In-country Researcher at Abt Associates

Indicative Roles And Responsibilities

• Coordinates and supports the management of day-to-day activities of the evaluation, including identifying key stakeholders and scheduling interviews and focus group discussions;
• Provides technical input to evaluation designs and data collection instruments;
• Obtains local permissions for research as needed;
• Collaborates with Abt home office team members in conducting key informant interviews and focus group discussions, including travel within-country as needed;
• May provide translation between English and local languages during interviews and focus group discussions, if needed;
• Gathers secondary data from sources such as cooperatives, apex organizations, and government agencies as required;
• Assists with interpretation of findings and contributes to the development of evaluation deliverables.
   

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in in a relevant subject area is required, Master’s degree is preferred;
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in research and evaluation in relevant sectors;
• Technical expertise and experience in cooperative and/or credit union development in the agriculture, dairy, health, finance, energy, and/or information technology sectors;
• Experience with qualitative data collection (quantitative experience would also be a plus);
• Experience with participatory data collection methods is desirable;
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail;
• Part-time availability of approximately 25-30 days over the next 12 months (data collection is likely to take place between November 2022-February 2023);
• Fluency in English and in one or more local languages is required.