The African Economic Research
Consortium (AERC) is a not-for-profit Pan-African institution, dedicated for
the last 25 years to enabling the advancement of economic policy research and
training in Africa. AERC has its offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
The partnership intended to secure
high quality M&E technical support for WFP’s Purchase for Progress
programme.
The Hub supports collection and
analysis of all quantitative data generated by the M&E system in 17
countries in Africa and Latin America under the P4P pilot.
AERC is seeking outstanding people to fill the following position which will be based in Nairobi.
Data Analysts
3 Positions
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the
Project Manager, the key tasks will be to:
- Manage, analyse and interpret country level
survey data and ensure its quality and integrity;
- Prepare presentations and draft reports from
the summarised data.
- Act as a contact person between M&E, and
data entry and cleaning experts in order to support technical improvements
in data collection and management.
- Assist in training of enumerators to elicit
accurate and reliable data.
- Assist the IT officer in the maintenance of the
data portal and protect its security.
To be considered for this position,
you must meet the following minimum requirements and experience:-
- Master in Economics, Agricultural Economics or
related discipline;
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in collection,
compilation and analysis of data, ideally covering food security and small
holder farmers issues;
- Excellent knowledge of use of econometric
tools and statistical software especially SPSS, STATA and Excel;
- Experience in compilation, analysis and
evaluation of food and agriculture statistics;
- Demonstrated analytical skills and ability to
work with minimum supervision.
If you believe you have the
qualifications and experience to match this role, please submit your
application with detailed curriculum vitae, stating your current position,
remuneration, email, telephone contacts, and names and addresses of three
referees.
To be considered your application
must be received by September 01, 2014 addressed to:
The Manager, Human Resources and Administration
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Email: recruitment@aercafrica.org with cc to dakmah@aercafrica.org
This is a re-advertisement and those who had applied earlier need not re-apply.
More information can be obtained on the AERC website on www.aercafrica.org