Job Description / Responsibility
The University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh’s (ULAB’s) Center for Enterprise and Society (CES) seeks to advance understanding of the opportunities and challenges to entrepreneurship and enterprise development in Bangladesh through objective, academic study.
Why “enterprise and society”? The solutions to the challenges confronting enterprise development in Bangladesh go far beyond entrepreneurs and the private sector. At the most basic level, Bangladesh’s business development depends on improving its human resources. In addition, civil society and average ordinary citizens have an important role to play in overcoming a host of challenges impacting our business climate. These range from traffic problems, to power availability, to urban planning. As such, we believe there is a strong relationship between enterprise and societal development.
The Center is exploring these themes in three broad areas:
• Conducting academic research
• Encouraging public engagement and debate
• Improving university education
CES is currently looking to hire a Research Consultant to support the team in conducting academic research, writing and maintaining blog posts, reviewing and editing other CES publications including business case studies, industry analysis, academic journal article submissions and policy oriented documents.
Duties and Responsibilities:
A. Writing brief research reports: Writing a monthly research briefs on different topics related to entrepreneurship, business, the economy, and social topics in Bangladesh. This research brief is part of the Current Events Analysis Series published by ULAB.
B. Monthly Talks: Coordinate with the CES team to organize monthly talks/speaker events with prominent members of society and the business community.
C. Blog Administration: Regular posting of local and international news articles relevant to entrepreneurship, business, the economy and social topics in Bangladesh.
D. Ongoing responsibilities for CES:
I. Liaise with the ULAB communications team and external designers to ensure timely publication of CES research products.
II. Provide field support in terms of Field Team Supervision & Quality Control in all researches conducted by CES team
III. Provide research support in terms of Data Management & basic Statistical Analysis
Job Nature
Full-time
Educational Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in the field of Economics, Business or Social Sciences is preferred
Experience Requirements
1 to 2 year(s)
Additional Job Requirements
Fluency in written and spoken English
Experience with Statistical Software & the ability to do basis statistical analysis is a must
Experience in research in the above fields will be an advantage.
However, general research experience is required
In-depth understanding of the social, institutional and political environment in Bangladesh
Ability to liaise with different faculty and staff members
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Special Instruction : 1) Send application and attachments by email to hr.faculty@ulab.edu.bd
2) Email subject field should be `Research Associate`
3) Email attachments should include: (a) Cover Letter (MS Word) addressed to The Vice Chancellor, ULAB (b) Recent CV [must include (1) a scanned recent photograph and (2) names and contact details of two referees, one of whom should be an immediate past employer (if applicable) (c) Completed CV Summary [downloadable from www.ulab.edu.bd/jobs/cv_summary.doc ]