Job Summary:
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a Research
Assistant (RA) for a one-year, renewable appointment in its Development
Strategies and Governance Unit. This position is based at IFPRI 's Egypt
office located in Cairo Egypt Office. The successful candidate will work with
senior research staff in evaluating programs and policies, with quantitative
skills to support research activities related to IFPRI's work in the Middle
East and North Africa region.
The incumbent will work under the overall guidance of the IFPRI Egypt Program
Leader but will be employed directly by IFPRI's organizational host in Egypt,
the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Area (ICARDA).
The employer of record will be ICARDA and employment policies, compensation
and benefits of ICARDA will apply to this position. Interested applicants
must have work authorization to work in Egypt.
Essential Duties:
Specific Duties include but are not limited to:
* Support the collection of household survey data.
* Build large dataset from multiple sources.
* Analyze data using advanced econometric methods.
* Conduct literature reviews and synthesis.
* Assist in drafting reports and research papers.
* Assist in capacity building.
* Coordinate projects and support outreach activities.
* Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications and experience:
* Bachelor's degree in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Health Economics, Statistics or closely related fields.
* Excellent knowledge of microeconomic theory and quantitative econometric methods.
* Excellent knowledge of Stata.
* Excellent analytical mind and drafting skills
* Demonstrated fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and to work in a team-oriented multi-cultural environment.
* Demonstrated ability to multi-task as needed, consistently meet deadlines and manage time well.
* Demonstrated professional level of attention to detail and accuracy of work.
* Ability to work independently and with initiative.
* Willingness to travel.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
* Familiarity with the literature on agriculture, social protection, nutrition and poverty reduction.
* Previous experience related to impact evaluations of agriculture, social protection or nutrition programs and policies.
* Experience with GAMS and/or ARC-GIS.
Physical Demand & Work environment:
* Employee will sit in an upright position for a long period of time.
* Employee will lift between 0-10 pounds.
* Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing computer terminal; extensive reading.
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