Research Leadco- creation hub

• The successful candidate will conduct and lead research, produce user friendly reports and creative outputs, and manage research partnerships related to the GovLAB Practice. 
• This role will be critical to the projects and programmes embarked upon by the practice, the preferred candidate therefore should be one with a fine eye for detail and excellence and a mindset of innovation using technology. 

Technical:

• Research and mine datasets to create impactful analyses and visualisations around new/existing technologies and their impacts and opportunities for African societies, markets and regulations, laws and policies, etc
• Review large amounts of data from multiple sources and curate the relevant facts. 
• Perform statistical analysis using Qualitative analysis tools,
• Leverage analytical techniques and technologies to interrogate, visualize and understand data sets.
• Support data and design production to research, scrape, refine, verify and interpret data to serve the Practice’s portfolios.
• Work proactively and think critically to improve data and study design components of projects, tools and data stories created by the team.

Research Planning and Management:

• Project-manage research projects, including creating and managing plans, schedules, budgets, deliverables and stakeholders contributions.
• Lead a portfolio of impactful research projects, from design to data collection, analysis and follow-through.
• Provide any other necessary support as needed.

Research Production and Distribution:

• Contribute to the development of project reports and other knowledge products including research articles, briefings and presentations.
• Directly contribute to and manage creation of research reports and presentations including drafting  the findings report and presentation and collaborating with stakeholders on design and production.
• Manage the process and ensure research findings/reports/presentations are announced and distributed. Seek and  manage the development and distribution of new/innovative methods for sharing the finding with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications
Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Economics, or related field or any combination of relevant equivalent experience, education and training.
• At least 4 years working experience in a research field or as a data analyst
• Knowledge and skills in Qualitative and Quantitative research methods
• Experience in writing proposals, research write ups
• Experience in developing research tools for qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Good use of data analysis and visualization tools such as Python, Tableau, Excel and PowerBi
• Experience using statistical languages such as R/Stata
• Strong analytical skills, numerical confidence and ability to translate numbers into clear insights and recommendations. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading and mentoring research teams  
• A critical thinker, who is curious, intuitive and pays attention to details
• Innovative with ideas on approaches to collecting, evaluating and modelling datasets that will be used as the foundation for the company’s future solutions
• Demonstrated experience in managing research teams. 
• Strong work ethic and thrives working across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. 

What We Offer

• Paid time off
• Healthcare coverage
• A highly collaborative team environment that will support your professional and personal growth
• Work alongside great talent.
• A culture of learning and innovation. 
• Opportunities for career growth and training.
• Interaction with industry leaders and forward-thinking people. 
• A chance to make a social difference.
• Overall fun company.