Location: Lahore

Closing Date: 07/14/2023 12:00:00 AM

Description

Project and Position Description

The Women’s Mobility Program at CERP encompasses a set of interlinked randomized controlled trials which explore how constraints including transport, limited information, and lack of access to social networks affect job opportunities for women and men. The studies focus on metropolitan Lahore and are carried out through Job Talash, a job search platform set up and managed by the CERP team.

The project has three lead researchers: Erica Field, Rob Garlick, Nivedhitha Subramanian, and Kate Vyborny. Erica Field and Rob Garlick are based at Duke University, Nivedhitha Subramanian is an Assistant Professor at Bates College, while Kate Vyborny is based part-time at Duke University and part-time in Pakistan. The results of this research will inform policy on transport services and labor market policies in Pakistan and internationally.

CERP is recruiting a Research Assistant to start in June 2022. This is a full-time position based at the CERP office in Lahore. CERP’s project teams are small, and the amount of work we accomplish is significant. The position is challenging but rewarding – only apply if you are the type of person who takes charge and responsibility, can do good work with little supervision, and is not afraid to learn new things in order to get the job done. The ability to take on challenges is essential.

The Research Assistant will work with researchers and team at CERP in the following tasks:

1. Assist in the design and implementation of the Job Talash components including the design of survey instruments.
2. Assist in tasks related to data collection, storage, back-ups, cleaning, and consolidation of information into data sets ready for analysis.
3. Contributetorecruitment, training, on-boarding data collection staff and research staff on the Job Talash team, and for other components of the program if needed.
4. Maintain detailed Documentation Of Data-related processes and protocols followed by the Job Talash component.
5. Assist in the management of the in-house call center in collaboration with the Call Center Lead, if required.
6. Coordinate with team members working on other components of the programme including Firm Survey, Skills Testing, and Transport Intervention.
7. Oversee compliance to RCT conditions for different interventions at JobTalash.
8. Compile periodic progress reports for discussion with program team and Principal Investigators

Entry Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, Public Policy, or related fields
• Experience with conducting quantitative research
• Excellent skills in using STATA for data cleaning and analysis
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• Excellent management and organizational skills
• Ability to work independently as well as in teams
• Previous experience with using SurveyCTO preferred
• Previous Experience With Programming Languages, e.g. R, Python, preferred

Apply at: https://app.myhcm.pk/CareerPortal/Advert?id=1686969&schema=Uo%2f3mZWWvEFm3JhTV4uWAQ%3d%3d&lang=En