Data Clerk

Data Clerk

  • Job Title: Data Clerk
  • Location: Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya On-site
  • Employment Category: Contract
  • Employment Type: Entry level

Company Description:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees and displaced people worldwide.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Data Clerk to work with our Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team in our Nairobi office. The ideal candidate will have experience in data analysis, data analytics, data cleaning, data collection, data management, and system monitoring. Additionally, the candidate should have good interpersonal skills and proficiency in Swahili and ODK software.

Responsibilities:

  • Participate actively in the enforcement of quality assurance, quality control, and quality improvement measures for all program interventions.
  • Support other RE: BUILD project staff members in registering clients using tablets to program application database.
  • Support in the verification and cleaning of data to ensure compliance and avoidance of double servicing of clients within IRC programs and also within RE: BUILD implementing partners.
  • Assist in verifying the accuracy of data as collected at all stages of program implementation and ensure data entered into the Comm Care application is accurate and of good quality.
  • Cooperate with the project team in developing and updating the database and project indicator dashboards.
  • Handle data collection during baseline surveys, end-line surveys, follow-up surveys, business monitoring, and USLA monitoring exercises.
  • Coordinate closely with program staff and management on targeting, data collection, data systems, and information management.
  • Support the Client Responsiveness senior officer in organizing and attending client and partner feedback for sessions.
  • Participate in M&E learning cycles and M&E capacity-building workshops for project staff.
  • Undertake any other duties as advised by the supervisor.

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Requirements:

  • Degree or Diploma in Information Systems, Database Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • At least 1 to 2 years of meaningful work experience in monitoring and evaluation, data management, data analysis, or similar livelihood programming.
  • Experience handling data collection and analysis, with experience with or concrete knowledge of open-source tools such as ODK, collect, KoBo Toolbox, or CommCare platforms.
  • Experience in mobile data collection, entry & data cleaning with a large database would be an added advantage.
  • Humanitarian organization experience preferred, or experience interacting with refugees or vulnerable youths.
  • Experience conducting critical data analysis and report writing.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other collaborators.
  • Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Fluency in English and Swahili is required.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and qualifications for this role.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.