The ICT for Programs (ICT4P) unit supports IRC’s country program by applying innovative uses of technology that directly help beneficiaries and improve program quality and delivery. The Data Analyst Officer will lead and perform analysis in an evolving data environment. It is expected that the data will be presented in various forms, included written reports, stand-along tables and graphs, and through dashboards. In addition to strong technical skills, this position will have super business process analysis and interpersonal skills to support the ICT Manager with the refinement of ICT systems as programme needs evolve. This position will also have the ability to extract and analyze data, patterns and related trends is needed, with the subsequent ability to synthesize the data into information consumable by program leadership.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting and Communications
Complete projects that require data mining, analysis, and presentation.
Identify relevant trends, do follow-up analysis, prepare visualizations.
Develop reports and dashboards.
Manage internal reporting, ensuring high-quality, well-written and timely reports on key program highlights/issues that meet donor and IRC requirements, with support from the program managers/coordinators.
Prepare and update sector and/or geographic ‘fact sheets’, data requests, and other program and external communications information as necessary for dissemination to donors, peer organizations, or other relevant entities.
REQUIREMENTS
Demonstrated experience analyzing data with SPSS, STATA, or R Programming preferred.
Demonstrated experience with tools like Zoho Reports, Tableau, Qlikview, Excel preferred.
Demonstrated experience with GIS software like QGIS or ArcQIS preferred.
Self-starter – must be productive with minimal direction.
Excellent visual design sense regarding clear and accurate presentation of data.
Two years minimum work experience in international humanitarian or development field with exposure to ICT for Development initiatives required; Experience developing technology in low-resource settings is preferred.
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and travel as required to project field sites.
Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills; demonstrated ability to successfully work in a fast-paced environment within and across departments/functions, and develop positive relationships with locally and remote based staff.
Excellent spoken and written English and Arabic language skills.
Application Deadline
Organisation
Salary Range
Unpaid Position
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines
Please submit your application by email to rouba.trabolsi@rescue.org with the job title in the subject line no later than May 4, 2015. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Requires a Cover Letter?
No
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details
Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience; statistics, data analysis, data-driven computation are all relevant areas of study.
Arabic
Fluent
English
Very Good
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No