Research Associate
The company
Communication for Change (C4C) is a social enterprise that applies a Research-to-Messaging approach in public-interest communication.
We never hire people to be our little assistants. We nurture them to replace their bosses and eventually become equity partners.
We don’t care about which schools you graduated from or the degrees you hold. We care about your skills and how you can enrich our work culture.
Minorities founded Communication for Change, and it is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.
We never hire people to be our little assistants. We nurture them to replace their bosses and eventually become equity partners.
We don’t care about which schools you graduated from or the degrees you hold. We care about your skills and how you can enrich our work culture.
Minorities founded Communication for Change, and it is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.
The objectives of the Research Associate
To support the work of the Consultant, Principal Consultant, and Research Manager in providing consulting services, especially in research-to-messaging projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead research project management and planning so that C4C’s research best practices and quality standards are fulfilled, including managing research vendors and partners
- Contribute to the development of research design, instruments, analysis plan, and publications
- Write programming code to clean, process, and analyze data according to C4C’s best coding practices
- Contribute to the development of internal research resources
- Manage the paperwork and documentation of the project
- Contribute to the development and management of our open data platform, LabNarasi
- Collaborate with other teams within C4C, especially the messaging team
Expected qualities and requirements
Since communication in C4C always combines research with creativity, we expect the same qualities from our Research Associate. We know that it’s rare to expect someone equally strong in both, but to thrive in C4C, everyone must possess strong analytical and writing skills.
The expected qualities and requirements are
The expected qualities and requirements are
- Fresh graduates are welcome to apply if you possess sufficient experience in research projects, particularly in quantitative research, preferably with a background in economics or any other quantitative major, and have some proficiency in any data programming languages: Stata, R, or Python.
- Demonstrates exceptional project management skills, including planning, executing, and monitoring multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery and meeting organizational objectives. Skilled in stakeholder coordination, resource allocation, and risk management, with a track record of delivering high-impact results in dynamic and fast-paced environments.
- Highly skilled in written communication in both English and Indonesian
- Read in advanced English (for example, articles in scientific journals, or The Economist, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic) and comprehend the content accurately
- Write well in both English and Indonesian: synthesize theses or main points, draft outlines, construct paragraphs, and write strong sentences (C4C has specific styles for reports, presentations, proposals, and even emails).
- Highly skilled in analytical thinking, in other words, applying the fundamentals of the scientific method in day-to-day situations: ask good questions, observe, identify patterns, generate hypotheses and their counterfactuals, use methods to test the hypotheses, and draw interim conclusions.
- Sufficient numeric reasoning skills to decipher the meaning behind numbers, weigh probability, and make decisions or predictions; those who understand statistics for social science will have an advantage.
- Self-disciplined: 100% accountable remote workers who are worthy of having 100% autonomy in how they deliver their job: break down their work into progressive milestones or checkpoints, resolve loose ends and lack of clarity, meet deadlines, anticipate obstructions to plans.
- Appreciation toward social and behavioral science: valuing the study of how people think, feel, and act in different situations.
- Calm and confident communicators
- Speak clearly and intelligently about complex ideas and strategies
- Persuade clients and colleagues to see the situation as they see it
- Adapt their approach in real-time to ensure a winning outcome, regardless of the situation or dynamic
Behavior and skills we value from our employees
In Communication for Change, people who are rewarded and promoted are those who..
- Consistently refuse to do mediocre jobs: we want team members who put serious effort into their work and tie in their professional pride with the quality of their output. We hire those who want to disprove the myths of unprofessional Indonesians.
- Are respectful to others: we respect others’ time. We are punctual and come to meetings prepared. In meetings, including virtual ones, we don’t multitask, so we can pay full attention and listen carefully to others. Lastly, we don’t believe brilliant jerks exist: nobody can be so brilliant she or he can get away with treating others rudely.
- Make things happen, not wait for things to happen: we promote people who take initiative. We anticipate and prevent instead of reacting and fixing.
- Are intellectually hungry and humble: we never stop learning about topics that are related to work and ones that give us personal satisfaction. We publicly admit when we don’t know and deliver on the promise that we’ll find out as soon as possible.
Work conditions
- We operate in full remote mode from Day 1
- We minimize meetings by maximizing written communications in an asynchronous context
- We provide an allowance to use the common workspace for people who need it
- We open our financial data to everyone on the team, and this includes each other’s salaries
- Our structure is flat with almost no hierarchy, as our company is small. As such, expect a very fluid working style
Remuneration and other benefits
- The monthly salary for a Project Associate ranges from Rp 7.500.000 to Rp 9.000,000. All numbers are after-tax (but you must pay your BPJS Ketenagakerjaan contribution). BPJS Kesehatan is included.
- We provide good health insurance, max 25% above monthly salary per year, inpatient and outpatient, which in most cases extends to family members.
- You have a training allowance with the freedom to choose the programs you want to enroll in.
- There are no limitations on annual leaves. We will treat C4C team members as adults who can care for themselves and not let their teammates down.
- There is a track to become equity partners for employees who consistently perform, deliver business results, and stick around with us for a specific period of time.
- You will be expected to use your computer or laptop when working at C4C. However, you may receive financial support to upgrade your work equipment as your career progresses.
Send your updated CV via email to: kedung.soejaya@communicationforchange.id