Research Associate

The Centre for Public Policy Alternatives (CPPA) is an independent, non-partisan public policy think-tank committed to rigorous research through which public policies are examined and best practices disseminated. CPPA aims to help sub-Saharan African governments, institutions, and businesses create innovative policy solutions to development challenges.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Research Associate

Location: Lagos

Job Description
Are you smart enough to work with us?

• A public policy think tank based in Lagos, Nigeria with a mission to ‘’ensure that government action fosters growth, economic well-being and freedom and individual responsibility” seeks to recruit exceptional persons as “Research Associate” with specialization in health economics, agric economics, financial economics, energy economics and policy.
• If you like the challenge of cutting though conventional thinking and working on complex development problems then our organisation is interested in you.
• We will in turn offer each candidate a stimulating and challenging work environment, a possibility to engage with frontier research, opportunities for world class, international training and an attractive salary package.
• The selected candidate will ideally be expected to resume the post as soon as possible. The position will start with a three year contract with the option of renewal depending on performance.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate should possess a strong bachelors degree in one of the quantitative sciences; Mathematics, Economics, Statistics and must possess a masters degree in one of the stated areas of specialization such as; Health Economics, Energy Economics/Policy, Financial Economics, Agric Economics and Statistics from a top tier university.

The candidates should match the below profile:

• Minimum of second class upper division
• Aged between 25 and 35 years
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding analytical, research and problem solving skills
• Ability to deliver results in different environments (especially in a developing world context)
• Ability to work both independently and in a team
• Broad world view
• Ability to use statistical packages (such as SPSS) will be an added advantage.