IDinsight is an international development organization that helps policymakers and managers make socially impactful decisions using rigorous evidence. We carefully tailor a wide range of analytical and quantitative tools to enable our clients to design better policies, rigorously test those ideas, and take informed action at scale to improve lives. The Junior Economist’s primary role will be coding in Stata and/or R, and ensuring the quality of research design, implementation, and outputs.
Responsibilities
Depending on the projects, the Junior Economist may be responsible for the following activities:
Evaluation Design: Estimating required sample size for monitoring and evaluation activities, coding for impact evaluation design (e.g., random assignment, matching), and programming SurveyCTO questionnaires for digital data collection.
Evaluation Implementation: Coding to ensure high data quality and maintaining data management workflows.
Analysis: Conducting statistical analysis on datasets to produce results that inform recommendations and decisions.
Data Visualization: Presenting results for clients in easy-to-understand graphs, charts, tables, maps, and other visualizations.
Quality Control: Reviewing code to ensure quality code written by others on the project team.
Publication: Preparing data for publication in IDinsight’s data repository and preparing manuscripts for reports or articles in academic journals.
Monitoring: Building dashboards and data visualization tools to track key performance indicators.
Collaboration: Working with culturally and geographically diverse project teams spread across the globe.
Staff Support: Providing individualized technical support for IDinsight Associates and leading training sessions on technical topics.
The Junior Economist is expected to fulfill these responsibilities with professionalism and on strict deadlines while implementing new initiatives to increase the technical rigor of IDinsight’s work.
Qualifications and Experience
Undergraduate degree in economics, econometrics, statistics, political science, or public policy.
2+ years of relevant work experience preferred, including working on empirical evaluations and research.
Significant experience with Stata or R is required; experience with additional programming languages is a plus.
Outstanding quantitative and critical thinking skills.
Deeply passionate about social, economic, and environmental policies, programs, and social impact.
Self-starter who can thrive in a start-up setting by taking ownership and initiative.
Intellectual curiosity and a sense of humor.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by visiting the IDinsight application portal at idinsight.bamboohr.com. You can also access the application through the MyJobMag application link.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the IDinsight career portal on BambooHR.
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