We are looking for an exceptionally strong analytical thinker who has good writing and people skills and is dependable and competent, i.e., gets things done regardless of the task.
Salary: $85,000-100,000, depending on seniority
Location: Princeton, NJ, with some travel (the university has a four-day-a-week in person policy). We can sponsor work visas.
Apply here:Apply here. Applications currently being reviewed on a rolling basis. (Note that the job ad says it is a one-year term but it is a permanent position, with renewal after a year. We prefer someone who expects to stay in the job at least 3 years but would consider someone with a 2-year horizon.)
Suggested skills and/or requirements: You'll be writing policy briefs and grant applications, representing us in meetings with implementing partners or donors, supervising the work of field-based research students, and a host of other things. Useful skills include:
- Strong understanding of economics, consistent with completing a master's degree or acing an undergraduate degree). This includes both the econometrics/statistics of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and economic concepts such as general equilibrium effects and principal-agent problems.
- Writing skills
- Oral communication skills
- Project management skills (even if not experience)
Nice-to-haves is fieldwork experience and experience working on randomized controlled trials. Also, while this is not a data analyst role, skills to conduct basic data analysis and supervise/give feedback on our data analysts' work would be valuable.
About RPDE at Princeton: RPDE is the center housing the development economists at Princeton University. We conduct microeconomic research related to poverty and well-being in low- and middle-income countries. Many of our research studies are RCTs on topics including health, climate, gender, education, crime, and political economy. We are 4 full-time faculty, 1-2 postdocs per year, 1-2 sabbatical visitors per year, and PhD students.
Princeton University’s Research Program in Development Economics is looking for a Research and Policy Manager to provide high-level research support to Professor Pascaline Dupas and Prof. Seema Jayachandran, plus their colleagues. The role is similar to being a “chief of staff.”
We are looking for an exceptionally strong analytical thinker who has good writing and people skills and is dependable and competent, i.e., gets things done regardless of the task.
Salary: $85,000-100,000, depending on seniority
Location: Princeton, NJ, with some travel (the university has a four-day-a-week in person policy). We can sponsor work visas.
Apply here: Apply here. Applications currently being reviewed on a rolling basis. (Note that the job ad says it is a one-year term but it is a permanent position, with renewal after a year. We prefer someone who expects to stay in the job at least 3 years but would consider someone with a 2-year horizon.)
Suggested skills and/or requirements: You'll be writing policy briefs and grant applications, representing us in meetings with implementing partners or donors, supervising the work of field-based research students, and a host of other things. Useful skills include:
- Strong understanding of economics, consistent with completing a master's degree or acing an undergraduate degree). This includes both the econometrics/statistics of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and economic concepts such as general equilibrium effects and principal-agent problems.
- Writing skills
- Oral communication skills
- Project management skills (even if not experience)
Nice-to-haves is fieldwork experience and experience working on randomized controlled trials. Also, while this is not a data analyst role, skills to conduct basic data analysis and supervise/give feedback on our data analysts' work would be valuable.
About RPDE at Princeton: RPDE is the center housing the development economists at Princeton University. We conduct microeconomic research related to poverty and well-being in low- and middle-income countries. Many of our research studies are RCTs on topics including health, climate, gender, education, crime, and political economy. We are 4 full-time faculty, 1-2 postdocs per year, 1-2 sabbatical visitors per year, and PhD students.