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Abuja, Abuja Municipal Area Council (On-site)
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Full-time
Contract (12-Month fixed term contract)
Job description

Title: Data Manager

Location: Nigeria

Contract:12-month fixed term contract

Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply


Responsibilities

  • Lead the daily collection, organisation, and verification of project data, ensuring accuracy and security
  • Establish and maintain data protocols, preparing daily reports and identifying issues for review
  • Facilitate the transmission of LGA-level data into relevant tools, providing bi-weekly updates
  • Ensure effective use of CommCare across field operations, resolving technical challenges promptly
  • Organise and refine data from CommCare and KoboToolbox, integrating information for practical use
  • Analyse data to identify trends and key findings, informing project decisions
  • Collaborate with Data Analysts to produce reports, enabling partners to assess project performance
  • Present recommendations and projections based on data during meetings and briefings
  • Maintain Power BI dashboards to illustrate project progress and distribute monthly updates
  • Create visual representations to highlight critical results and prepare presentations for partners
  • Design and conduct training sessions for staff on data tools, providing support and instructional materials
  • Monitor the performance of staff involved in data-related activities, ensuring compliance and timely submission
  • Engage with partners to standardise data methods and tools, improving project efficiency
  • Work with the NTD MEL Manager to prepare data for analysis and ensure its accuracy for reporting
  • Collaborate during review meetings, delivering updates on data quality and project advancements
  • Support monitoring of child health outcomes, ensuring data meets project requirements
  • Foster productive relationships with authorities and partners, ensuring seamless data exchange

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.


Skills and Experience

Jobholder Requirements

Essential:

  • Possession of a bachelor’s degree in data science, Public Health, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline
  • Experience in data management, including at least three years within health-related projects such as child survival, AMR, and/or MDA initiatives
  • Demonstrated expertise in training, supervising, and coordinating with diverse stakeholders on data-focused tasks
  • Advanced proficiency in ODK, CommCare, KoboToolbox and/or DHIS2 for managing health data
  • Ability to clean, validate, and standardise (Extract, Transform and Load [ETL]) data for analysis
  • Proficiency in Power BI or similar tools to present data clearly; knowledge of mapping tools (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS) is advantageous
  • Basic proficiency in Python or SQL to enhance data processing efficiency
  • Understanding of tools such as QGIS or ArcGIS for geographical data representation
  • Strong capability in Excel for data-related activities
  • Networking and influencing both within and outside the organisation
  • Consistently strives to achieve high standards of performance and responds positively to change
  • Communicates confidently and effectively with colleagues and partners
  • Gathers relevant information and uses effective reasoning to make timely decisions
  • Prioritises activities and develops plans to achieve them, monitoring own progress
  • Gets things done, can be relied upon to do what they say they will, and is committed to achieving good quality work to agreed standards
  • Understands how their work impacts on others and contributes positively to a global team

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of advocacy, research, partnership development, and understanding of the Polio Platform and Nigerian Health System


Next Steps

To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Application resources
Posted by
Sightsavers View profile Organisation type Registered Charity
Posted on: 29 March 2025
Closing date: 13 April 2025 at 23:00
Tags: Data Analysis, Database Management

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