Graduate Trainee at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

The graduate internship is part of IPA’s Africa graduate trainee program which seeks to build a pipeline of researchers within IPA sector programs such as Health, Agriculture, Education, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Peace and Recovery, Small and Medium Enterprises or Social Protection), and is open to students who are interested in developing further in a research track career. The graduate trainee under the overall guidance of the Country Director in Kenya and directly reporting to the Research Manager, will undertake differen t tasks in the ACCHV project that will equip him/her with skills in evidence -based research to contribute to the production of research publications and to turn evidence into better programs and policies for the poor.

Responsibilities

• 60%
• Liaise with the Principal Investigators and Research Manager in the design of survey questionnaires.
• Work with the data manager to program survey tools using
• SurveyCTO, high-frequency checks and data flows.
• Develop data collection and data quality assurance protocols.
• Plan and supervise survey implementation, quality assurance, data cleaning, data analysis and other activities related to rigorous impact evaluation implementation.
• 40%
• Assist in managing relationships with donors, partners organizations and lead researchers.
• Assist the lead researcher in data analysis and in writing the final paper.
• 20%
• Attend the weekly PI calls for the project and contribute accordingly.
• Attend the monthly PI meeting and keep the PI and Research Manager apprised of their professional development on the project.

Qualifications

Required

• Have an interest in one of IPA’s sector program areas. Knowledge and experience in health is required on this project
• Driving Results: Applies required technical knowledge and skills to achieve expected outputs
• Be enrolled/holder of a doctorate or master's degree in the fields of economics, social sciences, public policy or a related field. (A PhD candidate is preferred for this project)

Preferred

• Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative skills