Analysis

**Level : A**

**Division : Data Processing Specialist**

**Location : Kolkata, Chennai**

**Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities**:
**Job Brief**:
The Data Processing Specialist is responsible for assisting internal clients in determining appropriate data processing needs to meet a client’s defined business objective. Depending upon selected methods, the Data Processing Specialist assists in the development of client needs and project estimates, tabulation plans, banner plans, verbatim coding framework, project timelines and field resources. The Data Processing Specialist works closely with Project Managers and Delivery Managers as a data validation specialist to ensure post-launch data integrity and with vendors ensuring the successful execution of back-end deliverables from standard tabulations to report presentations. The Data Processing Specialist takes a hands-on approach with clients in data table design, developing specifications, and facilitating data compilation for research reporting.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Communicate with Project Managers and Delivery Managers to understand the client’s business objectives to ensure expectations for our deliverables are met
- Verify data accuracy & integrity by completing logic checks against interview/survey data and final post-field checks
- Create tabulation programs, data tables and other electronic outputs as required by analysis specifications to help meet research needs and expectations
- Serve as a key technical expert in processing including hands-on data manipulation
- Work with Survey Programmers to write data processing efficiencies into an online collection environment
- Assist internal Project Managers in managing fieldwork when needed
- Help coordinate with external vendors for coding and tabulation requirements
- Construct tab & banner plans appropriately to meet our client’s research needs
- Review data, produce top-line summary reports, and work with project teams to facilitate analytic outcomes
- Effectively work/communicate both as an individual and as part of a team

Other duties may be assigned**
**Job Requirements**:
**Skill requirements**:

- Practical experience with a wide array of quantitative research methodologies
- Academic background in fundamental research techniques and analyses
- Advanced proficiency in: Quantum, SPSS, SAS, Merlin, Excel
- Strong working knowledge of SQL+ and MS Access

**Key Behavioural Attributes**:

- Ability to think analytically
- Clear and positive communication even under pressure
- Eye towards details
- Sincerity and result orientation

**Key Interactions**:
**Internal**:

- Research Team - to ensure proper data management
- PMT Team -to ensure on-time data flow and regular coordination

**External**:
**Client - to create and maintain a working relationship**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**:
**Level : A**

**Division : Research**

**Location : Delhi**

**Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities**:
**Research Management**:

- Brief - Helping supervisor in brainstorming ideas, doing secondary research, fixing up client meeting.
- Proposal - Helping supervisor in proposal drafting. Further, the person would be responsible for formatting, spell-checking and getting the document into a “viewer pleasing” version.
- Research Instruments - Work with supervisor to create questionnaire. Execute the following independently: prepare field kit, create aid cards + brand cards, coordinate logistics of fieldwork and stimuli. For CAPI: ensure proper formatting, coordination of correct que’re version and machine logistics.
- Field Management - Be the “research team’s lookout” for fieldwork execution and progress. Ensure timely completion at high quality levels within budgets. Able to monitor fieldwork progress and get status reports. First on the team to do field visits. Help supervisor in field briefing.
- Analysis - Work with supervisor to create analysis plan (AP). Should be able to a create basic AP at least. Ensure completeness and error-free delivery of tables. Able to read tables and make sense of it.
- Presentation - Create a visually appealing template.Populate and create tables and charts without errors and in a consistent format. Work with supervisor to create individual slides and presentation.
- Conclusions - Do basic level “bottom-lining” on each slide.
- Project Management - Maintain timely completion of all projects. In charge of all logistics.
- **Financial Control & Monitoring**:

- Project Budgeting - Work with supervisor to create robust project costs. Should be able to work independently on regular projects.
- Cost Management - Preparation of realistic budget for field, being realistic while discussing with field about it, identifying avenues to minimize cost over runs, minimizing other costs. Be conscious about cost, but prevent wastage even in daily running of the business.
- Timely Billing - Raising the invoices on time and proactively, as per requirement. Ensu