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Research Associate - Early Childhood Education

Research Associate - Early Childhood Education

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

1 - 6 years

7 - 11 Lacs

Kurukshetra

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Skills Required

matlab synthesis data analysis stata research analysis academic research social science data collection research public policy r economics secondary research qualitative recruitment quantitative survey qualitative research reporting statistics

Work Mode

Work from Office

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

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, encouraging mothers involvement in childrens education and formal classroom activities in schools and communities. A key objective of this evaluation is to understand what works in terms of ECE program delivery and the ideal duration of an ECE program.

Additionally, the researchers also aim to evaluate a home-based Math Games programs which is built on previous research on Math Games in schools. Math Games is an innovative math curriculum that aims to develop children's intuitive concepts of number and geometry, informed by decades of cognitive development research, and

Research Associate Roles and Responsibilities:

The RA will work closely with academic researchers, Research Manager and other field staff to perform a variety tasks including, but not limited to:

Designing survey questionnaires, conducting qualitative research, running pilot exercises, refining study design and surveying instruments.

Managing field teams: Recruiting, training, and supervising both field-based and data operations teams consisting of project assistants, field managers, field-based surveyors, data entry operators and other field and office staff.

Overseeing implementation of the evaluation in accordance with the research design, in association with our partner organization.

Maintaining relationships with partner organizations at both headquarters and field levels.

Supervising data collection and data-entry, and ensuring data quality and productivity.

Assisting with data cleaning, preliminary data analysis, and preparation of documents and presentations for dissemination.

Data cleaning and management

Developing scripts in Stata to analyse survey data, clean data and identify trends across time for all ongoing data collection efforts.

Reviewing and vetting project datasets and maintaining an efficient data documentation system.

Working with other members of the team to reconcile any gaps or errors in the data.

Data analysis and synthesis

Liaising with members of the project team by sending them statistics as and when required

Generating aggregated views of the data for various stakeholders the Principal Investigators, donors and other partners.

Assisting in documenting data collection efforts, including any issues and key decisions taken for improvements

Reporting to PIs, Research Managers and partners on some/all of the above- mentioned activities

Maintaining compliance with all J-PAL protocols and policies.

Desired Attributes, Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor's/ Master's degree in economics, social sciences, public policy, or related fields

Experience-0-2 years, experience working in education sector preferred

Experience in working in rural areas

Excellent management/ organizational skills and able to solve unexpected problems

Strong quantitative skills

Working knowledge of Stata (strongly preferred), MATLAB/R

Familiarity with RCTs

Demonstrated experience managing a team

Flexible, self-motivating, independent and manages multiple tasks efficiently

Ability to deal with unstructured and changing environments

Attention to detail

Ability to communicate effectively with different stakeholders

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