Assistant de recherche - Rabat

Africa Business School (ABS) is the business school of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P). It was founded in 2016 by the OCP Group, the world's leading producer and exporter of phosphate products.

ABS aims to address the critical challenges facing Africa and the world, by being dedicated to developing the continent's future leaders through training, research, and innovation. ABS is dedicated to creating a rigorous and inclusive center for the development of research and learning on the African continent.

With a hybrid pedagogy centered on the human being, ABS brings a different perspective on leadership. In all of its programs, it develops both analytical and holistic skills of its participants: both quantitative and qualitative, cognitive and emotional, managerial and technological.

It also actively includes the responsibility to society as a cornerstone of its training, with the objective of qualifying culturally and socially responsible leaders. ABS consists of three divisions: Learning, Research, and Advisory.

Job Duties may include, but are not limited to :

• Construction of mainly longitudinal databases, which includes the downloading, merging, formatting, and checking of raw data.
• Expansion of existing databases, computation of indicators.
• Screening of the consistency of databases and conducting descriptive analyses.
• Statistical data analyses Required Skills:
• Good programming skills in a statistical software package (R or STATA).
• Advanced data analysis skills (descriptive analyses, regression modeling with panel data, treatment effects, PSM, among others).
• Proficient in English

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of machine learning tools is desirable.
• A Master’s degree is an asset for a future Ph.D. opportunity if the candidate is interested (but not required)

 Duration: 6 months, renewable 6 months.

Location: Rabat ( A free shuttle is set up daily from Casablanca to Rabat )