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  • Posted: Apr 11, 2019
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    The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is an advisory and research organization focused on evaluation and implementation of behavioral interventions in understudied countries and populations. Busara's mission is to work with researchers and organizations to advance and apply behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation. This involves the applicat...
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    Data Analyst

    Job Description

    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

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Busara Center on busara.workable.com to apply

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