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Data Analyst

  • October 2, 2024
  • Posted by: humanitarianweb
  • Category: Humanitarian Jobs
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Organization: Winrock International
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Reports to: MEL Director

Period of work: 60 calendar days

Location: Abuja

Background

  • The Data Analyst will provide data analytical services to the USAID Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension & Advisory Services Activity annual survey for FY24.
  • The project works to increase smallholder farmers’ productivity, incomes, and household nutrition status in Kebbi, Niger, Kaduna, Benue, Ebonyi, Cross-River, and Delta states of Nigeria through strengthening sustainable agricultural extension and advisory services.
  • The project particularly focuses on aquaculture, cowpea, maize, rice, and soybean value chains.

Essential Responsibilities

  • Support the training of field supervisors and enumerators in preparation for the quantitative data collection.
  • Support the scripting of survey tools, ensuring validity checks and skip logic on mobile device.
  • Ensure data quality assurance throughout the data collection period by conducting daily data review and spot checks and providing necessary feedback.
  • Carry out data cleaning and ensuring consistency in the dataset collected from the field.
  • Conduct analysis related to the study and creating tables and charts.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education:

  • A bachelor’s degree in statistics, computer science, information technology, sociology/rural development, agricultural, economics, economics or statistics.

Experience:

  • S/he will have at least 5 years’ experience in survey fieldwork and information management (data collection, validation, entry, and analysis).
  • Experience in survey planning methodologies, participatory evaluation, community-based approaches, developing and evaluating integrated food security and development programs.
  • Proficiency in the use of analytical softwares such as SPSS, STATA, R, etc.
  • Excellent communications and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, including ability to effectively communicate across cultures.
  • Experience in the provision of technical support in agricultural, food security, livelihood, marketing, and economic growth.
  • Good English language skills are essential.

How to apply

All interested candidates are expected to apply as individuals (not as a team) by sending the following: i) most recent CV ii) Cover letter

All submissions should be done electronically via email to nigeriaprocurement@agextensionactivity.org with the subject line of the email indicating the title of the position.

Submission Deadline: All applications must be received no later than 4:00 PM West African Standard Time on Thursday, October 17, 2024

Please note: This vacancy is open to only Nigerian Nationals



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