The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is an advisory and research organization focused on evaluation and implementation of behavioral interventions in understudied countries and populations. Busara's mission is to work with researchers and organizations to advance and apply behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation.
Research Coordinators work closely with Busara teams and directly with academic researchers and advisory clients to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, managing multiple research projects, leading data collection efforts, and supervising project teams.
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities
Research and Project Management
- Engage in multiple research and advisory projects at a given time.
- Engage as needed in research partnerships development.
- Manage external and internal engagements and lead select studies with limited supervision.
- Provide detailed feedback on qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments, paying close attention to the context, population, and language to ensure maximum comprehension and data quality.
- Supervise contextualization and translation of data collection instruments with Senior Research Officer/Research Officer.
- Lead SurveyCTO programming and introduce any data quality checks within SurveyCTO like audio audits, etc.
- Provide logistical support to project activities as needed, coordinating project planning, community entry, hiring, procurement, and any other necessary logistics.
- Manage overall data collection, whether in the lab or the field. Responsible for training data collection teams, creating and monitoring protocol, tracking data collection progress, and ensuring data quality.
- Lead focus groups, individual interviews, and lab sessions to the highest standard.
- Troubleshoot project activities on the fly.
- Communicate with partners or PIs when necessary with project updates or queries.
- Contribute to project onboarding and offboarding for knowledge management, including preparing field reports on completion of field activities and outlining improvement suggestions for future Busara projects in that context.
- Maintain and update project timelines. Alert of data collection progress, challenges, and deadlines.
- Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the project supervisor.
Partner Management
- Manage relationships with partners and principal investigators (PIs).
- Support budgeting for projects contracted at the Lab.
- Facilitate early communication with clients and PIs regarding Busara’s data collection systems and norms.
- Manage inter-divisional relationships across teams.
- Maintain a roster of enumerators and assign them to projects as needed.
- Oversee lab equipment and the storage of project-related items procured with other teams.
- Support conversations with Senior Managers or Research Leads on new initiatives and lead implementation alongside managers for the scope of work.
People Management
- Support the Senior Lab Manager in understanding the skills and competencies of Direct Reports (DRs) for proper project allocation with projects that match their growth trajectory, while serving the needs of the project.
- Work with DRs in the Lab team to conduct goal-setting exercises, objectives and key results (OKRs), and team-building events.
- Serve as sounding boards for initiatives that affect the Lab team.
- Serve as champions for DRs, to manage team morale and bring forward all relevant and actionable requests to the proper leadership teams.
- Serve as examples to other Lab staff of how to execute project responsibilities to a high degree through mentorship and training.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply through the Busara Center application portal on Lever. You can access the application link via https://www.myjobmag.co.ke/apply-now/1180677.
