About the role

The insurance portfolio contributes to building resilience in low-income communities and underserved segments by crafting innovative insurance solutions rooted in deep behavioral insights. In the short term, we are focused on agriculture and health insurance, to proactively tackle the most urgent impacts of climate change.

The Analyst role will require proficiency in data communication, with the ability to transform complex datasets into compelling narratives. As part of your responsibilities, you will conduct lab studies for game design, utilizing a unique blend of qualitative and quantitative skills. Your expertise in crafting insightful reports and visually engaging presentations will play a crucial role in conveying these nuanced findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, enabling a comprehensive understanding of our research among the wider team.

Role Purpose Statement

The Analyst plays a pivotal role in supporting Busara’s advisory arm and will be instrumental in ensuring the delivery of high-quality research and advisory services, contributing to Busara’s mission and goals by aiding in strategic decision-making and prioritizing projects effectively. This role involves collaborating with senior staff on various projects and client engagements, contributing through both qualitative and quantitative research activities. Analysts will be tasked with supporting the structuring and composing of reports, client deliverables, and analysis on ongoing projects, in close coordination with the Associates and Engagement Directors. The role holder requires a blend of technical expertise, project management acumen, and the ability to coordinate and communicate effectively across various teams and contributors.

Analysts will work closely with Project leads to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to:

CORE PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve inquiries on external and internal research data and act as a research resource person for senior leadership, internal teams, staff, and external parties.
• Work closely, when necessary, with the data and programming team to source, clean, and structure data.
• Support the design of effective quantitative and qualitative survey instruments and coordinate all activities associated with survey development including research, formatting, liaising with survey programming teams, analyzing, summarizing, and presenting results; write reports highlighting key findings and present results.
• Support Associates/Senior Associates in preparing materials such as, but not limited to, drafts of client reports, experimental designs, literature reviews, proposals, and pitch decks.
• Support multiple large-scale research and advisory projects at a given time as may be required.
• Clarify research requests to identify potential data sources and informational resources; identify, and discuss research needs with Associates and Engagement Directors.
• Carry out general logistics planning for project activities as it relates to content outcomes such as phasing of field activities, coordinating meetings, etc.  Work closely with the Project Operations team and the Project Lead team to plan logistics for field operations, data collection, and data quality assurance.
• Ensure that all project coordination work is communicated with the relevant teams at Busara to ensure proper roll-out of the engagement.  This includes, but is not limited to, finance, procurement, operations, facilities, and wellness.
• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the project supervisor.

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Public Policy, or related fields.
• High level of self-motivation and energy, an optimistic “can-do” attitude
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Qualitative and quantitative research or data analytic skills.
• Proficiency in R, STATA, Python, SAS, or other programming languages.
• Excellent organizational skills, adaptable, and capable of managing multiple tasks efficiently.
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills with a mastery of English and (if applicable) at least one other appropriate language for the office in which they will be based.
• Detail-oriented with an ability to maintain a broader perspective for institutional planning and decision making.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.

And preferably

• Familiarity with randomized controlled trials.
• Familiarity with behavioral science.
• Exposure to large-scale research and consulting projects in countries in which Busara operates.