IMPACT Initiatives Data Specialist Jobs in Uganda

IMPACT Initiatives Data Specialist Jobs in Uganda

Background on Impact and Reach

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT).

REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts.

REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.

Responsibilities

Strategy Development & Implementation

The Data Specialist will participate and actively contribute to the development of IMPACT’s strategy in Uganda, in support to the Country Coordinator/Representative. She/he may be asked to collaborate in the Senior Management Team. In particular s/he will support in identifying and concretising:

Contribute to country, regional and unit strategies development with relevant technical and thematic contents;

Support the development/revision of assessment/programme strategies, reports, or new proposals;

Identify data gaps in country and develop a national data strategy;

Ensure that data analysis strategies are implemented in a structured and coherent manner in line with project and strategic objectives and with IMPACT’s guidelines and processes;

Ensuring the national data strategy is integrated and actioned across Units and within individual work plans of data officers;

Synergies with other data and IM actors and strengthening the participation of IMPACT in key working groups (Assessment Technical Working Group, Data Management Working Group, etc.);

Dissemination strategies to strengthen the impact of our data and IM work;

Engagement with IMPACT HQ in global level data priorities.

Data Management, Cleaning and Analysis

Ensure that all collected data is stored in line with IMPACT’s Data Management Guidelines, and with the ToRs (data management plan Annex);

Ensure that data is revised and cleaned, and that all revisions are recorded;

Ensure data analysis conducted on collected data as per ToRs;

Ensure that data analysis is validated by IMPACT HQ before product drafting stage;

Ensure that data and its analysis do not contain personal information and are validated by IMPACT HQ before sharing to external parties;

Ensure the quality and accuracy of technical information provided as well as the confidentiality and protection of collected information.

Drafting of Products

Ensure that the data products meet the requirements of IMPACT and concerned partners;

Maintain regular communication with IMPACT HQ on progress and deadlines for data analysis products

Ensure the drafting of timely and accurate products (including factsheets, graphics, webmaps and dashboards), which comply with IMPACT’s guidelines;

Ensure that products are validated by IMPACT HQ before external release;

When relevant, in close coordination with IMPACT HQ, support the regular maintenance and update of web products.

Team Functional and Line-management

Close collaboration with Research Managers / Assessment Focal points who are line managing data staff in their units on the career development, work planning and technical guidance of the relevant data staff; in addition to direct line management of cross-unit data staff, if any;

Conduct regular meetings with all international and senior national data team members to assess progress in all research cycles and to review work plan;

Reviewing data staff work throughout research cycles (clean datasets, analysis scripts, maps, etc.)

Bilateral management of international and senior national data team members as needed, including (in consultation with IMPACT Country Coordinator) the conduct of appraisals, as well as participation in staff career management;

In coordination with Country Coordinator, conduct induction for new staff members, and provide ongoing training for staff;

Be available to provide regular support and technical backstopping.

Internal Knowledge Sharing, Learning and Capacity Building

Identify capacity gaps, and resolve to bridge these through targeted capacity building, training, performance monitoring, and backstopping where needed;

Support to the line managers and specialists in the development and implementation of capacity training plans for data, assessment and other team members;

Ensure impact of trainings and progression of staff is

monitored;

Pro-actively provide regular technical support and backstopping to data and assessment teams;

Pro-actively monitor risks on data quality across all research cycles and ensure any issues flagged to management in country and HQ Research design and data unit.

Support to data and Assessment teams to systematically review the efficiency and quality of research cycles and information products;

Support monitoring and evaluation for relevant Research Cycle, as specified in the research ToRs and in line with IMPACT Guidelines;

Contribute to generating and documenting robust lessons learned at the end of relevant Research Cycle;

Ensure knowledge and learning processes are shared across the Uganda] and with HQ;

Able and available to engage with Global Units and global learning processes, such as methodology notes, lessons learnt, Communities of Practice, etc;

Continuously seek to improve and innovate IMPACT assessments, information products and processes to identify and meet information gaps in the Uganda humanitarian response in order to support in the facilitation of an evidence-based response;

Work closely with other specialists in the Uganda to develop, implement and monitor a multi-disciplinary training and learning plan for IMPACT teams;

More generally, contributes to creating a culture of rigour, innovation and learning within IMPACT’s operations.

External Engagement

Under the coordination of the IMPACT Country Coordinator/Representative, ensure that relevant partners are consulted and involved in the preparation of data products;

In coordination with the IMPACT Country Coordinator/Representative, engage in relevant technical fora in country (e.g. IM/data working groups);

In support of the IMPACT Country Coordinator/Representative, engage with other organisations engaged with the maintenance of data in Uganda, ensuring IMPACT databases are up-to-date and in line with Common Operational Datasets (CODs) and Fundamental Operational Datasets (FODs);

In coordination with the IMPACT Country Coordinator/Representative, support the presentation of data products to relevant third parties, to enhance their use and impact.

Dissemination

Ensure the strictest confidentiality of data and data processes. The Data Specialist will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of information and data;

In coordination with IMPACT HQ, ensure that data products are uploaded on relevant data portals, as specified in Research ToRs.

Requirements

Academic Excellent academic qualifications, preferably including a Master degree in relevant discipline;

Research skills Excellent research and analytical skills required, including a sound understanding of sampling frameworks and their application, an ability to analyse large data sets, as well as conduct temporal or spatial trend analysis. Demonstrable experience of data science.

Excellent data analysis skills. Software skills Advanced knowledge of R, STATA, Python or equivalent statistical software. Proven knowledge of Microsoft office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Knowledge of ArcGIS and GIS a great advantage (including remote sensing).

Familiarity aid system Familiarity with the aid system and with the research community;

Years of work experience At least 4 years of relevant working experience

Experience in Humanitarian sectors Experience working in humanitarian sector an asset;

Training skills Ability to conduct trainings and mentor IMPACT teams and partners on assessment skills;

Communication/reporting skills Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting;

Multi-tasking skills Ability to multitask with tight deadlines, on numerous research cycles;

Level of independence Strong existing ability to work independently in support of colleagues and partners;

Cross-cultural work environment Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;

Experience in geographical region Past experience in the region is desirable;

Language skills Fluency in English required
Security environment Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; IMPACT Initiatives Data Specialist Jobs in Uganda

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