Junior Economist

excerpts from the official posting

This position is based in any of our offices in Africa and Asia. Preference will be given to those with pre-existing work authorization in one of our country offices; however, IDInsight will seek work permits where possible for exceptional candidates.

Main responsibilities

• The Junior Economist’s primary role will be coding in Stata and/or R, and ensuring the quality of research design, implementation and outputs. Depending on the projects…
• - Evaluation design: Estimating required sample size for any monitoring and evaluation activity, coding for impact evaluation design (e.g. random assignment, matching)…
• - Evaluation implementation: Coding to ensure high data quality, data management including data
• - Analysis: Conducting statistical analysis on datasets to produce results that inform recommendations and decisions.

Profile

• - Deeply passionate about social, economic, and environmental policies and programs, and social impact.
• - Undergraduate degree in economics, econometrics, statistics, or political science, public policy. Outstanding quantitative and critical thinking skills.
• - Self-starter who will thrive in a start-up setting by taking ownership and initiative.