JOB VACANCY: DATA QUALITY AND ASSURANCE OFFICER
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a leading Africa-based, African-led, international research institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
APHRC conducts policy-relevant research on population, health, education, urbanization, and related development issues in sub-Saharan Africa.
APHRC seeks to recruit a Data Quality and Assurance (DQA) Officer in the MEL Unit.
Duties / Responsibilities
The DQA Officer will be responsible for ensuring data quality by undertaking activities on data quality control, assessments and audits.
They will be accountable for a range of monitoring and evaluation processes: from validating data and leading monitoring reporting, including quarterly DQA reports and MEL routine DQA reports; using the DQA quality metrics, tools and approaches to assess the quality of data production.
S/he will be tasked with ensuring all data generated in line with the MEL Plan 2022-2026 meets set data quality standards.
Lead High-quality M& E Data Reporting
- Develop MEL data quality assurance guidelines and plans;
- Establish standard assurance databases that can be updated automatically to produce and reproduce the information in a timely manner;
- Coordinate and implement the data quality checks and assessments at the Center;
- Review documentation related to data collection practices of implementing partners;
- Assess data collection practices against the key data quality criteria;
- Ensure data used in analysis and reporting is complete, accurate, clean and consistent;
- Continuously ensure that data in the MEL Platform and other integrated systems e.g. ERP meets the set-out data quality criteria;
- Capacity build staff undertaking data collection on data quality standards.
Data Quality and Assurance
- Prepare reports summarizing findings from the data quality assessment, including providing recommendations on how data quality can be improved;
- Review of KPIs quality standards and data metrics against the quality standards and complete a DQA checklist;
- Lead in strategic plan indicators review based on the results of the reports from data quality audits conducted.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, social science or related discipline.
- At least 4 years of relevant experience in data management and M&E.
- Experience and demonstrable ability to work with ICT tools.
- Strong database management and analytical skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively in a diverse environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English is essential.
This position is classified under Nationally Recruited Positions (NRP), Grade V in our scales.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply through our recruitment portal
by March 15, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted; shortlisted candidates will be required to have a Police Clearance Certificate.
Cover letters should be addressed to:
The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P. O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org
APHRC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the protection of vulnerable persons.
