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About the Role
This role supports empirical research projects using micro-level data from Vietnam and the Philippines, focusing on areas like cassava production impact and financial empowerment interventions for migrant workers. There is scope for professional growth and skill development in a research-focused higher education environment.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to data processing and analysis
- Assist with survey design
- Conduct literature reviews
- Write reports
- Prepare presentations
- Analyze the impact of cassava production on socio-economic outcomes in Vietnam
- Involve a randomized controlled trial of a financial empowerment intervention for migrant workers from the Philippines
- Clean quantitative data
- Report findings
- Design questionnaires, intervention materials, and training manuals
- Liaise with overseas collaborators
- Participate in regular meetings with the supervisor and research team
Requirements
- BSc/BA (or equivalent) in economics, finance, or a relevant field
- Strong quantitative skills
- Knowledge of methodologies for impact assessment
- Basic GIS concepts
- Ability to manipulate GIS data
- Knowledge and experience of coding in Stata and/or R
- Good interpersonal and communications skills
- First-hand experience with conducting impact assessment exercises
- Interest in studying the socio-economic problems of developing countries
Skills
- Empirical research methods in applied microeconomics
- Quantitative data cleaning
- Quantitative data analysis
- Survey design
- Literature reviews
- Report writing
- Presentation skills
- GIS data manipulation
- Stata
- R
Location
- St George's, University of London
Work Type
- Permanent contract
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Research assistant
Education Level
- BSc/BA or equivalent in economics, finance, or a relevant field
Salary/Compensations
- Sector-leading salary
Benefits
- Pension scheme
- Comprehensive package of staff training and development
About the Company
- City, University of London and St George’s, University of London have combined into one institution, the University of business, practice and the professions.
- The combined university is one of the largest higher education destinations in London.
- Offers a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science, and technology.
- Students are at the heart of everything they do, committed to supporting their career and personal ambitions.
- Research is engaged, at the frontier of practice, and has a positive impact on the world.
Equal Opportunity
- Committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students, and visitors.
- Welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.
- Operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.