Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 20, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
BackgroundThe Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (The SDGC/A) is an autonomous non-profit international organization headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda. It was opened in July 2016 with the mission to support governments, civil society, businesses and academic institutions to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Recently,it opened Regional Center for Southern Africa in Lusaka,Zambia.For general information about The SDGC/A, please visit our homepage at: www.sdgcafrica.orgThe SDGC/A intends to recruit Human Resources and Administration Officer to support multidisciplinary teams at The SDGC/A Regional Centerin Lusaka to carry out their responsibilities at the best and highest performance in achieving the SDGs. The position will be responsible for managing human resourcesand administration atThe SDGC/A Regional Center in Zambia
Job Purpose
Under supervision of the Regional Director, the Statistician/Data Analystwill lead collection, evaluation, interpretation, comparisons and presentation of both qualitative and quantitative data related to implementation of SDGs across Africaand Southern Africa in particlaur. The major aim of data gathering and manipulation isto produce evidence to decision making in regard to SDGs in Africa. .

Job Responsibilities:
Data Collection
• Identifying and using proper source of data/information for collection and tracking the progress of SDGs in Africa;
• Designing,sampling and decidingsources of data and groups to be engaged in data collection;
• Establishing valid scientific techniques and utilize best practices to structure and collect relevant datafor analysing SDGs progress in Africa;and
• Identifying and use only reliable and valid SDGs data sources to mitigating limitations in terms of reliability and validity of data collected.
2.Data Analysis
• Coding and organizing collected data into appropriate formats for statistical software usability and analysis;
• Manipulating outputsfrom statistical analysis for use in reports, briefings, policy advisory and analyses;
• Conducting statistical analyses from both primary and secondary data sources to inform African countries on the progress of SDGs;
• Creating data summaries by using descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and visual display(such as inforgraphy) of gathered data for both internal and external consumption;
3.Training
• Disseminating knowledge to African countries on how data would be collected, feed and shared across SDGs Monitoring and Reporting System (MRS);Organizing training to and with national bureau of statistics officials on modern ways of data collection, analysis, interpretationand reporting in regard to SDGs implementation in Africa;
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• Designing and sharing training tools and data collection methodologies for African national statisticians for facilitating viable data collection to track the progress of SDGs; and
• Coordinating technical workshops and conferences on customized M&E indicators for SDGs reliable data collection, analysisand reporting.
4.Reporting
• Drafting briefing notes from collected SDGs data/information, checking for any inaccuracies, adjustment and weights ofparamaters of raw data before disseminantion;
• Participating on publication of annual SDGs Dashboard and Index Report for Africancountries;
• Desgingin and producing inforgraphs, tables and graphs of large-scale SDGs statistical results into friendly, meaningful and useful information; and
• Participating in producing African SDGs Progress Report, and documents describing procedures of datareporting ad sharing

Job Skills: Not Specified

  Job Qualifications:
• Exceptional skills in using statistical software such as STATA, SPSS, R, SAS with experience and skills in quantitative modeling and analysis;
• Having working experience in both national and international statistical system coupled with knowledge in developing development policies;
• Good communication skills and high proficiency in ITwith advanced numeracy and analysis capacity;
• Practical experience in collection, compilation andanalysis of data together with ability to draft and disseminate reports from big volume of data emanating from various sources preferable with knowledge on multiple countries in Africa; and
• Skilled in capacity building on drafting statistical and analytical reports.
• Ability to communicate in English, added international language such as French, Arabic and Portuguese is added advantage

Job Education Requirements:
• Minimum of Bachelor Degree in Statistics; Economics; M&E, Demography; or other related social science with strong statistical component;

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
Application InstructionInterested candidates fulfilling requirements should send their application (only in pdf format) composed of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of academic certificates and certificatesof previous employment as a one fileto recruitment@sdgcafrica.orgby 1:00 PMon Friday, 20thSeptember 2019.Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted, applications not following given instruction will be rejected.

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