World Vision International NGO Business Analyst and Impact Reporting Specialist Jobs in Zambia

World Vision International NGO Business Analyst and Impact Reporting Specialist Jobs in Zambia

This role is responsible for analyzing registered children's wellbeing field office reports to identify and share evidence of WV’s impact on the lives of children. This role works very closely with both the Regional Senior MEAL Manager, Regional Sponsorship Quality Assurance Advisor, Grant Quality Assurance Lead, GIK Impact Lead and reports to the Program Quality and Impact Director on data analytics and identifying trends data analytics and identifying trends.

The Business Analyst and Impact Reporting Specialist will also have the responsibility of managing and coordinating cross-functional assignments from other regional teams including resource development to help solve complex problems through data analytics.

This role will also manage and provide expert advice to the Southern Africa sector Communities of Practice (CoP) and other learning networks. Managing will include ensuring sector CoPs are sharing data, curating data, identifying and sharing lessons learned, identifying and validating promising and good practices for program quality and impact reporting for the respective sectors.

This role will support staff capacity efforts by increasing program quality capacity, contributing to subject matter expert identification, and planning online learning for CoP members and, Design, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Sponsorship staff.

Location preference: Anywhere in Southern Africa where World Vision is registered.

Major Responsibilities

Business/Data Analytics

Support field offices with rolling overall implementation and reporting on the Our Impact Our Story (OIOS) reporting framework. This includes and is not limited to;

Indicator alignment for Strategy Refresh and all programming

Coordinate capacity building and reporting on Impact, Measurement, Program, and Quality (iMPAQ)

Support all activities in the FOs for Annual Impact Measurement.

Analyze internal, raw data, and external datasets to develop new insights that will guide World Vision’s Southern Africa’s programming and operations.

Conduct analysis, and create reports and input required to support evidence-based decisions.

Support coordination of all capacity-building efforts for data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Link diverse data sets to help WV leadership better understand operational dynamics, issues, and possible solutions.

Demonstrate best-in-class analytical skills around complex data and draw out insights that are relevant and useful.

Collaboratively engage, share approaches, and work with teams of business and data analysts based across the region and Partnership to better understand alignment and identify areas where expertise can be used to assist and support project deliverables.

Work with best-in-class analysis tools to identify lessons, impacts, observations, etc. that are useful for decision-making.

Perform frequent quality checks to ensure the data reported by the Sector, Sponsorship, and Ministry teams show correct, updated, and accurate information.

Impact Reporting

Develop quality and credible impact reports of program implementation across all funding streams (Sponsorship, Grants, and Private Non Sponsorship) in Southern Africa.

Analyze OIOS data to identify trends, themes, and insights that speak to the impact of WV’s Southern Africa programs.

Develop and produce ministry impact reports for all funding streams (Sponsorship, Grants, and Private Non-Sponsorship) in an accessible and concise way including necessary graphics.

Strengthen Knowledge Management

Embed learning and knowledge management culture that supports data utilization in field offices ministry programs.

Support ongoing efforts in strengthening sector capabilities, knowledge management systems, and cross-sector/country learning.

Maintain a body of knowledge across all sectors that informs, educates, and equips staff to deliver ministry impact.

Support field offices with effective approaches and resources for Evidence Days.

Support documentation of sector ministry promising practices and package for impact reporting that is accessible to internal and external stakeholders.

Contribute to Strategic Projects

Contribute expertise to special projects or initiatives, as needed. This may include data analysis and producing reports for specific research projects or datasets, tracking or verification of changing trends.

Required Professional Experience

Experience in managing large databases and carrying out data analysis of humanitarian /development data sets using statistical analysis software (e.g., SPSS/STATA, etc.).

Experience in accessing databases (e.g., SQL) and retrieving data is highly desirable.

Experience with data reporting and visualization tools and platforms.

Experience in Power BI is an advantage.

Previous experience working with an international NGO, Previous experience working cross-culturally and with a variety of stakeholders (senior leadership, field, technical, marketing, communications).

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

Bachelor’s degree in Demography, Statistics, Business Economics or Data Science, involving advanced training/experience in data management analysis. Master’s degree preferred.

Project Management skills: demonstrates an ability to manage and track ongoing delivery of projects, work with MS Project, Sharepoint, MS Teams, Google Docs, and other similar tools; and able to present information on progress and status reports using effective language, and in a visually appealing and effective manner using PowerPoint and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

Demonstrated experience carrying out statistical analysis, writing research reports, and doing interpretive analysis of existing data sets.

Strong, demonstrated skills in communicating complex data or findings to ‘lay’ audiences in clear, concise and accessible formats.

Strong ability to view data at both the micro and macro level. Must be able to skilfully manipulate and analyze datasets, while also understand and communicate the implications of what the data is saying and why it’s significant at a program, sector, or organizational level.

Skills working independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Familiar with Big Data analytical tools, techniques, and methodologies to harvest, aggregate, normalize, and draw analytical insight.

Experience with child sponsorship data

Strong communication skills, particularly written, but also in speaking with key stakeholders.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; World Vision International NGO Business Analyst and Impact Reporting Specialist Jobs in Zambia

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