Job Opportunity At Step March 2020
Consultancy opportunity: Data Assistant
About the consultancy:
The consultant will provide administrative and technical support to STEP’s programs through data
entry, data management, data quality verification, data analysis and reporting.
Responsibilities:
Data management
- To conduct data entry and data quality checking for a range of projects
- To process camera trap and other photographic data according to existing protocols
- To ensure all data are stored and backed up appropriately according to storage protocols
- To prepare and format datasets and keys as required
- To complete Kiswahili to English and English to Kiswahili translations as required.
Data analysis
- To conduct analysis for a range of projects using a set list of indicators and outputs for analysis including monthly summary statistics
eporting
- To prepare reports for a range of projects using outputs from analysis using existing templates and according to deadlines
- To hold regular communications with project manager to discuss progress
- To complete daily timesheet
General
- To develop and use workplans and calendars for activities
- To ensure all activities are implemented to a high standard and according to the workplan.
- To participate in training in data entry, management, processing and analysis.
- Dependent on experience, assist in development of mobile data collection tools
Terms:
Remuneration for the consultancy will be dependent on experience.
The consultant will be based in Iringa town.
The duration for the consultancy will be 6 months from 30th March 2020 – 25th September 2020
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Excellent computer skills
- Excellent and demonstrated Excel skills, including data entry, data quality checking, analysis, and production of figures and tables (Pivot tables; Count, sum, average functions; Conditional formulas; Production of figures and tables)
- Excellent report-writing skills
- Excellent spoken and written English and Kiswahili
- Attention to detail and high quality of work
- Database design management experience (preferred)
- Experience with tablet/phone-based collection and ODK (preferred)
- Experience with English to Swahili translation (preferred)
- Experience with spatial data and camera trap data (preferred)
MODE OF APPLICATION:
Job Opportunity At Step March 2020
How to apply:
Please send a cover letter and CV detailing your experience and skills as per the requirements of this
consultancy, with a detailed description of your Excel skills, to [email protected] with the subject Data Assistant by 16th March 2020.
