No Experience Research Intern Job Opportunities – Poverty Action Lab

No Experience Research Intern Job Opportunities – Poverty Action Lab

Job Title:    Research Intern (No Experience Job Opportunities)

Organisation: Poverty Action Lab

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

 

About US:

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty, and builds partnerships with governments, NGOs, donors, and others to generate new research, share knowledge, and scale up effective programs

 

Job Summary:  The research intern will work on several ongoing research projects, including but not limited to the following topics: i) tax evasion (in customs and in VAT); ii) firms and trade and iii) organization reform (mostly in tax administration and customs).

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Cleaning and managing project data with Stata, including administrative data and primary survey data
• Preparing and managing survey instruments and other project materials
• Working daily with local implementation partners in government
• Managing a team of enumerators, including trainings
• Managing the finances of survey activity

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field
• Good quantitative skills and experience with Stata
• Excellent management and organizational skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluency in English required (native speaker or advanced fluency)
• Being detail oriented and able to work independently
• Familiarity with randomized evaluations and econometric methods preferred
• Experience living in a developing country preferred

 

How to Apply:

All candidates should send a cover letter and a resume to s.sequeira@lse.ac.uk

 

Deadline: 15^th September 2021

 

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