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Data Management Officer Full Time

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USAID MALAWI GOVERNANCE FOR SOLUTIONS (GfS)

Data Management Officer

POSITION: Data Management Officer

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: June 2023 – August 2027

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Lilongwe, Malawi

GRADE: 9

POSITION REPORTS TO: MEL Director

1. Project Background

Through the Malawi Governance for Solutions (GfS) Activity, USAID seeks to build on the
incremental gains in decentralization and associated service delivery improvements, with the understanding that to make the significant leaps now required for Malawi to meet its own development goals—in the face of a fast-growing, young population—a bold, adaptive, and sustainable approach is required. To successfully remove critical bottlenecks and diffuse
effective governance practices, DAI will deploy a locally driven approach—Facilitate, Catalyze, and Scale—drawing on Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) as a core methodology.

Through the Facilitate, Catalyze, and Scale approach, DAI will help local stakeholders to tackle the root causes of service delivery failures through best-fit solutions and offer demonstrative models based on positive deviance. Through both process-oriented facilitation and the provisions of technical support and grants, GfS will foster stable, resilient, and more self-reliant partnerships that best position local communities to address their own challenges and contribute to the trajectory of Malawi Vision 2063.

2. Objectives of the assignment

Reporting to the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) Director, the Data Management
Officer will be responsible for systematic and on-time data collection to inform technical
implementation and timely adaptation of materials and activities across the program. The
Position will be responsible for data analysis and management and contribute to activity
performance progress reporting on a regular basis, providing timely data, visualizations, and insights.

3. Tasks & Responsibilities

  • Lead all data analysis and data management tasks for the Activity.
  • Contribute to the development, regular review, and update of the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.
  • Contribute to Activity research design, instrument development, and data collections;
    facilitate related capacity building activities.
  • Ensure adherence to USAID, DAI, and industry best practice, regulations, and standards on data quality, statistical analysis, data management, and equity- and inclusion-sensitive data collection and analysis.
  • Ensure auditable documentation and data trail for all Activity indicators.
  • Work with technical managers to collect data in advance, during, and after activities
    and institute rapid data flows for timely reflection, debriefing, and action to help inform adaptive program implementation and management.
  • Collaborate with Activity staff, partners, and advisors in the design of web-based data
    dashboards; maintain dashboards.
  • Contribute to the development and preparation of annual work plans, quarterly and
    annual reports, and other reports to USAID.
  • Work closely with other team members to identify appropriate ways to publicize and
    disseminate data. Lead the development of information graphics.
  • Perform other tasks as assigned by the MEL Director

4. Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree plus 5 years or a Master’s degree plus 3 years’ experience in the
    education, statistics, or social science or research.
  • Three years’ experience designing and successfully implementing monitoring, evaluation and research or data analysis and management tasks
  • Proven track record and exception skills in program monitoring, evaluation, assessment, and research, especially in data analysis, statistics, and data management
  • Excellent mastery of data management and analysis software (MS Excel; and SPSS or Stata, ArcGIS)
  • Experience with a range of digital platforms for data collection, management, and data
    visualization, willingness to try new approaches and learn new software programs
  • Experience with USAID or other donor program monitoring and evaluation
  • Exceptional attention to detail and integrity
  • Ability to communicate effectively in a cross-cultural environment
  • Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
  • Fluent written and spoken English
  • Excellent coordination and organizational skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communications skill
  • Ability to work in a team environment.

5. Method of Application

Eligible candidates meeting the above requirements should submit their application with up-to-date detailed CV indicating names of three traceable referees through the link:

https://fs23.formsite.com/OLJTgx/dyqdg0n8jl/index

And should be received not later than 7th June, 2023.

Only shortlisted applicants will be acknowledged and invited for interviews.

DAI is an equal opportunities employer

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