Bridge International Academies is the world’s largest chain of primary and pre-primary schools bringing world-class education to the poorest of the poor, democratizing the right to succeed. Bridge leverages research, technology, and data analysis in order to standardize and scale the entire lifecycle of high-quality education delivery and to drive continuous improvement across all aspects of operations. This includes how academies are built, teachers are selected and trained, lessons are delivered and monitored for improvement, and more. Bridge pupils gain an additional .34 standard deviation on core reading skills and an additional .51 standard deviation on maths compared to their peers in neighboring schools, based on USAID-designed exams administered by an independent monitoring and evaluation company - this translated into over 250 additional days of learning. Thanks to economies of scale, Bridge is able to charge just $6 a month per pupil on average with academies reaching operational sustainability after just one year. The first Bridge International Academy opened in the Mukuru slum in Nairobi, Kenya in 2009. Today there are hundreds and Bridge continues to expand across Africa and Asia. New academies are opening at a rate of one every 2.5 days. With a mission of Knowledge for all, Bridge plans to educate 10,000,000 children across a dozen countries by 2025.
About the Role
- The Insights Associate will be in charge of ensuring that all data collection, data analysis and report writing work are done in accordance with the protocols, coordinating where necessary with other staff within Bridge as required from time to time
What You Will Do
- Develop a Research projects calendar
- Design the survey tools and techniques to be deployed from time
- Undertake data collection efforts and entry on the survey tool
- Analyse data and develop reports
- Ensure that all research reports are written in an accurate and timely fashion.
- Present reports to the relevant internal audiences and sharing of the necessary information generated by research with other departments that require it.
- Conduct training sessions for relevant staff and consultants to be co-opted for research purposes
- Review all research protocols to ensure they meet the current research requirements and contribute to the continuous improvement of research tools, protocols and processes.
- Address any queries that are raised concerning the research reports
- Determine and suggest new research areas - collaborate with departmental heads viz. Schools, People and/or Operations Directors and territory MD (when needed) to design custom research that helps improve operational efficiency.
What You Should Have
- Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, Demography, Anthropology, statistics or another related social science field
- Minimum of 3 years experience in conducting field research in a fast-paced or rapidly growing commercial organisation with multiple departments where the use of technology solutions was a key strategy.
- Experience coordinating or managing a team of staff, preferably remotely or field based
- Experience working in slums, informal settlements and rural areas
- Proficiency in Advanced Excel modelling
- Experience providing guidance to data collection and data entry teams
- Experience using Excel for data entry, data manipulation and analysis
- Experience using statistical analysis tools (R, SAS, STATA and SPSS) will be an added advantage
- Very good at interpreting and using maps for research work
You’re Also
- A detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
- A creative problem-solver – Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
- A relentless advocate – The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like. Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience, and value.
- A malleable learner – You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today.
- A data-driven decision-maker – You don’t rely on your intuition alone when making decisions. You collect data, analyse it and make decisions with clear justifications.
- A curious investigator – You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions – and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust
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