Research Analyst - Public Policy
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PythonTableau
Research Analyst, Public Policy
Sun King
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: 🇰🇪 Kenya
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PythonTableau
About the role
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to support policy review, advocacy, and strategy development.
- Collect, clean, and analyze large datasets (household surveys, energy access data, trade and investment data, etc.) to generate insights.
- Apply geospatial analysis and GIS tools to assess market opportunities, customer distribution, infrastructure gaps, and policy impacts.
- Develop clear, concise briefs, reports, presentations, and visualizations to communicate findings to senior Management, policymakers, and external stakeholders.
- Track global and regional policy developments in energy, trade, industrialization, and sustainable development, providing timely updates and recommendations.
- Support preparation for high-level meetings with governments, MDBs/DFIs, and development partners through background research and talking points.
- Contribute to the development of evidence-based policy positions and thought leadership pieces.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams (data, operations, communications) to integrate insights into strategy and delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in economics, public policy, development studies, or related field.
- 2–4 years’ experience in research, policy analysis, consulting, or related role.
- Strong foundation in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Stata, R, Python, or equivalent).
- Experience with GIS platforms (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS) and spatial analysis.
- Strong skills in data visualization and presentation (Tableau, PowerBI, or equivalent).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor outputs for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated interest in energy access, renewable energy, and/or economic development policy.
- Desired attributes: world-class research expertise in socioeconomic fields, experience in household survey design, sampling, econometric modeling; experience in emerging markets, especially Africa; familiarity with energy access debates, trade and industrialization strategies; fluency in English mandatory, French or Portugese an advantage.
Benefits
- What Sun King Offers:
- Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
- An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
qualitative researchquantitative researchdata analysisgeospatial analysisGISdata visualizationeconometric modelinghousehold survey designsamplingpolicy analysis
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationpresentation skillsadvocacystrategic thinkinganalytical thinkingattention to detailproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillswriting skills
