A global Business Consultancy company is looking for a Research and Data Analyst in Dubai:
Primary duties and responsibilities:
- Applying and using mixed analytical and statistical methods, including quantitative, qualitative, and computational methods to various projects and programs as need be
- Developing appropriate research questions, designing research protocols, conceptualizing methodologies, such as data collection plans, analysis plans, and data interpretation
- Designing research design and evaluation protocols (e.g., experiment research design for RCTs, sample size, randomization, power calculation, …)
- Supporting in designing, validating, and deploying surveys that improve understanding of beliefs, attitudes, behaviors
- Identifying relevant data sources and sets to mine, and collecting large structured and unstructured datasets and variables
- Designing qualitative research protocols (e.g., conduct interviews, focus groups, or observations related to behavioral topics) and report on findings
- Devising and utilizing algorithms and models to mine big data stores, perform data and error analysis to improve models, and clean and validate data for uniformity and accuracy
- Implementing predictive, statistical and econometric modeling and analyses
- Coding and analyzing data and performing quantitative statistical data analyses
- Synthesizing research findings, conclusions based on qualitative and quantitative research
- Developing data visualizations; experimenting with various technologies and tools for creating data driven insights
Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Qualifications:
- Applicable Master’s degree in economics, data science, behavioral science, psychology, social sciences, statistics, or any related field
- 4+ years relevant experience with evidence of research in psychology and/or cognitive science, survey design and analysis and other human data collection approaches, RCTs or experimental methods, and/ or quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Experience using standard software packages to analyze and visualize quantitative data (e.g. SPSS, R, Stata, Tableau)
- Experience in advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and in their applications
- Experience in implementing various data visualization techniques
- Experience in working with unstructured data, and in data mining and testing
- Experience with collecting original human subjects’ data in experimental and field settings
- Ability to effectively communicate research findings
- Demonstrated experience in scientific and technical writing
Skills:
- Excellent data analysis skills
- Excellent quantitative and analytical research skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fluency in English is a must and competency in Arabic strongly preferred
Type of Employment:
Contractual
Location:
Dubai
Salary:
4,700 USD (80,000 AED) + Yearly bonus up to 15%
