Data Analyst

Job Purpose

Data Analyst will be a part of a special analysis unit, this unit is tasked to provide analysis (Predefined and On-demand). Work under the supervisor to provide reports and analysis of the programme.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Guide team efforts towards successful project delivery

2. Data Analyst will be a part of a special analysis unit; this unit is tasked to provide analysis (Predefined and On-demand). Work under the supervisor to provide reports and analysis of the programme.

3. Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship

4. Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team

5. Distribute and collect the data from team members on accuracy basis

6. Keep close communication with the DLO

7. Assist in the collection and documentation of team member’s requirements, and estimates work plans.

8. Analyze and resolve technical and application problems

9. Provide third level support to team members

10. Provide assistance to DMOs in case of any error in the tally sheet

11. All task and duties of DMO/ Data Quality Analyst may be assigned to Data Analyst as well.

12. Any Other task assigned by DLO related to data compilation to distribute the workload.

13. Work closely to identify issues and use data to propose solutions for effective decision making

14. build algorithms and design experiments to merge, manage, interrogate and extract data to supply tailored reports, use machine learning tools and statistical techniques to produce solutions to problems, test data mining models to select the most appropriate ones for use on the project.

15. maintain clear and coherent communication, both verbal and written, to understand data needs and report results, assess the effectiveness of data sources and data-gathering techniques and improve data collection methods, look for opportunities to use insights/datasets/code/models across other functions

Essential Requirements

• A higher University Degree (preferably Master’s - Equivalent to 16 Years of education), Certification and practical application experience is an added advantage

• 1-2 years of experience in a reputable organization.

• Must have basic statistical knowledge as well as basic knowledge of software’s like SPSS, STATA, MINITAB, R etc. knowledge of mapping software’s Arc GIS, QGIS etc. is a plus

• Must have proficient skills in Microsoft Office.

• Must have team management, and time management skills.

• Must be able to work autonomously and, in a team, to provide best quality analysis. • Candidate must be creative to come-up with new ideas to work around problem areas efficiently.

• Commitment to gender equality.

• Fluent in local languages of the area

• Fluency in English language is desirable.