Policy Support Intern

Policy Support Intern at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

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Sep 28, 2026, 4:04 AM

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Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor.In recent decades, trillions of dollars have been spent on programs designed to reduce global poverty, but clear evidence on which programs succeed is rare, and when evidence does exist, decision-makers often do not know about it. IPA exists to bring together leading researchers and these decision-makers to ensure that the evidence we create leads to tangible impact on the world. Since its founding in 2002, IPA has worked with over 600leading academics to conduct over 830evaluations in 52countries. This research has informed hundreds of successful programs that now impact millions of individuals worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Policy Support Intern

Location: Nigeria

Reports to: Senior Director, Embedded Labs

Job Summary

The Research Associate will perform a variety of tasks related to managing day-to-day research activities, from planning to implementation and monitoring research data quality. These include, but are not limited to:

The Research Associate (RA) will lead the data collection and management of research projects within the Nigeria Country Office under the supervision of the Research Manager.

The RA will supervise project field staff, including the field managers, supervisors and enumerators, while ensuring timely submission of deliverables to donors and partners.

Key Accountabilities

• Project Management:
• Cleaning data on an ongoing basis.
• Implementing data quality checks and fixing issues with data collected during data collection.
• Managing project finances including budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting.
• Supervising and monitoring data collection to ensure the high quality of the data.
• Programming survey instruments in SurveyCTO, following programming best practices.
• Partner Engagement
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• Handling day-to-day PI and partner communications.
• Providing timely updates and responses to partner organizations and participating in meetings with key stakeholders.
• Keeping the Research Manager apprised of all developments in the project and serve as the key link between the field staff, research team, and Principal Investigators.
• Technical Leadership
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• Providing training and supervision for research project staff.
• Ensuring that all team members follow necessary protocols and procedures.
• Regularly communicate project updates to the Research Manager.
• Supporting the country office in project and policy development as needed.
• Prepare training materials and collaborate with the survey firm in conducting enumerator training and piloting instruments.
• Analysis & Reporting
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• Assisting preliminary analysis and ensuring ready access to all data for researchers.
• And other tasks that may be assigned by the Research Manager.
• Documenting in detail all activities related to the project.
• Maintaining accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary.
• Producing dissemination materials such as presentations, final reports, and evidence briefs.
• Preparing high-quality progress and results reports to Principal Investigators (PI), research partners, and funding agencies, and sharing them timely.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Strong professional writing skills.
• 2-5 years of relevant work experience, including experience in economics research, impact evaluations, international development.
• Passion for making data-driven decisions a reality in the international development sector.
• Experience with research project management in Nigeria.
• Advanced Stata competency.
• Experience in randomized control trials.
• Strong client-facing and presentation skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Public Policy, Social Science, or a related field; graduate Degree strongly preferred.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Experience managing field data collection.
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial mindset, versatility, and ability to learn at a fast pace.
• Travel Requirements:
• Expect to spend at least 50% of the time in the study sites during data collection periods.
• How to Apply
• Interested and qualified candidates should:
• Click here to apply online
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