Intern - Data at Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD)

PxD is looking for an inquisitive and data-oriented person to join our Research team as a Data Intern. This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with PxD Chief Economist and Researchers and have a significant role supporting PxD research priorities on a large-scale impact evaluation. 

The successful candidate will work on data tasks for an exciting large-scale RCT of one of our core services. PxD operates a free advisory service delivered over mobile phones, in collaboration with an Indian State Government Department of Agriculture using a two-way IVR platform. The primary aim of the evaluation is to rigorously assess the impact of the service on rice productivity over multiple seasons, and also measure intermediate outcomes such as farmers’ agricultural knowledge and practices, and calculate the benefit-cost ratio of the intervention. 

Assignment responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Preparing research and/or operational data for analysis in Stata.
• Documenting data cleaning and processing details.
• Conducting data analysis in Stata to generate insights from various interventions.
• Contribute to internal and external communications to disseminate research findings including briefs, blogs, reports, and presentations.
• Support PxD institutional knowledge management and internal learning efforts.

The ideal candidate for this internship placement has many or all of the following: 

• Experience using Stata for primary data management and cleaning. 
• Experience using Latex.
• Strong understanding of economics, econometrics, and familiarity with RCTs.
• Strong writing and oral communication skills in English.
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail.