Role Summary:

At The Antara Foundation (TAF), we work to strengthen the last-mile delivery of public health solutions. Our core belief is that maternal and child health depends on access to timely and quality care. We work with and through the government system, helping build the capacity of frontline health workers, using data for better implementation and decision-making, and mobilizing communities to seek better health outcomes. Our solutions are designed to work at scale, are sustainable, and are simple to implement on the ground. We are a young, energetic, and passionate team, working across 8 districts, 39 blocks, and 5,700 villages, with 8,800 FLWs, and reaching 379,000 women and 650,000 children in central India. Over the next few years, we see ourselves spreading across multiple locations in India to implement our solutions and to create an impact at scale. The program research analyst will work closely with senior leadership and help use internal and external data to inform internal planning and strategy formulation, and external advocacy. The program research analyst will work with the Knowledge Management, Program, and Communications Teams.


Responsibilities:

  • Identifying, collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing data generated within the organization to provide key insights and propose data-driven solutions that make sense to the recipient and other stakeholders.
  • Creating easy-to-understand presentations to capture data and present it to external audiences
  • Creating executive reports and presentations for management as requested
  • Judge source reliability and ensure accuracy, accessibility, and confidentiality of research
  • Build data sets from surveys and other data collection instruments
  • Complete other duties as assigned
  • This is a hybrid position involving desk and remote work preferably based out of Delhi, with occasional travel

Qualifications/requirements

  • Bachelor’s and or master’s degree in economics, data science, statistics, information management, or any other quantitative field
  • 2-3 years of strong quantitative research experience, in academics or consulting
  • Proficiency in SQL, SPSS, STATA, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint skills with the ability to visualize data creatively using Tableau, Power BI, etc.
  • Excellent oral and written communication in daily interactions. Ability to articulate specific information in areas of subject matter expertise
  • Accuracy and attention to detail

What do we look for in all our team members?

Skills:

  • Strategic and analytical thinking
  • Creativity
  • Clear written and oral communication
  • Fast learning
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary team environment, good team player
  • Excellent project management
  • Self-driven and motivated individual

Attributes:

  • Humility
  • Passion
  • Ownership and responsibility
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Sense of humour
  • Quick grasp of complex issues
  • Curiosity
  • Team spirit

If you like what we do and want to work with us, please send your CV with the subject line mentioning the position you are applying for, along with a Cover Letter (mandatory) to us at careers@antarafoundation.org.

“The best solutions to complex problems often come from those closest to the issues.”