Are you looking for a new challenge and want to join a successful and growing organisation dedicated to creating social impact? Do you have a passion for public policy and behavioural science? If so, we want to hear from you.
About Us
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is a social purpose company that combines two approaches to improve people’s lives and communities. First, we use behavioural science (behavioural economics, social psychology) to design new policy ideas with our partners. Second, we run policy experiments, often using randomised controlled trials (RCTs), to determine the effectiveness of those ideas.
At BIT, we want to apply behavioural insights all across the Asia-Pacific region to scale up our social impact. We will achieve this by designing and running randomised controlled trials, or RCTs, that test new innovations informed by behavioural science. Indonesia was already the site of our biggest ever RCT, with over 11 million participants (LINK). You can help build on this success by running rigorous research that helps people make better choices for themselves, in Indonesia and beyond.
We believe that understanding how people make decisions in the real world can help you design and deliver better policies and services. We work with government, NGO and private sector partners to develop human-centred solutions that are creative, low-cost and scalable. We robustly evaluate our recommendations to ensure that they result in better outcomes.
As an indication of the sort of work you could be involved in - here are some examples of projects that we work on:
All our staff believe passionately in our company values: always prioritising social impact, empiricism and humility, fresh thinking and collaboration, and public service. As our team grows, we are looking for an Associate Research Advisor to join us in Indonesia. We provide a supportive environment, offering flexible working arrangements and other policies to ensure the wellbeing of everyone on the team.
About you
We’re searching for a dynamic researcher to support our projects in Indonesia. This role is suited for a high-performing go-getter with a bachelor's degree or higher, who is at the early point of their career in public policy, research, and behaviour change and/or has 1-2 years of work experience.
Our team comes from a variety of academic backgrounds, including economics, psychology, research methodology, neuroscience, anthropology, design, public policy and more. We also welcome candidates who may be taking non-traditional routes to behavioural science, such as those who have backgrounds in computer science, engineering, or the humanities. In general, we encourage candidates who have an interest in and understanding of what drives human behaviour to apply.
What does an Associate Research Advisor at BIT do?
Designing randomised controlled trials, and quasi-experimental evaluations, testing interventions;
Qualitative research, such as developing & delivering interview guides, surveys, and participant observation protocols;
Data analysis, including data cleaning and statistical inference using programming languages, chiefly R;
Research support for our projects, including preparing policy papers, trial checklists, ideas notes, and literature reviews.
Listening to the objectives and requirements of the organisation seeking advice from BIT, identifying problems, and specifically advising on research requirements.
Sharing and communicating insights through activities such as running workshops with clients, and addressing seminars and conferences to present project findings.
Skills that make a great Associate Research Advisor at BIT?
Research & evaluation experience:
Experience conducting original research in policy, economics, psychology, sociology or anthropology;
Good theoretical knowledge of experimental and quasi-experimental approaches, with practical experience as an advantage;
An understanding of different qualitative research techniques;
Ability to conduct statistical analysis on large data sets (such as administrative data);
A Bachelor, Masters or PhD in a relevant subject area (including, but not limited to: economics, psychology, statistics, anthropology, sociology, public health, design thinking, and research methods); and,
Experience conducting quantitative or qualitative research, including surveys, interviews, participant observation, and desktop research.
Behavioural science expertise:
Interest in behavioural science and how it can be applied to help solve complex real-life policy problems;
Interest in designing and delivering projects across a broad range of policy areas;
Stakeholder & Project Management :
Excellent written and verbal communication for a wide range of audiences (e.g. will be able to translate academic work to non-academic audiences);
Preparing a range of materials, including trial checklists, ideas notes, literature reviews, journey and process maps, presentations and workshop materials;
Writing draft reports, policy papers and proposals
Why work for BIT?
You’ll be part of an innovative and agile team working at the forefront of cutting-edge, evidence-driven applied behavioural science. You will be a part of projects that deliver social impact by helping citizens and policymakers think differently.
While we work in a fast-paced field, we provide a supportive environment where you’ll learn and grow with on-the-job training from our experienced team of experts.
You will tap into a collegiate community of BI specialists worldwide, from Paris to Mexico. At the same time, you will be joining the close-knit international team in Asia-Pacific, where collaboration and solving problems together are key.
We encourage flexible working and have a culture that enables this. This includes flexible start and finish times and an IT set-up that allows for easy working-from-home options. We make an effort to adapt to our staff’s circ*mstances so that we can get the best out of everyone.
How to apply
We use a great platform called Applied to reduce bias in the recruitment process. You will need to answer a few work-based questions, which will be anonymously marked by members of our team. Our selection is based on performance in these questions rather than looking at your CV.
Candidates with the highest-scoring answers will be invited to a structured online assessment centre, followed by an interview where you will have the opportunity to meet some of our team members. During the interview, you will be asked role-specific questions to allow you to showcase your skills. Your CV will be reviewed for the first time after the interview.
The application process is expected to be fully online but depending on the availability of the candidates, the second and final round may be held in person in Jakarta.
Key dates:
1. An online application and test (Role closes: Monday 22nd July 2024, at 11.59 pm SGT)
2. An Assessment Centre (1:1 interviews, group assessment, research analysis task and a written assignment : (Week commencing 29th July 2024)
Please note:
To undertake this role, you must have the right to work in Indonesia. During the recruitment process, we will ask all short-listed applicants to provide evidence of their right to work.
