160 Qualitative Jobs - Page 5

Key Responsibilities: Take ownership of the products from a research perspective to deliver insights for user-facing digital experiences during all phases of design and development Core and adjacent journeys using a variety of methodologies and a Human Factors approach, in an Agile environment. Consult with internal product owners and UX/UI designers, to determine research requirements, and make appropriate recommendations to meet identified needs. Carry out usability and user experience research with users. Act as Subject Matter Expert to bring the best practices and innovative thinking to the organization. Be the voice of the users to internal teams and product owners. Key Requirements: Un...

Core Responsibilities: o Conduct periodical inspection of disbursed files to ensure process and polices norms are followed, highlighting areas of improvements at regular intervals. o Support the internal customers (credit and operations) team by providing feedback on qualitative processing and supporting improvements. o Implement effective controls and improvements in the process design, system and operation wherever required. o Prepare reports on the documention process adhering to timelines and accuracy. o Review customer data entry - demographic details (including income related & other additional information ), efficiency in LOS/Finone and ensure maximum files are processed and sanctione...

This project is motivated by the need to improve the quality of democratic participation by citizens to attain better democratic and development outcomes. We propose to study to what extent civic education causally improves civic participation. We study its implication for citizen participation in democracy, respect for fellow citizens, democratic values, and redistribution. Incredibly, while dozens of countries, NGOs, and aid organizations around the world invest in civic education, there is no RCT or well-identified observational evaluation that assesses its effectiveness. In the context of democratic backsliding, it is crucial to understand what policies can support democracy. Can civic e...

Language Requirement: Hindi, and English Length of Commitment: 1 year Joining Location: About the project Unsustainable groundwater extraction has led to 75 percent of all blocks in Punjab (India) to be classified as overexploited, contributing to 12 percent of Indias overexploited blocks. This pilot project seeks to mitigate this by enhancing the utilization of Punjabs underutilized canal infrastructure, thereby reducing dependence on groundwater extraction, which currently accounts for 79 percent of the states agricultural irrigation. This pilot proposes the introduction of a canal monitor, an official appointed by the Government of Punjab who will ensure the coordinated operation of canal...

Role: Research Associate - Frontiers of Graduation: Building Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in Urban India (SJY Urban) Project: Pushing Frontiers of Graduation: Building Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in Urban India (SJY Urban) Length of Commitment: 12 Months (can be extended based on performance and availability) Language requirement: Hindi, English Location: Patna, Bihar Principal Investigators (PIs): Dr. Robin Burgess (LSE), Dr. Oriana Bandiera (LSE), Dr. Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay (KREA University) and Anton Heil (LSE) Project Description: Urban poverty remains a significant issue in Bihar, where rapid urbanization and inadequate infrastructure have led to growing slum pop...

Language Requirement: Kannada, English, Hindi Length of Commitment: 9 months Sector: Education About the Position J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate to lead impact evaluations in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Associate will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain first-hand experience implementing randomized control trials in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. Read more about ...

Language Requirement: English , Hindi and/or Gujarati Length of Commitment: 6 months Name of the Project: Scoping study on young adults aspirations towards vocational education Sector: Education, Labour About the position J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Support Assistant to lead a scoping study in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Support Assistant will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain first-hand experience ...

Name of the Project: Scoping study on young adults aspirations towards vocational education Sector: Education, Labour About the position J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate to lead a scoping study in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Associate will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain first-hand experience implementing development field research. Read more about our work and projects (https: / / www.povert...

J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate to lead impact evaluations in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Associate will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain first-hand experience implementing randomized control trials in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research Read more about our work and projects Project Specific Details This project is a scale-up pilot of a previously evaluated study don...

We are seeking a motivated Research Associate to lead and support Monitoring Evaluation efforts for scaling the Every Child Counts (ECC) program across Andhra Pradesh and parts of North India (Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi). The role involves engagement with partner NGOs, government stakeholders and internal teams to ensure robust evidence-driven implementation of the ECC program. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of Indias most promising scale-up efforts in foundational learning. Key Responsibilities The Research Associate will work closely with PIs and the field team to undertake the following tasks. Monitoring Evaluation (ME) activities: Design and oversee end-to-...

Education : Bachelors/Masters Language requirement: Kannada required Principal Investigators : Todd Pugatch (University of Buffalo), Ketki Sheth (University of Tennessee), and Emmanuel Rukundo (RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) About the Position J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate to lead impact evaluations in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Associate will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain...

Education : Bachelors/Masters Organization : J-PAL South Asia at IFMR Language requirement: English and Hindi Project Descriptions : The ECE project is aimed at evaluating Prathams early childhood education programs through a randomized controlled trial. Though Pratham and J-PAL enjoy a long-term partnership, this will be the first instance of an evaluation of Prathams ECE program. This is an excellent opportunity to obtain a strong understanding of issues relating to ECE, a sector that is increasingly attracting a lot of attention from researchers, policy makers and implementers. Prathams early childhood education programs cater to ages 3 to 8. Programs range from support to anganwadis, enc...

Name of the Project: Boosting Immunization Demand Language Requirement: Hindi, English, Marathi Sector: Social Networks, Health About the Position J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate to lead impact evaluations in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Associate will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain first-hand experience implementing randomized control trials in an organization undertaking cutting-edge devel...

JPAL SA is looking for a Research Associate to work closely with PIs Prof. Natalia Rigol and Ben Roth (both of Harvard Business School) and other team members to lead the field work of a project to develop personalized repayment plans that match the timing of the borrower's cash flows to the timing of their payment obligations. Additionally, these loans will utilize novel community targeting methods to screen loan applicants, whereby community members are asked to identify reliable and promising entrepreneurs. Prof. Rigol and Roth specialize in finding and studying innovative microcredit products and services that can better help entrepreneurs grow their businesses and improve their liveliho...

Project Description: Almost a billion people in developing countries are not connected to the electricity grid. Those with power are still subject to unreliable supply and frequent outages. One cause is a widespread inability of utilities to collect on payments, forcing them to ration supply. This project will evaluate the use of new technology of smart meters to break this cycle of low-payments and low-quality that in turn causes consumers to feel justified in making incomplete payments. Smart metering and pre-payment specifically have several beneficial features, such as lowering transactions and monitoring costs and perhaps reducing liquidity constraints. There is also a growing literatur...

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Length of Commitment: 1 year Education: Bachelors/Masters in Economics, Statistics, Public Policy or related fields Language requirement: English and Tamil PIs: Esther Duflo (MIT), Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan (Retd. IAS), Frank Schilbach (MIT) and others Project Description: The Research Associate (RA) will be an integral part of the Tamil Nadu Aging (TNAging) Portfolio, a long-standing collaborative initiative between J-PAL South Asia and the Government of Tamil Nadu aimed at improving the well-being of the elderly through evidence-informed policymaking. The RA will work across one or more studies under this portfolio, including longitudinal surveys, randomized eva...

J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate to lead impact evaluations in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Associate will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain first-hand experience implementing randomized control trials in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research Read more about our work and projects The project focuses on womens skilling, employment, and migration opportunities. The primary ...

J-PAL South Asia is working with the state government on various education and healthcare initiatives aimed at improving public services and addressing the needs of marginalized populations. As part of an ongoing action research endeavor, we are seeking an experienced Independent Research Consultant in conducting critical research, analyzing data, and providing recommendations for program improvement. The consultant will conduct field research to answer policy relevant research questions. The position entails regular travel within the state of Punjab. The consultant needs to be experienced and very comfortable in conducting field work independently, organizing data collection and subsequent ...

PxD is looking for a driven, creative, and independent person to join a high-performing, flexible, and non-hierarchical team as a Senior Research Associate . The successful candidate will have opportunities to work closely with PxD and affiliated researchers and substantially contribute to PxD's programs to test and refine new ideas, use rigorous methods to experiment and measure the impact of these services, and identify pathways to scale. The successful candidate must have a strong interest in and commitment to PxD's mission to provide actionable information and other cost-effective, scalable services to people in poverty so that they can sustainably improve their incomes and well-being. R...

Education: Bachelors in Economics, Statistics, Education or related fields Language requirements: English, Hindi Project Description: These positions relate to a portfolio of research on education reforms in India, based in JPAL South Asia, that is led by Profs. Karthik Muralidharan, Abhijeet Singh and Mauricio Romero. These evaluations are concentrated in four main thematic areas: improving the implementation of private school quotas in the Right to Education Act. improving foundational literacy and numeracy in primary schooling, understanding the structure and demand for preschools and large-scale school transformation in the public sector. These positions are based in multiple states, ref...

We are seeking a motivated Research Associate to lead and support Monitoring Evaluation efforts for scaling the Every Child Counts (ECC) program across Andhra Pradesh and parts of North India (Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi). The role involves engagement with partner NGOs, government stakeholders and internal teams to ensure robust evidence-driven implementation of the ECC program. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of Indias most promising scale-up efforts in foundational learning. Key Responsibilities The (Senior) Research Associate will work closely with PIs and the field team to undertake the following tasks Monitoring Evaluation (ME) activities: Design and oversee...

J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate to lead impact evaluations in India. The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The Research Associate will join a team of world-class researchers from leading universities in the world and will gain first-hand experience implementing randomized control trials in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. Project Specific Details: This project aims to provide empirical evidence to determine the success and scalability of a green acce...

Length of Commitment : 1 year (can be extended based on performance and availability) Organization : J-PAL South Asia at IFMR Language requirement: Hindi, English Principal Investigators (PIs) : Prof. Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), Prof. Esther Duflo (MIT), Dr. Shagun Sabarwal (Co-Impact), Dr. Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay (IFMR/KREA), Dr. Sharan M.R. (University of Maryland) J-PAL South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research seeks qualified applicants for the position of Research Associate (RA). The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management and research experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research. The RA will report to the R...

Education: Bachelors in Economics/Engineering Organization: J-PAL South Asia at IFMR Project Description: Almost a billion people in developing countries are not connected to the electricity grid. Those with power are still subject to unreliable supply and frequent outages. One cause is a widespread inability of utilities to collect on payments, forcing them to ration supply. This project will evaluate the use of new technology of smart meters to break this cycle of low-payments and low-quality that in turn causes consumers to feel justified in making incomplete payments. Smart metering and pre-payment specifically have several beneficial features, such as lowering transactions and monitorin...

Education: Bachelors in Economics/Engineering Flooding fields for paddy cultivation is water-intensive, power-intensive, and releases methane that contributes to climate change. Projections suggest that water demand will exceed the supply by 50% by 2030. Free power exacerbates the fiscal cost to the state of over-consumption of water. Agricultural practices like direct seeded rice (DSR) and alternate wetting and drying (AWD) already exist and are being actively promoted by many state governments including GoT to reduce water use in paddy cultivation without affecting the productivity or quality of rice. We suggest increasing the adoption of these practices by paying rice farmers as an incent...