Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) seeks a qualified applicant for the position of Project Coordinator for a project being developed in Haiti that will manage a data collection effort aiming at measuring the impact of the relief effort and the introduction of mobile money services in the country. The position is located in Port-au-Prince and requires experience working on data collection in post-emergency settings. The principal investigators for this study are William Jack, Dean Karlan, and Tavneet Suri.
Project Coordinators work closely with academic researchers and other field staff to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to: designing survey questionnaires, conducting qualitative research, running pilot exercise, refining study design and surveying instruments, managing survey teams, negotiating contracts with survey firms, coordinating team communication, assisting in preliminary analysis, assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos and coordinating with local partners running the programs being evaluated.
In particular, the Haiti Project Coordinator will be responsible for recruiting teams and setting up research operations in Haiti, as well as managing the data collection efforts.
Desired Qualifications and Experience
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (preferred) in economics, social sciences, public policy, or related fields.
• Significant work and management experience in post-emergency settings.
• Significant experience in social science field research, previous survey and field experience a great advantage
• Fluency and excellent communication skills in English and French required
• Fluency and excellent communication skills in Kreyol preferred
• Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative skills; managerial experience and the
• ability to present positions and to negotiate with senior officials.
• Knowledge of Stata (strongly preferred)
• Flexibility, self-motivation, team spirit and an ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
• Willingness to travel frequently in remote areas
We are looking for a minimun commitment of two years for this position, which will start as soon as possible and no later than September 2010.
To Apply
If you are interested, please do two things:
1. Complete the J-PAL/IPA common application indicating that you are interested in applying for a “Type 1″ position. Please note: you are not required to include transcripts or letters of recommendation upon initial submission. After submitting, you can edit your application at any time and may add these materials, if requested.
2. Send an email to jpaljobs@gmail.com, following these instructions exactly:
In the subject line: Put your full name, first (given) name followed by last (family) name.
Attachments: Please attach ONLY your CV.
In the email body: Copy exactly the following position line:
100192 IPAHaiti, Project Coordinator, Evaluating Relief Efforts and Mobile Money Services
Please do not include any text besides the position line(s) in the body of the e-mail. Adding extra text will interfere with the processing of your application.
If you are applying to multiple positions, you can put multiple positions lines in the same email. And you may send multiple such emails. However, please do not do this for more than 10 positions per every 6 month period. So, if you put 10 position lines in one email, then that counts as ten. Or if you put 4 in one email, and 6 in another, that also counts as ten.
J-PAL and IPA work closely together to conduct rigorous impact evaluations to test and improve the effectiveness of poverty reduction programs. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.
