Responsibilities

• Assisting with the formatting of datasets collected or acquired by the DS Team for upload into the FDW, in accordance with guidance from the Hub
• Ensuring data are processed, cleaned, and archived in a timely fashion, in line with Hub, DS Team and client requests. Undertaking this responsibility will include working closely with country and regional offices and sector specialists to ensure timely completion of data entry and processing tasks.
• Extracting data from unstructured source documents, such as PDFs and Excel sheets
• Geo-coding extracted data and uploading it into the FDW
• Tracking and resolving data upload issues with the Hub; creating and, as relevant, responding to helpdesk tickets using Jira system
• Identifying data irregularities and inconsistencies in source documents and processed datasets and proposing and implementing approved solutions
• Supporting and assisting in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the DS Team’s new and/or existing applications and initiatives to leverage MDTS processes and tools
• Supporting and assisting in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the DS Team’s new and/or existing applications and initiatives to manage, analyze, and visualize data for both regular and ad hoc reporting and decision support efforts
• Providing in-person and remote recurring and ad hoc capacity strengthening to DS staff on FDW processes and tools, including uploading files, data extraction, and the use of related offline tools
• Providing in-person and remote recurring and ad hoc capacity strengthening to DS staff on MDTS processes and tools
• Assisting in the management and supervision of subcontractor task orders associated with DS data processing, as requested
• Supporting ongoing and future initiatives related to data collection and survey tools, the production of high-quality visual analyses, and data visualization tools (including interactive data monitoring products and tools).
• Providing support to other data processing/data management tasks across the project, as needed
• At the discretion of the supervisor, this position may be expected to manage a limited number of staff

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of relevant experience (with Master’s degree), or 12 years of relevant experience (with Bachelor’s degree) is required.
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent work experience) in a relevant field such as computer science or related information systems field required, Masters degree preferred.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required; French, Spanish, and/or Arabic language skills are desired
• Technical skills and knowledge in Python programming language is required
• Demonstrated previous experience with statistical tools to perform analyses, such as Excel, PowerBI, or Tableau is required.
• Previous experience with mobile data collection tools (e.g., ODK, Magpi, KOBO), methods, and management is required
• Additional skills with databases, scripting, and use of cloud services are desired

Demonstrated previous experience using large socioeconomic datasets for analyses is desired

• Familiarity with Agile framework and software development methods and processes is desired
• Excellent research skills and ability to focus on details is required
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing is required
• Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and capacity strengthening to adult learners is required
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multicultural team across numerous geographies is required