailor the best methodologies to partner needs and constraints to fuse evidence with action. We serve governments, NGOs, foundations and social businesses across Africa and Asia in all major program areas including health, education, agriculture, livelihoods, finance, energy and governance. As a non-profit, we are laser-focused on enabling maximum social impact to improve millions of lives. Our approach rests on four pillars:

- Rigorous: We develop and use a wide-range of cutting-edge data and evidence tools, including experimental evaluations, monitoring systems, data analytics and visualization, process evaluations, machine learning and more.

- Cost-effective: Every dollar spent is justified by expected impact. If funds could be better used in another way, we say so.

- Timely: Actionable information is delivered in time for client decision-making deadlines.

- Demand-driven: We deploy solutions tailored to partner contexts and needs with no competing agendas.

IDinsight is committed to non-discrimination in our recruitment, employment practices, and organizational culture, regardless of people’s age, disability, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Our diverse, growing team of outstanding colleagues operate in nearly two dozen countries around the world. Learn more about our mission and values at www.IDinsight.org http://www.IDinsight.org.

ABOUT THE JUNIOR ECONOMIST ROLE

Responsibilities

The Junior Economist’s primary role will be coding in Stata and/or R, and ensuring the quality of research design, implementation and outputs. Depending on the projects, the Junior Economist may be responsible for any of the following activities:

- Evaluation design: Estimating required sample size for any monitoring and evaluation activity, coding for impact evaluation design (e.g. random assignment, matching), programming SurveyCTO questionnaires for digital data collection.

- Evaluation implementation: Coding to ensure high data quality, data management including data

- Analysis: Conducting statistical analysis on datasets to produce results that inform recommendations and decisions.

- Data visualization: Presenting results for clients in easy to understand graphs, charts, tables, maps and other visualizations

- Quality control: Reviewing code to ensure quality code written by others on the project team

- Publication: Preparing data for publication in IDinsight’s data repository. Also preparing manuscripts for the publication of reports and/or articles in academic journals

- Monitoring: Building dashboards and/or data visualization tools to track key performance indicators

- Working with culturally and geographically diverse project teams. Working with project teams that can be spread across the globe, from different nationalities and cultures.

- Supporting the technical professional development of staff. Providing individualized technical support for IDinsight Associates, and periodically leading scheduled and ad-hoc training of technical topics.

The Junior Economist will be expected to fulfill these responsibilities and others with professionalism and on strict deadlines. They will also be expected to propose, design and implement new initiatives for supporting project teams and increasing the technical rigor of IDinsight’s work.

Qualifications

- Deeply passionate about social, economic, and environmental policies and programs, and social impact.

- Undergraduate degree in economics, econometrics, statistics, or political science, public policy. Outstanding quantitative and critical thinking skills.

- Self-starter who will thrive in a start-up setting by taking ownership and initiative.

- Intellectual curiosity and sense of humor.

- 2+ years of relevant work experience preferred, including working on empirical evaluations and research.

- Significant experience with Stata or R required. Experience with additional programming languages is a plus.

Professional Development

Professional development for Junior Economists is essential for IDinsight’s long-term impact. With support from IDinsight leadership, Junior Economists maintain self-directed professional development plans and are given "stretch" opportunities designed to strengthen their professional skills. Real-time feedback and structured reviews are regularly provided to maximize each Researcher’s expertise. IDinsight’s entrepreneurial culture allows roles and career progression to be tailored to individual strengths, interests, and goals. Junior Economists have the opportunity to increase responsibilities, and high performers will have the opportunity to move up in the organization along technical, managerial, or client-facing paths.

Opportunities to protect a small portion of time for the candidate to work on their own research agenda may be possible.

NUTS AND BOLTS

Location

This position is based in any of our offices in Africa and Asia. Preference will be given to those with pre-existing work authorization in one of our country offices; however, IDInsight will seek work permits where possible for exceptional candidates.

Compensation

Compensation and benefits are commensurate with relevant experience and background, and competitive within the social sector. Please note, as a non-profit, we are unable to provide compensation similar to leading private sector organizations.

Start Date

The start date of this position is rolling, with preference for candidates that can start immediately. We expect a 1-year minimum commitment, with regular professional development conversations and potential for a longer-term career at IDinsight.

How to Apply

Please click the "Apply for this job online" button at the top right. The application asks various questions in order for us to get to know you, and requires a CV and cover letter. Applications are rolling and considered as they are submitted. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

More information, including spotlights of current and past IDinsighters, can be found online at IDinsight Careers http://www.idinsight.org/careers. Any questions should be directed to redteamcareers@idinsight.org.

N.B. To prevent important email correspondence from going directly into your SPAM folder, thereby missing important application updates, please ensure that you whitelist redteamcareers@idinsight.org.

IDinsight is an equal opportunity employer and strives to create a diverse and supportive workplace.

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ÉCONOMISTE JUNIOR

Lieu: Dakar, Sénégal; Nairobi, Kenya; Lusaka, Zambie; Rabat, Maroc; Manille, Philippines; ou Delhi, Inde.

A PROPOS D’IDINSIGHT

Nous utilisons les outils analytiques et les données probantes pour amplifier l'impact social de nos partenaires dans l’éradication de la pauvreté .

IDinsight est une organisation de conseil, d'analyse de données et de recherche guidée par une mission forte: aider les décideurs à maximiser leur impact social. Nous adaptons un large éventail d'outils analytiques et de méthodes pour générer des données probantes, pour appuyer la conception de projets et de programmes efficaces et pour tester rigoureusement leur impact sur les communautés. Travaillant avec l’ensemble des acteurs qui innovent en Asie et en Afrique - gouvernements, agences multilatérales, fondations, organisations à but non lucratif, et entreprises sociales - nous couvrons un large éventail de secteurs, et notamment agriculture et développement rural, éducation et formation, santé / santé publique mais aussi gouvernance, infrastructures, ou encore inclusion financière.

Nous possédons une expertise spécifique sur une large gamme d'approches et de méthodologies rigoureuses, que nous adaptons à chaque projet en fonction des besoins et contraintes de nos partenaires. Pour obtenir un impact social positif, nous :

- Aidons nos partenaires à utiliser les données probantes pour la prise de décisions ;

- Conduisons les travaux de recherche permettant d’informer des décisions de financement en faveur des initiatives à fort impact et au détriment de programmes ou approches moins efficaces;

- Créons et partageons notre savoir-faire, nos outils et nos idées pour promouvoir l’utilisation des données probantes dans les politiques publiques.

Notre équipe, diversifiée et en pleine expansion, composée de plus de 200 collègues exceptionnels, opère dans près de deux douzaines de pays à travers le monde. Pour en savoir plus sur notre mission et nos valeurs, consultez www.IDinsight.org http://www.IDinsight.org.

A PROPOS DU RÔLE

Responsabilités

Le rôle principal de l'économiste junior est de coder (Stata et/ou R), et d'assurer la qualité de la conception, de la mise en œuvre et des résultats des travaux de recherche. En fonction des projets, l'économiste junior peut être entre autre responsable des activités suivantes :

- Conception d'une évaluation : Estimation de la taille de l'échantillon nécessaire, codage pour l’échantillonnage d'une évaluation d'impact (par exemple, affectation aléatoire, appariement), programmation des questionnaires SurveyCTO pour la collecte de données numériques.

- Mise en œuvre de l'évaluation : Codage pour vérifierla qualité des données et les analyser, y compris des données d'évaluation.

Analyse statistique permettant de formuler des recommandations programmatiques

- Visualisation des données sous forme de graphiques, tableaux, cartes et autres visualisations faciles à comprendre.

- Contrôle qualité du code écrit par d'autres collaborateurs.

- Publication : Préparation des données en vue de leur publication dans le dépôt de données d'IDinsight. Participation à l’écriture de rapports et/ou d'articles dans des revues académiques.

- Construction des tableaux de bord et/ou des outils de visualisation des données pour suivre les indicateurs clés de performance.

- Travail en équipe- projets culturellement et géographiquement diverses, peuvent être réparties dans le monde entier

- Participation au développement professionnel technique des collaborateurs: soutien technique individualisé aux Associates / Senior Associates et direction périodique de formations techniques.

L'économiste junior devra s'acquitter de ces responsabilités avec professionnalisme sous des délais stricts. Il devra également proposer, concevoir et mettre en œuvre de nouvelles initiatives pour soutenir les équipes de projet et accroître la rigueur technique du travail d'IDinsight.

Prérequis

- Profondément passionné par les politiques et les programmes sociaux, économiques et environnementaux, ainsi que par l'impact social;

- Diplôme de premier cycle en économie, économétrie, statistiques ou sciences politiques, politiques publiques. Excellentes aptitudes quantitatives et à la réflexion critique;

- Esprit d'initiative et épanouissement dans un environnement qui promeut la prise de responsabilités et d’initiatives;

- Curiosité intellectuelle et sens de l'humour.

- Une expérience professionnelle pertinente de plus de 2 ans dans le domaine des évaluations empiriques et de la recherche est souhaitée

- Une expérience significative avec Stata ou R est requise. La connaissance d'autres langages de programmation est un atout.

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