Vacancy Announcement
Data Officer – Eldoret Office
Program Description:
Data Officer – Eldoret Office
Program Description:
The programs aim to appropriately empower Kenyan youth
(18-35yrs) to be agents of positive change and strengthen their socio-economic
opportunities through youth-led and youth managed approach.
The programs targets more than 200,000 youth by providing
sustainable financial and skills development assistance through a variety of
youth-identified social and economic community development projects.
Yes Youth can Program is building on the Mercy Corps Kenya
pioneer program: Local Empowerment for Peace Program (LEAP) currently in its
forth year of implementation and with the objective of strengthening the
ability of local actors to address root causes of post-election violence and to
promote peace and reconciliation at the community level.
LEAP’s impact has been increased to include a youth financial
education research program funded by Western Union (WU) and with an objective
to assess the effect of financial education on income, borrowing, saving and
spending patterns of youth self help groups and its members that benefited from
LEAP Cash for Work (C4W) and income generating activities (IGAs) grants.
Title: Data Officer
Worksite Location: Eldoret, Kenya
Supervisory Roles: Non
Reports Directly To: M&E Specialist
Works Directly With: Program Coordinators, Program Officers, Youth Development Coordinators, Logistics, Finance and Procurement
Reports Directly To: M&E Specialist
Works Directly With: Program Coordinators, Program Officers, Youth Development Coordinators, Logistics, Finance and Procurement
Responsibilities
- The
DO will assist in the revision and improvement of M&E data collection
tools to ensure accuracy in data collection
- Lead
data collection and entry together with LEAP, YYC and WU field teams
- Ensure
that program data from field sites has been verified and entered in the
respective programmatic databases in a timely manner, correctly and
accurately ready for analysis and Reports generation.
- Assist
in data cleaning, aggregation and basic data analysis as directed by the
M&E Specialist
- Together
with the M&E specialist develop data or research ownership and
protocol documents for both internal and external project teams.
- Maintaining
all programs data base for information extraction when required
- Other
duties as may be assigned by the M&E Specialist
Ideal candidate should possess the following qualifications:
- A
bachelor’s degree in Statistics with IT, Management information systems,
Agriculture Economics, Economics or other related social sciences.
- At
least 2 – 3 years experience in large and multiple data set management
- Strong
computer skills: on Ms Office applications especially Ms Word, Ms Excel
and Ms Access.
- Basic
knowledge of data entry and analysis packages: SPSS, Epi Info etc
- Able
to explore, describe and clearly present both quantitative and qualitative
data
- Strong
knowledge of data base development and data flow management
- Must
demonstrate interest in quantitative and qualitative research data
handling
- Experience
conducting interviews and FGDs
- Strong
writing and analytical skills
Success Factors
- Strong
inter-personal, cultural and problem solving skills
- Excellent
communication and team-building techniques
- Ability
to thrive in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
- Demonstrated
strong understanding of cultural and social environment in the Rift Valley
- Willing
to work with the youth and travel in remote areas of Rift Valley
- Willingness
and ability to work effectively with a wide variety of people driven by
Mercy Corps vision
- Ability
to work as part of a team and coordinate with other project personnel
- Attention
to detail with strong analytical skills
- Willing
to work under pressure
- Proactive,
creative, problem-solver
Interested candidates who meet the above required qualifications
and experience Should submit on or before 10th July, 2012 a cover letter,
detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) listing three professional references (including
a recent supervisor) to hrkenya@ke.mercycorps.org
Applicants must clearly indicate on the email subject; “Application for the position of “Data Officer”.
Applicants must clearly indicate on the email subject; “Application for the position of “Data Officer”.
Applications without this subject heading will be
disqualified.
Please do not attach any certificates.
(ONLY Qualified short-listed candidates will be contacted)
