Position: Research Coordinator

Organization: Quest Alliance

Location: Bangalore

Apply: https://questalliance.zohorecruit.com/careers

About the Role

You will be part of the Knowledge Hub of Quest Alliance. This is an interdisciplinary role that focuses on capturing, processing and disseminating insights from the field, keeping the human centered design approach at the core. 

Job Description​:

Research:

• Lead or support the design and execution of research projects in the field including work with external consultants 

• Develop a work plan that satisfies research requirements

• Monitor and track progress against the work plan on a regular basis through documentation

• Lead the end-to-end  research process 

  • Conduct desk research to collect secondary data and identify existing gaps;

  • Conduct interviews, meetings, and gather relevant data;

  • Lead and/or contribute to the development of reports and other publications 

• Contribute to the ongoing process of developing innovative research methods 

• Work closely with the program teams to gather ground-up stories, field insights, to translate them into knowledge products, round tables, and/or feedback to the program strategy and design 

• Engage stakeholders in disseminating research findings, co-creating and actioning the next steps to take the research further

• Contribute to the planning and execution of written pieces and other media-based outputs to be disseminated across various platforms

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Can work independently, with minimal supervision and is a go-getter and a great communicator

• Is passionate about the challenges India is facing in educating its youth population

• Can deal with ambiguity and proactively explore solutions

• Highest integrity, maturity and professionalism

• Demonstrated understanding of the technical areas of research, monitoring and evaluation.

• Planning and Organizational skills. 

• Keen intellect with strong analytical skills.

• Demonstrated and excellent quantitative skills including working knowledge of statistical packages.

• A strong interest in working with design research and a commitment to communicate in a succinct, crisp and engaging fashion. 

• An interest to look for newer ways of conducting research

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills. 

• Excellent communication skills both oral and written in English.

• Proficiency in Hindi and/or other regional languages preferred