About Busara Center

The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is an advisory and research organization focused on evaluation and implementation of behavioral interventions in understudied countries and populations. Busara's mission is to work with researchers and organizations to advance and apply behavioral science in pursuit of poverty alleviation. This involves the application of behavioral economics to design, test, and scale interventions that improve people's lives.

Role Purpose Statement:

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. The analyst will be tasked with supporting the design and implementation of multiple capacity strengthening and behavioral research projects, in close coordination with the Associates and Engagement Directors.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

CORE PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES:

Analysts will work closely with project leads to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to:

• Support the design, coordination, and delivery of capacity strengthening activities, including workshops, training sessions, webinars, peer-learning forums, and communities of practice.
• Develop and adapt training materials, facilitator guides, presentations, practical exercises, and other learning resources in collaboration with technical teams.
• Support the development, organization, and maintenance of repositories for training materials, tools and resources.
• Synthesize key learnings and emerging issues from capacity strengthening engagements to identify effective practices, implementation challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support day-to-day coordination and implementation of the capacity strengthening workstream in line with approved work plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure timely implementation of planned activities.
• Develop and maintain tools for tracking participation, learning outcomes, partner engagement, and progress against workstream objectives.
• Contribute to budget tracking, procurement requests, and administrative processes related to capacity strengthening activities, as required.
• Participate in field work for assigned projects as may be required.
• Ensure that all project coordination work is communicated with the relevant teams at Busara to ensure proper roll-out of the engagement. This includes, but is not limited to, finance, procurement, operations, facilities, and wellness/safeguarding.
• Support in design and development of Research, Advisory and Practice projects within the portfolio focused on using behavioral science to alleviate global poverty
• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the project supervisor.

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Economics, Social Sciences, or related fields.
• Experience and interest in working on topics of social cohesion (e.g., identity, trust, governance, conflict resolution, civic engagement etc.)
• Experience in government and civil society relationship management
• Experience in developing and disseminating learning materials
• Understanding of key issues affecting social cohesion in the East African region.
• High level of self-motivation and energy, an optimistic “can-do” attitude.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player.
• Interest and experience working in a fast-paced working environment.
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills with a mastery of English and (if applicable) at least one other appropriate language for the office in which they will be based.
• Extreme attention to detail while sustaining a global focus and vision for institutional planning and decision making.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability, interest and willingness to travel to all project locations as assigned which may include in-country, regional and international locations in the Global South.

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with project management
• Familiarity with behavioral science and applied research.
• Experience in civil society and government relationship management
• Familiarity with developing learning materials and facilitating learning sessions
• Exposure to large-scale research and consulting projects in countries in which Busara has an office.

• Support the design, coordination, and delivery of capacity strengthening activities, including workshops, training sessions, webinars, peer-learning forums, and communities of practice.
• Develop and adapt training materials, facilitator guides, presentations, practical exercises, and other learning resources in collaboration with technical teams.
• Support the development, organization, and maintenance of repositories for training materials, tools and resources.
• Synthesize key learnings and emerging issues from capacity strengthening engagements to identify effective practices, implementation challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support day-to-day coordination and implementation of the capacity strengthening workstream in line with approved work plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure timely implementation of planned activities.
• Develop and maintain tools for tracking participation, learning outcomes, partner engagement, and progress against workstream objectives.
• Contribute to budget tracking, procurement requests, and administrative processes related to capacity strengthening activities, as required.
• Participate in field work for assigned projects as may be required.
• Ensure that all project coordination work is communicated with the relevant teams at Busara to ensure proper roll-out of the engagement. This includes, but is not limited to, finance, procurement, operations, facilities, and wellness/safeguarding.
• Support in design and development of Research, Advisory and Practice projects within the portfolio focused on using behavioral science to alleviate global poverty
• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the project supervisor.

• Strong analytical skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
• Team player
• Fluency and excellent communication and writing skills in English
• Extreme attention to detail
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work as part of a team

• A Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Economics, Social Sciences, or related fields.
• Experience and interest in working on topics of social cohesion (e.g., identity, trust, governance, conflict resolution, civic engagement etc.)
• Experience in government and civil society relationship management
• Experience in developing and disseminating learning materials
• Understanding of key issues affecting social cohesion in the East African region.
• High level of self-motivation and energy, an optimistic “can-do” attitude.
• Interest and experience working in a fast-paced working environment.
• Ability, interest and willingness to travel to all project locations as assigned which may include in-country, regional and international locations in the Global South.
• Familiarity with project management
• Familiarity with behavioral science and applied research.
• Familiarity with developing learning materials and facilitating learning sessions
• Exposure to large-scale research and consulting projects in countries in which Busara has an office.