IPA Senior Research Associate Jobs in Uganda

IPA Senior Research Associate Jobs in Uganda

IPA Uganda is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Research Associate/Senior Research Associate (RA/SRA) to manage a research study comparing the cost-effectiveness of different variations of graduation programming (including a full graduation program and lower cost versions) on consumption, assets, food security and other measures of well being for refugees and host communities.

The study involves a randomized experiment using several interventions that try to identify the most effective model of the program.

The Principal Investigators are Dean Karlan (Northwestern University), Christopher Udry (Northwestern University), Lasse Brune (Northwestern University), Nathanael Goldberg (IPA), and Doug Parkerson (IPA).

This position provides an excellent opportunity to gain extensive hands‐on experience in a field setting and to have significant management responsibility in a vibrant organization undertaking cutting‐edge development research.

Key areas of involvement will include: piloting, designing survey questionnaires, recruiting, training and managing survey teams, designing and supervising logistics for the field activities, cleaning and analyzing survey data, managing a mixed-methods process evaluation and assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos.

Background on the Study

IPA, in collaboration with the AVSI Foundation and the US Agency for International Development’s Office for Food for Peace, is conducting an evaluation of the Graduating to Resilience program, a graduation approach livelihoods program working with refugees and host community households in Uganda’s Kamwenge District and Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement.

The program seeks to improve food and nutrition security and self-reliance in both populations through three experimental treatment arms to identify the most cost effective model: