Twaweza, a dynamic East
Africa wide organization, is looking for a competent, effective and energetic Program
Officer, Data Management
Job Title: Program Officer -
Data Management
Cluster: Data and Voice
Salary Grade: 5
Reports
to: Senior
Data Analyst
Location: Nairobi / Dar es Salaam or Kampala
Overall Responsibility: You will support the
management of all the data in Twaweza, in the Data and Voice Directorate.
You will support the Senior
Data Analyst to ensure that all survey designs, data collection, data quality
assurance and analysis are carried out according to high academic standards to
protect Twaweza’s reputation for rigor and impartiality.
You will support the Senior
Data Analyst on quantitative research design, methods and analysis throughout
the Directorate of Data and Voice, as well as in relation to the research
undertaken in the LME Directorate, and Twaweza overall.
Specific Responsibilities:
You will support the Senior
Data Analyst and the Director of Data and Voice to:
1. Improve
quality and efficiency of Twaweza’s survey design activities, including
questionnaire development and design, pilot activities and pre-field quality
checks.
2. Clean
Uwezo and Sauti za Wananchi data, and other data produced by Twaweza, including
documentation of the data cleaning decisions and processes
3. Maintain
and assure data quality, and guarantee data integrity during design,
collection, entry and processing. Support full adherence to Uwezo’s and Sauti’s
data standards.
4. Respond
to data requests through running basic analyses and completing data summaries,
while improving Twaweza’s data presentation and visualization
5. Perform
exploratory and advanced statistical analyses using Uwezo and Sauti za Wananchi
data, and present and discuss these with the respective program teams
6. Support
the LME team in planning and implementation of Data Quality Assessments.
7. Initiate
the development of policy briefs, reports, articles and publications, and
co-author with team members in the Directorate.
8. Strengthen
the analytical capacities of Twaweza colleagues, through data analysis
trainings, and through collaborative analyses with non-statisticians within
Twaweza.
9. Conduct
other duties as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time.
General Responsibilities:
1. Successfully
implement above responsibilities and assigned activities in work plans and
budgets, consistent with Twaweza Policies.
2. Contribute
effectively to planning, monitoring, reporting and information dissemination of
Uwezo’s/Twaweza’s work.
3. Collaborate
with Twaweza staff across units and countries in a spirit of mutual respect and
cooperation to get things done.
4. Communicate
your work through active use of internal platform (SalesForce), electronic
calendar (Gcal) and being accessible on electronic chat (Skype) as per Twaweza
requirements.
5. Participate
actively in organization-wide learning and other joint activities.
6. Comply
with and foster adherence to the established Twaweza values, policies,
regulations, guidelines and procedures.
7. Undertake
any other lawful tasks as may be assigned by your Supervisor and/or Director of
Data and Voice.
Core Qualifications:
1. Masters
in Statistics/Economics, with at least 3 years of work experience in data
management and analysis, preferably in a developing country setting.
2. Experience
in large scale survey and data management, including experience in managing
data entry processes; highly skilled in Stata; with indepth skill in
descriptive and inferential statistics.
3. Strong
conceptual and analytical skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting data),
such as multivariate and longitudinal analyses (preferably using SPSS, STATA
and R).
4. Ability
to present a complicated argument in understandable, accessible and compelling
language, using accessible graphics to support the argument.
5. Able
to write well in English, and preferably also in Kiswahili, proven through
publications in refereed journals and/or books.
6. Good
understanding of East African context, including ongoing policy debates,
especially in education and open government
7. Ability
to respond to emerging opportunities by designing new information products.
8. Ability
to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines, while working
independently with minimum supervision.
Changes and Amendments: This job description
may be amended by Twaweza after consultation with the employee and the
supervisor.
Application process:
To apply for this position,
please submit your CV (max 4 pages) tojobs@twaweza.org, including a cover letter
explaining your interests/motivations to work for Twaweza, and 2 samples of
your written work and names of 3 referees, in MS Word or PDF file.
In the subject of your email
write your name, the position you are applying for and country
Deadline for the submission
is 15th January 2017.