Data Analyst at Busara Center

The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is a research and advisory firm that uses the latest state-of-the-art advances in experimentation, data science and behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation. Busara is a US 501(c)3 organization with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and active project presence across Africa. Busara works with academics, policy makers, and private companies across all sectors.

Your role and responsibilities

• Assist project teams in design of data collection tools, data downloading and uploading from mobile devices such as PDAs, Netbooks and smartphones.
• Collate, query and clean data coming in from field and lab projects, including flagging out inconsistencies and/or errors arising from data obtained from the field as part of routine data checks
• Data cleaning and preparation for analysis, including well labelled and appropriately shaped data
• Maintain detailed and informative documentation on data cleaning, high frequency checks, error checking, and documentation
• Statistical analysis on experimental and non-experimental datasets
• Presenting data from analysis using appropriate tables and visualizations
• Collaborate with project teams (associates, research specialists and analysts) throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that tools are designed in a way that study objective can be realized and that necessary hypotheses can be tested
• Collaborate and work closely with the programming team to integrate statistical analysis within developed software applications.

Requirements

• Over 1 year(s) working experience in an analytics or research capacity.
• A relevant degree in Statistics, Economics or Mathematics
• Extensive experience with and command of either Stata, R, or Python required.
• Familiarity with interacting with SQL databases.
• Knowledge of survey programming (SurveyCTO and ODK)
• Demonstrated experience with statistical analysis and data modeling in both academic and professional settings
• Applied experience with machine learning techniques.
• Excellent management and organizational skills, strong communication skills.
• Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently and a team player.
• Interest and experience working in a fast-paced working environment.
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills with a mastery of English.
• Familiarity with Behavioral Sciences is a plus.
• Familiarity with Version Control System e.g Git is a plus