Research Executive

Progress Inc

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION / REQUIREMENTS:

Brief description of organization

Progress Inc. is a private research and evaluation consulting company which specializes in research, monitoring and evaluations, assessments, and data management for public, private and non-profit sectors in the social development field. The organization works in various sectors including gender inclusion, education, governance, livelihood, DRR, WASH, child protection and more.

Job Title: Research Executive (Assistant Level)

Job Description:

• Communication and coordination with national and international client regarding work allocation, process, deliverable, finances, and quality, etc.
• Client relation and network building
• Proposal writing
• Ability to plan, synthesize and collate information
• Able to organize document and files in an appropriate manner
• Coordinate with executive level team members for research activity
• Directly assistant to executive level staff
• Able to meet deadline/timeline at all times and strictly follow privacy policy of organization
• Excellent quality assurance and formatting skills using the branding guides of the organization
• Be well versed in research methodology context – prior exposure to tool designing, data collection, report editing/writing, debriefing
• Able to convey message and updates to executive level
• Able to work in a fast-paced setting and multitask
• Passionate about research and open to self-learn on new context
• Reports to Director(s)
• Able to adapt learnings in next assignment

Skills/Requirements:

• Excellent English (writing) and Nepali skills (communication)
• Prior experience specifically in the field of M&E, research, and evaluation
• Knowledge of mobile data collection application and statistical data analysis packages – SPSS, STATA or other similar is added advantage.
• Excellent and fast computing skills; word, excel, email, etc. and formatting skills
• Must be willing to work on tight deadlines; open to work as per requirement of client’s timeframe, including respond / meet with clients whose time zones are different
• Honest and dedicated to the organization’s values;

Interested candidates are requested to send their updated CV to jobs.progressinc@gmail.com by July 21, 2023. Applications will be reviewed on rolling basis and closed once the slot is filled. Shortlisted candidates will be assessed with an exam, followed by an interview.