Research Assistant/Analyst
African Research and Economic Development Consult
Nairobi, Kenya
01.2020 - 08.2022
- Actively participated in more than 15 projects involving baseline surveys, impact assessments, monitoring and evaluations, project designs, climate change, market system analysis, and development, integrated agriculture and agro-ecology, livelihoods and social inclusion (gender, women’s empowerment, and youth involvement)
- Designed custom questionnaires that aligned with client needs and programming logic
- Carried out critical research, literature reviews, and investigations to assess progress in project implementations against output, outcomes, and impacts
- Digitized and programmed questionnaires into Survey Monkey and Kobo Toolbox to automate data collection
- Conducted direct surveys such as key informant interviews, focused group discussions, and household surveys to collect research data
- Trained 7 cohorts of field research assistants and enumerators on ethical approaches and biases in conducting data collection
- Validated incoming data and managed servers to check information accuracy and integrity while locating and correcting concerns
- Developed interactive excel dashboard to monitor real-time data and track the income of small-scale farmers
- Analyzed, interpreted, and converted statistics into charts and graphs highlighting results for reports and presentations
- Provided recommendations based on findings to various stakeholders
- Managed deliverables across multiple projects in deadline-driven environment
