CcHUB is Nigeria’s first open living lab and pre-incubation space being designed to be a multi-functional, multi-purpose space where work to catalyze creative social tech ventures take place. The HUB is a place for technologists, social entrepreneurs, government, tech companies, impact investors and hackers in and around Lagos to co-create new solutions to the many social problems in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Research Associate

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The successful candidate will conduct research, produce reports and carry out analytics and visualization related to the public health sectors and trends.
• You will have experience contributing to the development of applied research projects in a formal context and will need to show evidence of experience contributing to at least one research project outside their academic research.

Responsibilities
Technical:

• Research and mine datasets to create impactful analyses and visualizations on the Unit’s key projects.
• Review large amounts of data from multiple sources and curate the relevant facts.
• Perform statistical analysis using R/Stata and Qualitative analysis tools.
• Leverage analytical techniques and technologies to interrogate, visualize and understand data sets.
• Support data and design production to research, scrape, refine, verify and interpret data to serve Design for Health’s portfolios.
• Produce data and visualization packages in coordination with the Research team.
• Work proactively and think critically to improve data and study design components of projects, tools and data stories created by the team.

Research Planning and Management:

• Project-manage research projects, including creating and managing plans, schedules, budgets, deliverables, and stakeholders contributions.
• Contribute to a portfolio of impactful research projects, from design to data collection, analysis, and follow-through.
• Provide any other necessary support as needed.

Research Production and Distribution:

• Contribute to the development of project reports and other knowledge products including research articles, briefings and presentations.
• Directly contribute to and manage creation of research reports and presentations including drafting the findings report and presentation and collaborating with stakeholders on design and production.
• Manage the process and ensure research findings/reports/presentations are announced and distributed. Seek and manage the development and distribution of new/innovative methods for sharing the finding with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications
We are looking for a researcher who combines excellent technical skills and experience in project and team management, including:

• Graduate’s Degree in Statistics or Development Research or a related field.
• At least 2 years work experience in a research field or as a data analyst.
• Experience undertaking research in the health sector is strongly desirable.
• Knowledge and skills in Qualitative and Quantitative research methods.
• Experience in writing proposals, research write ups.
• Experience in developing research tools for qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Experience using statistical languages such as R/Stata
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including proven success in ability to present  ideas and concepts effectively and persuasively
• Strong analytical skills, numerical confidence and ability to translate numbers into clear insights and recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience in managing research projects.
• Solid project management skills to oversee a portfolio of projects at different stages in the research lifecycle.
• A critical thinker, who is curious, intuitive and pays attention to details
• Innovative with ideas on approaches to collecting, evaluating and modelling datasets that will be used as the foundation for the company’s future solutions
• Strong work ethic and thrives working across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

What We Offer

• Paid time off
• Healthcare coverage
• A highly collaborative team environment that will support your professional and personal growth
• Work alongside great talent.
• A culture of learning and innovation.
• Opportunities for career growth and training.
• Interaction with industry leaders and forward-thinking people.
• A chance to make a social difference.
• Overall fun company.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.