8/6/2019 Employment Opportunity - Market Researcher - Liberia

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MARKET RESEARCHER - LIBERIA

Job Description

Location

Monrovia, with possible travel to other locations in-country

Organizational OverviewPeace Dividend Trust is a non-profit social enterprise that tests and scales new ideasthat improve the impact and efficiency of aid and peacekeeping. Operating in Timor-Leste, Haiti and Afghanistan, PDT has redirected over $650 million in internationalspending into these local economies and created the first ever mission start-up guidefor the launch of new U.N. peacekeeping operations. In 2010, the Skoll Foundationrecognized PDT as one of a handful of social enterprises effecting measurable andsustainable change in the developing world. U.S. President Obama awarded theorganization the G20 SME Finance Challenge prize at the annual heads of stategathering in Seoul, Korea in November 2010. For more information, please

visit www.peacedividendtrust.org

Liberia ContextPeace Dividend Trust will be launching its award-winning Peace DividendMarketplace (PDM) model in Liberia. PDM is an innovative approach to marketdevelopment in countries recovering from conflict and disaster. Through targetedservices that link international, regional and local buyers with capable nationalsuppliers, the PDM works to increase and leverage the economic impact ofinternational assistance and investment efforts. This in turn helps drive money intothe domestic economy, restoring livelihoods, generating competition in themarketplace, and contributing to wider growth and development. (seewww.buildingmarkets.org)

In Liberia, the PDM will support the ability of international organizations and donors(e.g. United Nations or World Bank Group) and multinational corporations (e.g.Chevron) to buy local.

Responsibilities and DutiesThe Market Researcher will report directly to the Business Development Managerand will receive guidance and be responsive to the New York-based economist.He/She will increase PDTs knowledge of the Liberian marketplace, will produceanalyses of the local marketplace, and will help PDT track its results and determineits impact. Specific responsibilities and duties include:

Develop a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge base of key Liberianmarkets including their size, accessibility, the major institutional buyers andlocal Liberian vendors through primary and secondary research;

Track trends from the information received from suppliers and the informationrequested from buyers;

Conduct analysis of PDM-Ls database of suppliers listed on the BusinessPortal;

Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of efficient systems tomanage data and track results and impact;

Track indicators required to understand PDM-Ls impact; Design and execute surveys to further determine PDM-Ls impact;

Track relevant socio-economic indicators and available data at the Liberiannational and regional levels;

8/6/2019 Employment Opportunity - Market Researcher - Liberia

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Establish and maintain contact with other economic development research

groups in Liberia; Contribute to other research projects as required.

Qualifications

Required

Degree-level qualification in a social science or equivalent experience; 1 to 2 years work experience; Strong quantitative skills; Proficient in Excel; Strong attention to detail; Analytical thinker; Ability to multi-task; Experience conducting primary research; Experience of living in a developing country;

Ability to work with a multicultural team; Willingness to learn Liberian English and other local languages.

Desirable Experience conducting primary research in a developing country; Experience communicating research findings to a wide range of

audiences.

Application

If you have the talents to contribute to an award winning organization as it moves into

its next phase and to build PDTs reputation for changing the way aid works, sendyour CV and a cover letter, clearly explaining how you would meet thesequalifications to: vacancies@peacedividendtrust.org with subject line Liberia MarketResearcher. Closing date: 31 July 2011

Only applicants being considered for an interview will be contacted. To learn moreabout our activities see: www.pdtglobal.org.

Thank you for your interest in Peace Dividend Trust