Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Principal Institutional Research Officer, the Research Analyst position coordinates all research related aspects of the Work Stream B of MasterCard Foundations Scholars Program e-Learning Initiative. The incumbent of the position will be fully competent and productive professional contributor who applies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to complete substantive assignments/projects/tasks of moderate scope and complexity. Works independently with general supervision; exercises judgment within defined guidelines and practices to determine appropriate action and provide strong support at all stages of Research, Monitoring & Evaluation of the project.
Responsibilities:
- Determining the project’s research needs and conducting market research/validation, monitoring and evaluation
- Collaborating with other Mastercard Foundation partners and stakeholders on MERL activities
- Developing and administering survey instruments, management, collection and analyzing of data that will provide insights and help focus efforts towards achievement of the Initiatives’ goals
- Measuring outcomes of the e-Learning Initiative and providing project monitoring updates and reports for decision making.
- Leveraging on analytics to determine the effectiveness of activities and make continual improvements.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Educational Qualifications and Professional Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics or related field that involves research design, implementation and analysis from an accredited university.
- Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in data analysis i.e. proven track record in programming and data analysis (qualitative and quantitative).
- Demonstrate competency in Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA, R or any other statistical software.
Personal Attributes & Competencies
- Knowledge of major evaluation methodologies.
- Experience in developing Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) plans including indicators selection, target setting, reporting, database management and developing M&E performance monitoring plans.
- Ability to pay attention to details, prioritize projects and set and meet deadlines.
- Report writing and presentation skills.
- Knowledge management.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Training data collectors.
- Ability to supervise a diverse team.
- Quality results oriented and team player.
- Commitment to promote quality, equitable and inclusive education through eLearning.
Working relations:
- Internal: Faculty, Deans, Academic Chairs, ICT staff, e-Learning Team.
- External: Service providers, suppliers, other universities, schools, project consultants.
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