IT / Data Research / Intern Job in Kenya


Required for a growing Civil Society Organization based in Ongata Rongai an enterprising, innovative, imaginative and results oriented young professional willing to contribute and learn for a short stint.

IT/ Data Research/ Intern
Job Purpose

To support research, data crunching, mining of data from different portals, visualization of data, programming and write-ups for online content.

He/She will work closely with the project team to ensure delivery of high quality projects that are backed by hard data.

Main Responsibilities:

Project support

·                     Supporting and developing capacity of project team in data and ICT
·                     Troubleshooting and maintenance of Office systems
Data / IT / Research
·                     Supporting research work in entry, analysis, coding and visualization
·                     Support in website development and management
·                     Exploration and development of mobile apps
·                     Visualization through mapping
Others
·                     Support enhancement of systems for monitoring and evaluation
·                     Media monitoring
·                     Data mining, analysis and development of write-ups
·                     Other tasks as may be assigned
Required qualifications and Competencies:
·                     Minimum Degree level of education in a technical discipline dealing with data and ICT and research
·                     Competence in elementary research tools; SPSS and/or STATA
·                     Thorough knowledge of programming languages like java, php and python and a good understanding of CSS and javascript
·                     Familiarity and expertise in use of mapping tools
Others
·                     Demonstrable experience in tinkering and developing IT solutions
·                     Ability to transform end-user needs to applications
·                     Strong social awareness
·                     Excellent research and web skills
·                     Extremely professional, personable and of reasonably high values and integrity
·                     A good understanding of how Civil Society Organizations operate is an advantage
·                     Be able to operate most of the time in Rongai and environs
If you meet these specifications, send your application and CV, with details of three Referees to hr.wlrn@gmail.com by 16th December 2012. 

Brief 1-2 pager write-ups on suitability or samples of work/ projects done would help.