Job Opportunity from CRRC-Armenia: Research Associate, Quantitative Research

Job responsibilities

 

Research-Related Accountabilities:

 

• Undertake day-to-day research activities within the overall research program by preparing, setting up, conducting, recording as well as planning and implementing the outcomes of CRRC’s research undertakings in survey/events projects, and fieldwork.
• Contribute to project analytical reports (draft research pieces to be included in the reports or submitted for publication).
• Review research outputs submitted by partner research teams to enable timely feedback.
• Collect and analyze data on main research indicators, as well as prepare presentations/summaries as needed.
• Analyze various aspects of socio-economic policies and develop respective analytical briefs.
• Attend the agreed and other project-related meetings and events (conferences, discussions, trainings, calls, etc.).
• Use reference management software for crating libraries per analytical output.
• Use a quantitative management software or programming language (e.g., R, STATE, SPSS, etc.) for preliminary quantitative data analysis.
• Manage project-related tasks as assigned by the supervisor and make associated updates to the task management software (SharePoint).

 

Proposal Development:

 

• Contribute to development of research project proposals: identify relevant calls, develop narratives and content for proposed projects and respective budgets upon request from the supervisor;
• Participate in fundraising discussions to develop project planning and implementation actions.

 

Other duties as needed to further CRRC’s overall goals and projects’ implementation.

 

 

Required qualifications

 

Required Skills:

 

• Excellent analytical and writing skills.
• Self-starter with ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Mature judgment combined with problem-solving approach.
• Excellent organizational, time management and communicational skills.

 

 

Required Qualifications:

 

• Higher education (MA in social sciences is a preference);
• Demonstrated experience analyzing information, developing analytical reports, preparing and delivering presentations.
• Fluency in Armenian and English.
• High computer literacy.

 

Required Abilities:

 

• Ability to maintain a good working relationship with all co-workers.
• Willingness to enhance knowledge through training and personal initiative.
• A flexible attitude which demonstrates both commitment to team-working and to working unsupervised when required by the supervisor.
• Patience and flexibility in the face of pressure and conflicting priorities.

 

Required candidate level: Not defined

 

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