Data and Analytics Officer at Amref Kenya

JOB PURPOSE

To support the availability of high-quality data and reporting requirements for the organization, analytics and visualization that can inform programmatic decision making across Amref while ensuring effective quality assurance mechanisms are in place.

Working relationships: This position will report to the Data Management and Reporting Manager based at Amref Headquarters in Nairobi. The position holder works closely with all Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) and Research units, programmes, projects, ICT and support services across Amref country offices.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ES/ MAIN TASKS/ EXTENT OF DISCRETIONKEY RESPONSIBILITI

Strategy and Planning 10%

• Contribute to overall strategizing and work-planning of the team specifically on data analytics and visualization, data quality assurance, data management and team visibility.
• Attend relevant internal/external meetings where required.

Systems and Processes 60%

• Establish process and methods in which data is regularly accessed analysed for discussions across offices and units in the organization; support teams in data
• extraction, analysis and interpretation for specific requirements.
• Support in producing templates, analysis and content for reporting using established methodologies as and when required.
• Support the development and set up of data quality assurance processes, testing and roll-out; produce regular quality assurance reports for identification of gaps; support the development of related standard operating procedures.
• In collaboration with the information systems unit and key users, develop and maintain dashboards which includes: requirements gathering, writing scripts, development, testing, deployment and debugging. The position holder will be responsible for development of data analytics dashboards
• As part of Data management team, collaborate in development of dashboard prototypes, map data sources and engage in discussions with data owners to align requirements.
• Maintain updated issue log as reported by users regarding dashboards and resolve
• Collaborate in producing data summaries needed for internal communications products and ensure up to date information is available in the intranet and other relevant portals.

Technical Support 20%

• Support in developing training material and delivering trainings and re-orientations for staff of assigned programme/country offices on data and analytics and other related topics.
• Ensure issues or requests for support raised from assigned country offices are resolved, and/or referred to the specific technical focal in the team.
• Ensure all technical support provided is evaluated and documented as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Professional Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Statistics, Information Technology, Public Health or related areas or related fields.
•  Relevant professional qualification in data analytics or related topics desirable.

Required Experience:

•  3-5 years of experience in MEL/data functions in private or development sector settings; at least 1-2 years of field/in-country experience in any MEL function.
•  Experience in quantitative and/or qualitative analysis for evaluations desirable.
• Knowledge/experience in at-least one database and analysis tool (SQL, SPSS, STATA etc.)
•  Demonstrated knowledge/experience in at-least one business intelligence tool (e.g. Power BI, QlikSense, Tableau, etc).

Relevant Skills and Competencies:

•  Ability to listen, communicate and work as a team with country office focal persons.
•  Excellent facilitatory ability.
•  Ability to work independently and self-motivated.
•  High levels of integrity and honesty.
•  Meticulous attention to details is essential.
•  Ability to produce writing and interpretation to suit various audiences.
•  Willingness to travel to assigned country/field office locations for technical support.