Results Measurements & Insights Analyst job at Mercy Corps

The Position
The Results Measurement & Insights Analyst will primarily be working with the Results Measurement & Insights Lead to support delivering on the Jobtech Alliance’s ambitious results measurement agenda, and contributing insights for learning and research. We are measuring the impact of both our acceleration activities with startups in Uganda and beyond and our wider systems change work. Our results measurement system requires working directly with startups, users, and refugee-led organizations. This is an entry-level role with significant learning and fast growth opportunities, working on implementing the results measurement systems, with a view to taking on additional responsibilities. You will work closely with the venture-building team and indirectly with startups and partners, as we aim to equip you to be able to closely work with startups and partners. Expect us to move fast, make mistakes, learn a lot, and restart a few times. The role will be based in Kampala, though with scope to travel (~10%) across different African markets.

Key Responsibilities
RESULTS MEASUREMENT TOOLS MAINTENANCE (25%)
– Maintain and update tools for data collection and measuring the impact of the Jobtech Alliance at the level of the jobseeker, business, and ecosystem.
– Maintain and update systems from data management, analysis, and dashboarding.

RESULTS MEASUREMENT IMPLEMENTATION (40%)
– Support teams to efficiently use the results measurement systems.
– Ensuring all needed data is collected and following up with teammates for missing data (startup business and user-level data as well as Jobtech Alliance community survey responses).
– Support the Refugee-Led Organizations with data needs.
– Fulfilling internal Monitoring, Evaluation, and learning data requests.

INSIGHTS GENERATION AND DISSEMINATION (30%)
– Conduct initial data analysis for reporting and supporting acceleration activities.
– Develop initial drafts of data insights reports.
– Sharing data learning with internal teams.

CONTENT, LEARNING, & RESEARCH PROJECTS (5%)
– Contribute to research projects responding to key learning themes.
– Maintain and update tools for collecting data for research projects.

Supervisory Responsibility
None

Accountability
Reports Directly To: Results Measurement & Insights Lead
Works Directly With: Refugee-Led Organizations, Jobtech for Refugees Project Manager, Venture Building Managers, Finance/Contracts Manager, Mercy Corps country teams, Mercy Corps Youth Employment Technical Support Unit, and with time Startups and Partners.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of our field projects.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
• A minimum of 1 year experience in data science, results measurement, market insights, research, or equivalent.
• Basic knowledge of the use of statistical analytics tools (i.e. R, Python).
• Excellent analytical capacity.
• Excellent EQ and communication skills, with the capacity to work collaboratively with others.
• Great desire and will to learn.

Job application procedure
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