What kinds of positions are usually available?
All positions are full time, and require a minimum commitment of one or two years, unless explicitly noted otherwise. Worldwide, there are at least 200 full-time staff working on J-PAL studies, although since J-PAL is a network, the exact number is hard to know. Approximately 20% of openings require more experience. Positions fall into one of three tracks: • Research – 90% of positions • Operations (people dedicated 100% to logistics) – 5% of positions • Policy (presenting policy lessons from studies) – 5% of positions Most research positions involve managing primary data collection on the ground in a developing country. Staff tasks include designing survey questionnaires, managing survey teams, negotiating contracts with survey firms, checking and analyzing data, and coordinating with local partners running the programs to be evaluated. A very small handful of research positions involve primarily working with data, and these require a higher level of technical (economics and programmi
