Job title: Research Assistant. Full Time
Minimum period 9 months: January-September 2021
Minimum experience required: Recent graduate/masters graduate. 0 to 3 years experience.
Salary: 150,000 Kenya Shillings per month
Majors: Geography, Quantitative Social Science, Economics or similar
Working in a team: Coordination skills essential
Line management: Head of IGP Data Team
Essential languages: fluent Swahili, English,
Projects: Director’s Research Projects in Kenya, Tanazania, Uganda; Prosperity Index for Dar es Salaam, Prosperity Index for Elgeyo-Marakwet; Analysis of Afrobarometer data
Job Description
· Work with IGP Data Team in London on PI and related work
· Statistical analysis of Afrobarometer data
· Assist in developing PI indicators from qualitative and quantitative PI work
· Develop question library for PI in Dar es Salaam, Elgeyo-Marakwet County and potentially other locations in Kenya/East Africa - CORE questions and CONTEXTUAL questions following IGP PI Methodology
· Assist in workshop preparation (indicator and question consultation with citizen science teams in Dar es Salaam and Elgeyo-Marakwet)
· Support IGP researchers with running of co-production workshops in Dar es Salaam, Elgeyo-Marakwet, and other locations
· Support IGP researchers training of citizen scientists in household survey methods
· Produce PI household survey questionnaire for Dar es Salaam and Elgeyo-Marakwet
· Adapt KOBO Toolbox Survey for Dar es Salaam and run initial tests discuss with IGP Data Team in London
· Assist in drafting data collection guidelines for household survey teams
· Assist in development of sampling for household survey
· Oversee household survey data collection and communicate with IGP researchers/NGOs managing citizen science teams with Assistance of IGP Data Team in London
· Assist in running weekly data quality checks during data collection
· Drafting texts for academic and non-academic audiences
· Quantitative analysis with topics related to prosperity
· Statistical analysis of national census and other national and regional data sets in Kenya and Tanzania
Essential Skills
· Econometrics/ Statistic skills
· Use of SPSS, STATA or R
· Use of GIS (ArcGIS or QGIS)
· Writing skills
· Use of Microsoft Office (especially excellent use of Microsoft Excel including graph and table generation)
· Strong coordination and management skills: Working within a team and coordinating researchers
· Experience creating surveys (KOBO Toolbox, surveymonkey, google survey or other)
· Good command of Swahili and English
· Ability to follow citation styles (bibtex, APA)
Line Management
· Report directly to IGP Data Team
· Based in IGP’s PROCOL Kenya team at the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) in Nairobi
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should submit their application and CV with names of three professional referees through: research.assistant@procolkenya.co.ke not later than Wednesday, 20th January 2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.