The Research Associate (RA) leads the data collection and management of the main Philippine Socioeconomic Panel Survey (PSPS) and related surveys. The RA will supervise project field staff, including the field managers and enumerators, while ensuring timely submission of deliverables to donors and partners.
As the technical lead for the program, the RA will ensure that the data collection and monitoring tools are in place. The RA will also assist the policy team in developing new
relationships and the Research Manager in developing fundraising proposals.
Responsibilities
Field Management
Oversee the data collection in Western Visayas.
Directly supervise field staff and manage project finances.
Technical Leadership
Serves as the technical lead for the program implementation, ensuring that monitoring and data collection tools are working properly.
Closely monitors compliance to research design, research protocols, and data security standards.
Work with Principal Investigators (PIs) on post data collection activities, such as data cleaning and analysis.
Partner Management
Maintain strong, collaborative relationships with external partners, PIs, and the internal team.
2 years of project management experience
Extensive experience supervising data collection, teams of field workers, and survey design and implementation
Extensive experience conducting social science or economic field research
Cultural sensitivity and demonstrated ability to work successfully with diverse constituencies
Strong written and oral communication skills and complete fluency in English
Advanced experience and skills in Stata or R, and SurveyCTO or ODK programming language
Master’s degree (or equivalent) in economics, political science, international development, public policy, or other related field
Experience working in Philippines
Experience working with IPA or with affiliated organizations
Prior experience working with academic researchers in the fields of economics or quantitative political science
Senior Research Manager
Philippines
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and advances what works to improve the lives of people living in poverty. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of people living in poverty. In recent decades, trillions of dollars have been spent on programs designed to reduce global poverty, but clear evidence of which programs succeed is rare, and when evidence does exist, decision-makers often do not know about it. IPA exists to bring together leading researchers and these decision-makers to ensure that the evidence we create leads to a tangible impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 600 leading academics to conduct over 1,000 evaluations in 52 countries. This research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions of individuals worldwide.
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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy non-profit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor.
