Position: Data Associate
Location: Nairobi or Kisumu
Location: Nairobi or Kisumu
Report
To: Senior
Data Coordinator
Eligibility: Position open to local and international
candidates
About
Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations
for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering
and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems.
We
also mobilize and support these decision makers to use these solutions to build
better programs and policies at scale.
About
the Data department: The
Data Department supports IPA Kenya projects to collect process and manage their
survey data.
The
Data Department does this directly by programming computer assisted interviews
(CAI), conducting data entry of paper surveys and cleaning data. It also works
indirectly by assisting and training project staff to complete these tasks
themselves.
At all
times, the Data Department adheres to high standards of data security and
management to ensure the proper handling of sensitive respondent information.
Data
Associate: The
Data Associate will work closely with project staff to plan and execute high
quality data collection as well as ensure good data security and data
management measures are in place.
In
addition to supporting projects in general, the Data Associate may be assigned
to specific projects as a ‘back-stop’ in case of projects with more intense
support needs.
Specific duties will include:
- Design
smooth, functioning and timely data flow between various project
activities according to Standard Operating Procedures.
- Use
Stata to: process and clean data, prepare data quality assurance measures.
- Develop
data collection instruments for computer-aided interviews (CAI using ODK,
Blaise, and Survey CTO), phone surveys and field-based paper surveys. When
necessary, hire and manage contractors to program CAI surveys.
- Coordinate
and supervise data entry and ensure that data entry and security protocols
are adhered to.
- Back-stop
assigned projects by providing close day-to-day data managerial support.
- Train
IPA staff on technical topics including Stata and SurveyCTO as well as
data security and data management.
- Participate
in external partners’ trainings on impact evaluations methodology, data
management, and other technical skills.
- At
all times guard sensitive respondent data with the utmost care.
Required
Qualifications
- Bachelors,
preferably in IT, statistics or related discipline.
- Strictly
not less than 2 years’ of consistent experience in survey programming,
data analysis and/or data management.
- Extensive
knowledge of quantitative data collection and a passion for learning best
practices and innovations.
- Extensive
knowledge of Stata is required, knowledge of SurveyCTO is preferred.
- Strong
organizational and communications skills.
- Attention
to detail, ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and work
effectively as part of a team.
To
Apply: Click
here - https://poverty-action.formstack.com/forms/data_associate
Deadline
to Apply: 31st
July 2016
Start Date: 1st September 2016
Disclaimer: The above
statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work
being performed by the Data Associate. The statements are not intended to be an
exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management
reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational
needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment
from an applicant.
