Data Analyst Job in Kenya

Job Title: Operations Data Analyst 
 
Position Overview: We are seeking a Data Analyst to join our one of our clients’ team. We want a data and analytics expert, someone who can effectively manage and work with data to reveal actionable lessons-learned for our client’s rapidly growing network of schools (which is their core business).

You report directly to the Director of Operations – one of our client’s largest and most complex departments. This company is responsible for every single detail in operating 400+ academies and providing quality education to over 100,000 pupils. 

This means they are accountable for their results – pupil enrolment, academic learning, and financial self-sustainability. 

They manage this through four main teams – their territory managers, a field-based quality assurance team, an HQ-based Call Centre and an HQ-based program management team. 
As Data Analyst you will work closely with all of these teams to ensure they have the reports and metrics in place to be able to keep their finger on the pulse of their academies and customers. You will also take deep divers into the data to provide your team members with business insights that lead to action. 

Some examples of issues you may be asked to analyse:
  • Run a correlation analysis between selection inputs from training for Academy Managers and their subsequent performance as Manages so that the company can determine which are the most predictive of success in the field.
  • The company’s billing and payment data to determine predictors of pupil withdrawal.
  • Studying and creating a performance-based bonus system for the company’s different teams that clearly promotes successful business and academic outcomes.
  • Creating dashboards and reports that can be easily used to monitor live performance data (financial and academic) at the academies.
Your key responsibilities include:
  • Creating and maintaining key reports and dashboards
  • Analyzing the company’s vast data sets to help management improve decision making abilities
  • Managing Operations-based data sets.
To succeed in this job, you need to love diving deep into datasets. You’re great making order out of chaos and have extraordinary attention to details.

You know the value of keeping things well-organized and documented and you are comfortable analysing issues from various view points and variables. You need to be highly skilled in handling numbers. 

Experience in Excel and statistical software packages (Stata/SAS) is a must. In fact, you see Excel as your best friend and see each project as a challenge to improve your Excel skills.

Qualifications and Educational Requirements
  • Data Superstar – with proven ability to organize and work with complex datasets. Solid understanding of best practices in data analysis, data manipulation and data standardization across a business.
  • Minimum 3 years post –undergraduate, full-time work experience in a fast-paced environment.
  • High level of proficiency with Excel and proficiency with STATA or SAS.
  • Strong ability to summarize data analysis into succinct explanations.
Apply here: http://recruitment.nftconsult.com/careers/index.php?m=careers&p=showJob&ID=1230