Data Manager - New Haven, United States - INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION
Description
Position Summary
IPA's Global Research and Data Support (GRDS) team supports IPA's research staff to conduct high-quality research around the world, through providing research resources, coding services, training programs, and more.
The Data Manager will be an essential member of IPA's Global Research and Data Support (GRDS) team, and will play a leading role in providing technical support to IPA's country offices and research projects.
Responsibilities
- Provide advanced coding services directly to projects, particularly in SurveyCTO and Stata.
- Coordinate global requests for coding services, including building Scopes of Work and delegating tasks to other coding specialists.
- Centrally manage global research support and troubleshooting requests.
- Liaise with country offices, particularly to provide technical mentorship to coding specialists.
- Enforce research quality standards through setting standards, auditing research projects, and regularly assessing offices' technical readiness.
- Lead research transparency efforts, including publishing datasets.
- Contribute to research resource development as needed.
- Provide technical support to other IPA projects, products, and initiatives as needed.
- Undertake various other activities as directed by the supervisor as needed.
Qualifications
Required
- A minimum of a bachelor's degree in economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
- At least five years of work experience.
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, particularly in Excel.
- Advanced proficiency in SurveyCTO and Stata.
- Excellent collaboration skills, with both internal and external collaborators.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to plan resources and actions to ensure timely and efficient service delivery.
- Ability to lead and to maintain effective working relationships in a multicultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
Preferred
- Master's degree in economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or equivalent.
- Experience managing a randomized control trial.
- Ability to work in one (or more) of the following software programs or languages: Python, R, Twilio, PowerBI, Java, SQL, VBA, GIS, GitHub.
- Ability to work in one (or more) of the following languages: Spanish, French, Swahili.
Reports to
Director, Global Research and Data Support
Deadline to Apply
April 19th 2024
Location
Any country where IPA has a country office (see here for a list of the 20+ countries) or anywhere within the U.S.
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