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Asaak is looking to hire a Senior Research Associate based in its Kampala office. You will report directly to the Kampala Team Lead, have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the co-founders, and be part of the early team by making decisions that directly impact our customers’ lives. Asaak offers a uniquely mission-driven value proposition with a culture of camaraderie, energy, and high performance. This is a rare opportunity to have lasting change on company culture and operations. The Research Associate’s main duties will be to coordinate the facilitation of field activities, carry out data analysis and other various functions within Asaak.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with overall project management, monitoring and implementation
- Coordinate field logistics, including the implementation of phone and in-person surveys with large samples of respondents
- Implement systems to manage, clean, and analyze data related to project activities
- Ensure smooth and timely data flow between various project activities
- Monitor indicators of staff performance (especially productivity and back-check verifications)
- Implement research protocols to ensure quality of all data collection activities
- Prepare summary statistics, reports and other analyses related to project outcomes
Required Qualifications and Experience:
- Master’s degree in Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Political Science, Social Science or a related field
- Proficiency in Stata, SAS, SPSS, R, MATLAB, or any other statistical package is a must
- Proficiency in Excel and other Microsoft software is a must
- Experience with Python is a plus
- Strong, proven quantitative skills and passion for working with data
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Communication skills in Luganda, Ateso, or other Ugandan languages are a plus
- Excellent management, critical thinking and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work under time pressure and solve problems in the field
- Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented with ability to work both independently and in groups and to be supervised remotely
- Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player
- Experience working in developing countries (particularly sub-Saharan Africa)
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