About the Organization:
Micro Pension Foundation is a not for profit organization set up to engage in policy formulation, research, implementation planning, capacity building, and design payments solutions. The foundation aims to develop, field-test, and mainstream innovative, technology-led solutions to provide low income individuals, and especially the unbanked population, with convenient and affordable access to a secure, cashless payments mechanism that would enable them to frequently transmit micro-savings directly to regulated pension, savings, and insurance product providers.
About the Job:
Micro Pension Foundation is looking for a Market Research Associate. S/he will be responsible for increasing the impact and analyze the impact of various projects taken up by the Foundation. The person will be responsible for fulfilling a core set of deliverables laid out in a work plan that is defined by Micro Pension Foundation.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Make baseline and end line reports of the various projects undertaken by the Foundation;
- Observe, learn, and accurately document various findings of the projects, analyze the findings, and present it in a report format so that they can be used by MFIs, associations, policy makers, and various stakeholders to improve their lives and that of others;
- Implement the findings of the research projects;
- Update the research findings on the Micro Pension Foundation blog;
- Support Micro Pension’s product, marketing, and organizational development by providing updates and feedback through field reports;
- Utilize individual skill sets to complete special projects for the foundation as appropriate.
Qualifications:
- Background in related field;
- Experience with statistical package (SPSS or Stata);
- Previous experience in development research preferred;
- Excellent analytical skills. Advanced computer skills, particularly the use of databases (Access), spreadsheets (Excel);
- Familiarity and comfort with various web applications;
- Dedication to working in the field with various partners like MFI, truckers association, youth, etc.;
- High degree of flexibility, self-motivation, and problem solving abilities.
Closing Date: 31 Oct 2012
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can send their resume and cover letter to
Sana Zehra
Please mention "Market Research Associate" in the subject line.
