Statistician – Research, Evaluation, and Data (RED) Team and Data on Demand Team
Locations: East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya); South Asia (Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur*, India); Southeast Asia (Manila, Philippines and Jakarta, Indonesia*); Southern Africa (Lusaka, Zambia or Lilongwe, Malawi*); West & North Africa (Rabat, Morocco or Dakar, Senegal)
About IDInsight
We amplify social impact by partnering with leaders to develop tailored solutions. Our mission is to use data and evidence to help leaders fight poverty around the world.
IDinsight is a global research, data analysis, and consulting organization with a mission to help global development leaders maximize their social impact. We tailor a variety of data and evidence tools, including randomization and machine learning, to help decision-makers design effective programs and rigorously test what works to support communities. copper. We work with governments, multilateral agencies, innovation organizations and nonprofits in Asia and Africa. Our work covers many areas, including agriculture, education, health, governance, sanitation, financial inclusion and others.
We master a variety of rigorous methods and approaches that we adapt to each client according to their needs and constraints. To achieve positive social impact, we:
- Helping clients use data and evidence to make critical and everyday decisions.
- Inform funding decisions – favor high-impact initiatives and steer clear of less effective programs or approaches.
- Create and share tools, knowledge, and ideas to expand the use of data and evidence for the good of society.
Our diverse, growing team of roughly 180 outstanding colleagues operate in nearly two dozen countries around the world.
About the RED Team
The RED team is at the heart of IDinsight’s mission to do high-quality work that is technically correct, rigorous, ethical, and transparent. The members of the RED team are industry experts and methodological experts in customer interaction. And she leads in some of the most technically complex client engagements, such as work in data science, data engineering, and monitoring systems. He is responsible for setting technical standards, producing and maintaining the organization’s technical resources, and ensuring the technical professional development of all IDinsight employees.
About the DoD Team
Data-on-Demand (DoD) aims to amplify the impact of the social sector worldwide by providing accurate data on hard-to-reach and low-income populations faster and cheaper much. DoD works through:
- Networks of hyper-local surveyors that execute data collection tasks near their homes
- DoD can currently provide representative data for 140 million people in India and we are rapidly expanding within and beyond India.
- Representative, mobile-enabled household panels for rapid phone surveys
- Custom software to efficiently manage productivity of remote staff and data quality
About the Statistician’s role
The Statistician will support a large portfolio, across diverse geographies, sectors, and methodologies. The Statistician will primarily work on the design and analysis of representative sample surveys, working closely with IDinsight’s DoD team, but will have an opportunity to contribute to causal analysis (“impact evaluation”) and data science initiatives.
The Statistician will think critically about how to optimize methodological rigor given our clients’ time, operational, political and budget constraints. The ideal candidate should love having many different types of problems thrown at them, be able to quickly digest and understand the program and evidence objectives, and provide advice and guidance on how best to proceed.
The Statistician will be an important member of IDinsight’s Research Evaluation and Data (RED) Team. The RED Team is responsible for ensuring that the services we provide to clients are statistically and methodologically sound. In collaboration with the RED Team lead and personnel, the Researcher’s role will include, the following activities:
- Design and conduct representative sample surveys and other related activities for IDinsight clients in collaboration with project teams. The statistician will play a key role alongside our client team in the design and implementation of studies for IDinsight clients, including direct household surveys, secondary analysis of datasets administrative (such as ‘IHDS), enhanced data quality control, remote control. survey, sophisticated estimation techniques. (e.g. multiple frameworks, hierarchical models, etc.) and integrate recent developments in data science into the design and analysis of primary surveys. ,.
- Ensuring technical rigor of project deliverables. The Statistician will support project teams in drafting and refining technical documents, which include research designs, pre-analysis plans, sample size calculations, data collection instruments, technical reports, and other documents. The Statistician will also be a crucial resource to the country office where he or she is stationed by providing technical expertise on short-term issues that confront project teams.
- Supporting the technical professional development of staff. The Statistician will prepare and lead training sessions on technical topics (such as sampling design, statistical inference) on a regular basis. He or she will also provide individualised support to staff on their technical professional development.
- Publishing IDinsight studies in academic and policy journals. The Statistician will have the opportunity to co-author publications in academic and policy journals to showcase results from IDinsight studies, based on IDinsight’s client needs and the Statistician’s interest.
- Contribute to technical innovations: The Statistician will work with project teams and external collaborators to contribute to innovation efforts in sampling design (ex: GIS based, prediction approaches to sampling theory), data quality (ex: machine learning to predict data quality issues), embedded experiments for survey methodology, and analytical techniques (ex: Small area estimation, Bayesian modelling and inference), and other related topics.
- Working with culturally and geographically diverse project teams. The Statistician will work with project teams that can be spread across the globe, from different nationalities and cultures.
- Develop new projects and services. The Statistician will have the opportunity to develop new projects and client relationships in accordance with IDinsight’s values of client-focused and decision-focused research.
- The Statistician will be expected to fulfill these responsibilities and others with professionalism and on strict deadlines. He or she 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
- Advanced degree in statistics, demographics, population studies, survey methodology, economics, econometrics, political science, public policy, public health, sociology, anthropology or other applied fields.
- 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
- 3+ years of relevant work experience preferred, including designing and managing research programs, quantitative analysis, field research, and managerial experience in a developing country
- Significant experience with either Stata or R required. Experience with additional programming languages a plus
- Prior work authorization in one of the position locations
- Deep contextual knowledge and experience in the regions where IDinsight works
- Candidates interested in the Senegal or Rabat office should ideally be fluent in French.
Professional development
- Professional development for Researchers is essential for IDinsight’s long-term impact. With support from IDinsight leadership,
- Researchers 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 maximise each Researcher’s expertise. IDinsight’s entrepreneurial culture allows roles and career progression to be tailored to individual strengths, interests, and goals. Researchers have the opportunity to increase responsibilities, and high performers will have the opportunity to move up in the organisation 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 & bolts
Location
This position should be based in one of IDinsight’s offices (Dakar, Senegal; Delhi, India; Lusaka, Zambia; Manila, Philippines; Nairobi, Kenya; or Rabat, Morocco) or with one of IDinsight’s satellite teams (Jaipur, India; Jakarta, Indonesia or Lilongwe, Malawi). Preference will be given to those with pre-existing work authorization in these countries; however, IDInsight will seek work permits where possible for exceptional candidates.
Start date
The start date of this position is rolling, with preference for candidates that can start immediately. We expect a two-year minimum commitment, with regular professional development conversations and potential for a long-term career at IDinsight.
Work authorization
IDinsight is able to sponsor employment visas for all nationalities in these locations; however, we will prioritise candidates who do not require IDinsight to sponsor work authorization in the aforementioned countries. All candidates who are not currently located in our country offices listed above will be expected to relocate to their office locations at the onset of their employment.
Compensation
Compensation and benefits are commensurate with the qualifications and experience that IDinsight employs and are competitive in the growing global industry. We are especially proud of the benefits we offer, including comprehensive international health coverage, including mental health coverage; paid leave, sick leave and childcare leave; resettlement benefits; travel allowance; technology and work from home; professional development budget; and more.
Please note that as a non-profit, we cannot offer the same remuneration as large private sector organisations.
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IDinsight’s commitment to reducing power asymmetries
IDinsight is committed to reducing power asymmetries in the social sphere. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion reflects our understanding of the industry’s need to abandon past unhealthy practices. We want to be part of a new generation of international NGOs that are honest about history and transparent about our role in the present. Our commitment is also in line with the impact of our work.
We seek a workforce of diverse perspectives that will help us refine and improve our methods and relationships, and strengthen the services we provide to our clients. as well as their community or constituency. The following commitments represent our vision for the IDinsight team:
- IDinsight will have greater representation from the populations with whom we work and clients we serve.
- IDinsight will have greater representation from the countries in which we work.
- Across all countries in which we recruit, we will seek greater representation from historically excluded communities.
- IDinsight will foster an inclusive work culture that empowers a diverse team to do their best work.
- IDinsight is an equal opportunity employer and strives to create a diverse and supportive workplace.
