Senior Analyst, Financial Inclusion
Who we are:
Busara is a leading behavioral science organization in the Global South, where we apply behavioral science to help alleviate poverty through advisory work and original academic research.
We are a non-profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, and have offices and projects across the Global South. We also run the most extensive behavioral science research lab in the world, including mobile labs and partnerships with universities worldwide.
Inclusive finance at Busara
“We make behaviorally-informed solutions work for the people they are supposed to help.”
The above quote summarizes what is at the core of Busara’s mission. Busara’s inclusive finance portfolio pursues this mission in the spaces of formal and informal financial services. We work with partners in the private sector, philanthropy, development finance institutions and the regulatory space to figure out how to improve people’s financial wellbeing. We do this by:
Understanding contexts - Designing and implementing research to better understand the form and function of markets, ecosystems and the contribution of actors that shape it. Further and crucially, we seek to understand nuanced perspectives on the behaviors, needs and realities of people in low-income settings.
Developing & iterating products - Using Behavioral and Human Centered Design approaches, we work with our partners and end users to develop prototypes for bespoke financial products that add value and prioritize financial well being.
Evaluating the impact of interventions - We design and implement research that enables us and our partners to understand the impact of product and market interventions. We conduct digital on-platform and field experiments to understand impact during and after intervention roll-out.
Informing strategy - We leverage knowledge, insights and data to help partners determine what they can and should do to add value to low-income people, marginalized women, enterprises, households and communities.
Role Purpose Statement:
The Senior Analyst supports the advisory and arm of Busara in making informed decisions and setting project priorities. The Senior Analyst will engage in a variety of qualitative and quantitative research activities and will be required to support research preparation.
The Senior Analyst will be tasked with research preparation, structuring, and ultimately composing reports, deliverables, and analysis on ongoing projects, in close coordination with the Associates. S/he will also be responsible for sensitive and delicate client interactions, and final project outputs, requiring extreme attention to detail and dedication to high-quality outputs.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
CORE PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES:
Busara is a leading behavioral science organization in the Global South, where we apply behavioral science to help alleviate poverty through advisory work and original academic research.
We are a non-profit organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, and have offices and projects across the Global South. We also run the most extensive behavioral science research lab in the world, including mobile labs and partnerships with universities worldwide.
Inclusive finance at Busara
“We make behaviorally-informed solutions work for the people they are supposed to help.”
The above quote summarizes what is at the core of Busara’s mission. Busara’s inclusive finance portfolio pursues this mission in the spaces of formal and informal financial services. We work with partners in the private sector, philanthropy, development finance institutions and the regulatory space to figure out how to improve people’s financial wellbeing. We do this by:
Understanding contexts - Designing and implementing research to better understand the form and function of markets, ecosystems and the contribution of actors that shape it. Further and crucially, we seek to understand nuanced perspectives on the behaviors, needs and realities of people in low-income settings.
Developing & iterating products - Using Behavioral and Human Centered Design approaches, we work with our partners and end users to develop prototypes for bespoke financial products that add value and prioritize financial well being.
Evaluating the impact of interventions - We design and implement research that enables us and our partners to understand the impact of product and market interventions. We conduct digital on-platform and field experiments to understand impact during and after intervention roll-out.
Informing strategy - We leverage knowledge, insights and data to help partners determine what they can and should do to add value to low-income people, marginalized women, enterprises, households and communities.
Role Purpose Statement:
The Senior Analyst supports the advisory and arm of Busara in making informed decisions and setting project priorities. The Senior Analyst will engage in a variety of qualitative and quantitative research activities and will be required to support research preparation.
The Senior Analyst will be tasked with research preparation, structuring, and ultimately composing reports, deliverables, and analysis on ongoing projects, in close coordination with the Associates. S/he will also be responsible for sensitive and delicate client interactions, and final project outputs, requiring extreme attention to detail and dedication to high-quality outputs.
Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities
CORE PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES: