(Senior) Data Coordinator - DIL (Colombia)

Job summary

DIL is seeking a full-time Data Coordinator to work closely with Faculty Director Michael Kremer and DIL’s Data and Analytics team to help ensure primary data quality across the Lab’s portfolio of development economics projects.

Responsibilities

In partnership with the DIL Data and Analytics team and project teams, support survey data collection for DIL’s research projects to ensure rigorous data quality.

• Design and review questionnaires, SurveyCTO survey instruments, data collection manuals, calls for proposals, and data quality assurance plans prepared by research teams.
• Develop and standardize protocols for survey programming, data collection, and data cleaning for large-scale evaluations (primarily RCTs).
• Establish and maintain lab-wide quality benchmarks, including minimum requirements for survey pilots and audit reviews, for a team of 30+ researchers.
• Train junior researchers on best practices for d...