Cooper/Smith is currently seeking a Research & Data Analyst to dive into our projects and datasets, test theories and methods, and generate yet-undiscovered insights for program managers, policymakers, and funders. This role will be dynamic, focusing on addressing priority research questions and testing relationships across disparate data sources and systems.

Duration: This is a full-time, long-term, exempt position.

Location: Flexible; Remote.

Who We Are

• A dynamic team with extensive experience in strategic planning, results management, efficiency analysis, modeling, operational research, and digital health.
• Innovators, solutions specialists, champions of collaboration, and global citizens with professional experience in over 35 countries.
• Lovers of hard work, good laughs, and passionate about delivering solutions and results with broader social value.

What We Offer

• Flexible work hours and a fully remote work environment.
• A benefits package exceeding industry standards, including unlimited paid time off.
• Competitive salary commensurate with skills and experience.
• Opportunity to contribute to a growing organization.
• Opportunity to work with a talented, energetic team of development professionals passionate about sustainable results.

Who You Are

• A curious thinker who is self-motivated and results-oriented, can deliver on tight deadlines and is motivated by the opportunity to help grow a young organization.
• A person who enjoys a challenge, can describe nuance and complexity and is ultimately driven to produce creative solute
• Someone who seeks to frame their work in the big picture [the ‘why?’], but equally attends to the details in getting there [the ‘how?’].
• Someone passionate about the use of measurement and data to improve management, performance, and program effectiveness.
• Someone who thrives in a flexible work environment; can manage competing demands and adapt to shifting priorities; uses sound judgment in stressful situations; and enjoys working with a diverse, global team.

Responsibilities

• Design and apply the latest data science methods and instruments to develop
• contextually appropriate tools for research and analysis.
• Help strengthen the capacity of host government counterparts, particularly in data
• management, data visualization, and analytic methods.
• Work with developers and health experts to build decision support tools and dashboards
• that will employ new information to improve patient care.
• Employ user-centered design principles to collect requirements and develop custom
• visualizations for a target audience (e.g., decision support tools for health care workers).
• Employ novel network analysis methods to segment populations and triangulate
• disparate data sources to improve global development outcomes.
• Conduct geospatial analytics to identify areas to target program implementation and intervention.
• Conduct rapid analyses of small and large datasets with limited oversight.
• Conduct economic evaluations as needed (e.g., cost-effectiveness analysis, cost impact analysis).
• Investigate new tools and software solutions to address specific technical requirements.
• Generate visualizations for reports, web, and conference proceedings.
• Review scientific literature to support analysis plans and contribute to operational research design and analysis.
• Support the preparation of peer-reviewed publications, white papers, and articles.
• Document methods and findings and work with Cooper/Smith’s team to identify externally the best channels to share.
• On occasion, participate in technical working groups and assist with preparing technical
• materials and proposals.
• Support other activities and tasks, as requested.

Required Skills

• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams in international settings.
• Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with commonly encountered organizations in the international development sector
• [donors, multilateral, consulting firms, etc.].
• Intermediate to advanced skills with Microsoft Excel; proficient in other Microsoft products
• [Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Sites] and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides, etc.).
• Basic knowledge of disease burden and response efforts in economically developing countries [e.g., programs designed to address HIV, TB, malaria, water, and sanitation, etc.].
• Solid understanding of research design, including hypothesis testing and quantifying
• uncertainty.
• Demonstrated aptitude with diverse quantitative methods, including statistics, data mining, cluster analysis, machine learning, regression, and predictive modeling.
• Intermediate to advanced skills using one or more statistical software packages for data
• analysis [Python, STATA, R, etc.].
• Above-average aptitude with a wide variety of data visualization methods and tools [e.g.,
• Tableau, 03.JS, etc.].
• Bachelor’s Degree in International Development, Public Health, or related field required.
• Master’s Degree in a related field preferred.

Eligible and interested candidates can submit their CV and expression of interest to jobs@coopersmith.org. Please include the position description in the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.