Quantitative Analyst Kurdistan Research Team?

We explore what people in Kurdistan think and feel and, as far as possible, why they think and feel as

they do. We pay close attention to the frames and the narratives at play – the stories by which people

organise information and interpret events. Our main interest is thoughts and feelings in relation to

politics. We track what matters to people and why, all the time taking a broad view on the currents of

opinion.

You will be responsible for contributing to quantitative analysis on survey and social media data,

including project design, data analysis, and reporting. You’ll be part of a close team and will help

manage Kurdish interviewers and field staff, developing their skills and troubleshooting problems to

ensure overall functioning of the research team.

Day to day you will be processing raw survey data, applying weights, and generating data tables from

completed surveys using SPSS or other software packages, building client-facing and internal

presentations and reports to present survey and social media data in intuitive, non-technical formats and

summarize insights and strategy recommendations. You’ll also be conducting ad-hoc statistical analysis

to answer research questions using survey and social media data, using advanced regression,

factor/spatial, and machine learning techniques as well as descriptive analysis. Along with scripting

surveys for CAPI and online format surveys you will manage fieldwork and panel logistics for Arabic- and

Kurdish- language online research to help identify key insights, in collaboration with qualitative

researchers, in order to develop communications, branding, and media production strategy

recommendations

You’ll have graduate-level training in statistics along with proven experience with techniques such as

maximum likelihood or Bayesian regression, factor and principle components analysis, and panel and

time series analysis. You’ll have the ability to synthesize quantitative data into clear, non-technical

language, identify the story and insights in data, and present findings orally, verbally, and visually to

diverse internal and external audiences. You will be a team player with the ability to collaborate and

project manage with a variety of people internally and externally cross-culturally and be capable of

working under pressure. Experience in command line-based statistical software or programming

languages, with SPSS Syntax or R experience is a real plus along with Arabic or Kurdish language skills (but

not essential).

This is a full time role based in Kurdistan and YouGov would be willing to support re-location for

candidates that do not currently like in the region.

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