Data Analyst at Sightsavers International Tanzania

Data Analyst at Sightsavers International October 2024

Job Description Overview
Sightsavers
is looking for an experienced Data Analyst with International
Development programmatic experience to produce technical organisational
reports and dashboards, provide support to colleagues and analyse
programmatic data. This is an exciting time to join Sightsaver’s DART
team, as the organisation undergoes a digital transformation in data
analytics.

Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Location: Lusaka Zambia, Nwoya Uganda, Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Nairobi Kenya, Bamako Mali, Freetown Sierra Leone or Abuja Nigeria
Contract: 24-month Fixed Term Contract
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked

Responsibilities
Sightsavers
is looking for a Data Analyst with International Development
programmatic experience and who has worked with inclusive data and
DHIS2. You will be extracting meaningful information, producing reports
and dashboards to deadlines, providing training and support to
colleagues across the international organisation. This is a technical
role and someone with experience of Sightsavers key thematic areas of
eye health, education, social inclusion and NTDs would be particularly
of interest.

Some key duties include:

• Support the development and
  production of quarterly and annual dashboards and data reports, using
  Power BI, Excel and DHIS2-based approaches, for dissemination across the
  organisation
• Conduct data analysis on Sightsavers projects
• Strengthen country office data reporting systems
• Work with country offices to map and improve project data flows.

This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details.
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Skills and Experience
Essential experience and skills for this role:

• Graduate level qualification or equivalent work-based experience in
  statistics, information systems, international development, public
  health or any other with a core statistical/analytical component.
• Proven
  successful track record of working with organisational data management
  systems and applying data analysis/statistical techniques to data
  (within health, education, international development or other fields
  directly related to Sightsavers’ thematic portfolio).
• Practical experience of good data quality and data cleaning practices to prepare data sets for use in analytics software.
• Experience
  of capacity building and supporting staff in different contexts (face
  to face, online) to deliver organisational data collection to deadlines
• Understanding of international development issues and a commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people.
• Practical experience of DHIS2 for data collection, reporting and visualisation
• Experience of digital transformation, implementing new software/tools/working practices within an organization.
• Proficient in the use of Power BI, Tableau or other data visualisation software.
• Experience of using Power Query for extraction, transformation, loading and connecting data from different data sources.
• Able to work with multiple stakeholders and ensure differing concerns and priorities are effectively managed.
• Fluent in English, with experience of writing reports and briefings in English

Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal.
We
anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late November and
the evaluation process will include a two-stage interview with a written
task.
Closing date: Sunday 03rd November 2024.

As an
equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all
sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader
and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to
apply. Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of
harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All
potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks
and controls.