Deadline: Not specified
Location: Ethiopia
IMPACT Initiative is seeking to fill the role of Data Officer.
IMPACT Initiatives’ teams implement assessment, monitoring and evaluation and organisational capacity-building programmes in direct partnership with aid actors or through its inter-agency initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Contribute towards the identification and implementation of effective and adapted data management and analysis solutions
- Research planning and design through leading on sampling design and in coordination with relevant assessment and GIS staff construct quantitative sample
- Provide training on data cleaning and management techniques
- Oversee data analysis setup (specifically conducted in the R environment)
- Ensure data management, cleaning and analysis
- Maintain R-based systems of data management and analysis, serving as the focal point for statistical analysis and quantitative reporting
- Develop cleaning and analysis (descriptive, hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression analyses) scripts
- Contribute to the automatisation of data analysis processes
- Conduct regular meetings with staff members to assess progress in relevant research cycles and to review work plans
- In coordination with CC, RM and Data/GIS manager, conduct induction for new staff members, including training in basic technical data processing and analysis competencies
- Support the IMPACT CC, RM and Data/GIS manager in the development and implementation of capacity training plans for data and other team members
- Provide regular support and technical backstopping to all teams and units within the country office
- Develop information products and dashboards with the collected data
- Provide information management support to other team members or humanitarian stakeholders
- Carry out other relevant tasks as requested by supervisors
Requirements
- Two years, minimum, of relevant experience in a similar role in data science, preferably in the humanitarian field
- Proficiency and proven experience with research methods, including both quantitative and qualitative research
- Excellent analytical skills, experience conducting multi-sectoral analysis (highly desirable)
- Strong statistical and analytical skills, including correlation and regression analysis
- Data knowledge of ArcGIS or Power Bi will be an advantage
- Proven ability to work independently
- Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting
- Strong presentation and organisational skills
- Ability to multitask with tight deadlines
- Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
- Excellent academic qualifications, preferably including a master’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment
- Experience in the region (desirable)
- Fluency in English
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