Research Analyst, Social Cohesion

The Analyst supports the advisory arm of Busara in making informed decisions and setting priorities on projects. This Analyst position will be hosted in the Social Cohesion portfolio.The Analyst shall assist senior staff across multiple projects and clients by providing support on client deliverables and other internal portfolio objectives by engaging in capacity strengthening, knowledge development and dissemination, 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.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 other team members 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 the design and implementation of capacity strengthening initiatives with targeted stakeholder groups. The support will include: analyzing needs assessment and feedback surveys, organizing virtual and in-person learning events on pre-determined, supporting partner engagements and attending external events.Support Associates/Senior Associates in preparing materials such as, but not limited to, training materials, drafts of client reports, experimental designs, literature reviews, proposals, and pitch decks.Coordinate external stakeholder engagement using various appropriate channels including but not limited to; written outputs, webinars, in-person events and virtual...