Field Research Fellowship; Microfinance Programme

BRAC is an international development organization founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realize potential.

BRAC Microfinance provides financial services to underserved communities at scale. The Research & Insight (R&I) unit drives evidence-based decisions through rigorous field research, large-scale censuses, and impact evaluations. We are now building a dedicated roster of field researchers to power this work.

The Opportunity: BRAC Microfinance Research & Insight (R&I) is building a national Field Research Fellowship Roster — a pre-trained, deployable pool of researchers engaged on a project basis. All candidates enter through a single application. Based on qualifications, experience, interest, and performance, fellows will be deployed as either Research Fellow – Field operation or Research Fellow – Supervision Field Supervisors as project needs require. Deployment roles may vary across assignments.

Position: Field Research Fellowship; Microfinance Programme

Job Description:

Research Fellow – Field Operation:

• Conduct household surveys, structured interviews, and field data collection using digital data collection tools.

• Adhere to research protocols and guidelines, ensuring data accuracy, quality, and ethical compliance.

• Engage professionally and respectfully with community members and provide regular progress updates to the Research & Insight team.

Research Fellow – Field Supervision:

• Lead and manage enumerator teams in the field to ensure smooth implementation of data collection activities.

• Coordinate field logistics, monitor data collection activities.

• Ensure data quality standards are maintained throughout the fieldwork.

Safeguarding responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

• Age At least 26 years

Additional Requirements:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Must own a smartphone

• Prior field or research experience is a plus (increases likelihood of supervisory deployment)

• Leadership and problem-solving skills valued

• Educational Requirements: Honours students (3rd year or above) or recent graduates are encouraged to apply. Candidates with a Bachelor`s or Master`s degree will be given preference for supervisory deployment.

Remuneration:

• Freshers: BDT 1,500 per day

• Experienced Candidates: BDT 2,000 per day

(The remuneration package includes food, accommodation, transportation, and field-related expenses. In addition, a fixed amount of BDT 1,000 will be provided to cover deployment and return travel costs.)

What We Offer

• Paid Assignments: Competitive daily allowance per deployment

• Residential Training: 1-week training on tools, methods & safety

• Real Field Exposure: Large-scale censuses across rural Bangladesh

• Growth Path: Start as enumerator, grow into supervisory roles

• Flexibility: Project-based - balance studies or other work

BRAC believes that everyone we work with-including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities we serve-has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation, including sexual exploitation and abuse.We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic background. We are an equal opportunity employer. We especially encourage those who have shown resilience-who have faced personal struggles, bounced back, and continued to move forward-to apply.