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Job Title:    Data & Systems Manager

Organisation: Spark
MicroGrants

Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda

Salary: USD
$1,500 – $1,900 per month dependent on experience

About US:

Spark MicroGrants
believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own
positive future. For nearly ten years, Spark MicroGrants has been pioneering a
new approach to international aid. We believe in local solutions and catalyzing
rural villages facing poverty into action.

At the heart of
Spark’s model, the Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP), are
‘town-hall’ style weekly meetings, in which women and men plan together for
their community’s future. Each village democratically elects a leadership
committee, establishes a village savings account, and launches a project of
their choice. Members receive weekly training on financial management and
transparency, accountable leadership, village planning, and advocacy. Each
village then receives US$8,000 in seed funds to turn project ideas into reality
and receives an additional two years of management support. Over 260 villages
have used the Spark process to collectively launch nearly 300 local impact
projects, benefiting over 190,000 lives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

Ownership of Sparks
Impact Data:

·       
Ensure
all technical systems are managed appropriately that presents the organization
with a singular “version of the truth”

·       
Developing
and maintaining database structures  that
allow an efficient and innovative analysis of their contents

·       
Develop
and maintain data flows between platforms and systems

·       
Work
closely with Senior Product Officer to incorporate new platforms, systems, and
initiatives into our data ecosystem

·       
Manage,
develop and retain Impact team members 
and ensure all staff have clear responsibility domains, deliverables,
growth opportunities, and support to achieve their goals

·       
Ensure
all data is clean, accurate, and recorded. As well as ensuring all data is
managed in line with data protection regulations

Enabling the
organization to take Data-driven decisions:

·       
Responsibility
for the setup and maintenance of core organizational dashboards

·       
Leading
ad-hoc analysis and  presenting results
in a clear manner

·       
Contribute
to a culture of data-driven decision making by ensuring that the data collected
meets program needs and is analyzed and disseminated in a format that inspires
conversation

·       
In
collaboration with Spark’s learning officer, support teams in building out
their understanding of analysis and ensuring recommendations are enacted.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferable) in a
quantitative discipline, 4+ years of work experience, English fluency required.

·       
Significant
statistical analysis skills

·       
Experience
in data visualization and able to present insights to non-technical staff

·       
Understanding
of database setup, maintenance, and 
quality assurance

·       
Proficiency
in SQL.

·       
A strong
understanding of data flows within a system

·       
Experience
in GIS or a willingness to learn

·       
A
self-professed data geek who seeks to understand the story that our data is
telling us

·       
A
self-starter and problem-solver – sees an opportunity for improvement of
systems and processes and acts on it including exploring the role of big data,
machine learning and AI in our business strategy.

·       
You
should be comfortable and experienced working within distributed teams

·       
Willingness
to travel to remote locations to develop an in-depth understanding of our work
and our users.

How to Apply:

All applicants
should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 17th December 2020

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