Laterite Jobs in Addis Ababa - Data Quality Analyst

Job Description

Location: Addis Ababa
Career Level: Junior Level (1+ - 2 years experience)

About Laterite

Laterite is a data, research, and technical advisory firm that helps clients understand and analyze complex development challenges. We work with universities, global think tanks, international NGOs, multilateral donor organizations, and government ministries and agencies. Our clients include, for example, the World Bank, USAID, TechnoServe, Promundo, the Mastercard Foundation, and several UN agencies.

Our network of offices currently includes the Netherlands, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. The team brings together more than 60 full time local and international staff, as well as 1,000 enumerators across countries, in a dynamic work environment. We are proud to be a culturally diverse organization.

You can find out more about Laterite on our website at: http://www.laterite.com

Job Description & Key Responsibilities

The Data Quality Analyst position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Data Quality Analysts at Laterite play a hands-on role in the implementation of projects by ensuring that relevant quality control measures are in place at all key stages of a project, from research instruments coding to data collection processes to incoming data monitoring. Other responsibilities include contributing to the improvement of the current quality control processes and tools.

Key responsibilities:

Project-based responsibilities

• Codes research instruments and reviews them to ensure internal flow and consistency.
• Cleans and further processes incoming data.
• Conducts regular quality checks on incoming data and shares feedback with project lead in the Data Team.
• Creates/adapts project specific monitoring tools.
• Trains audit enumerators on project specific monitoring tools.
• Reports on the progress of assigned tasks to Data Quality Manager.

Quality-team based responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of different data processing and monitoring tools. These tools should be efficient, effective and to the maximum extent automated.
• Works closely with other teams within Laterite to ensure quality control at the different stages of a research project cycle.
• Builds efficient internal systems for the management of Laterite’s resources and assets.

Job Requirements

Requirements in a nutshell
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Engineering or related field
Experience: At least 1 year of work experience in a data heavy role
Languages: English and Amharic (more Ethiopian languages are a plus)
Must-have: Familiarity with statistical analysis and related tools/software in particular Stata.

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How to Apply

Please upload your CV and a cover letter explaining how your experience matches our requirements via our online application form: https://form.jotform.com/212834307021545. or click 'Apply Now' After submitting your application, you will be invited to complete a quantitative assessment for which no special preparation is needed. Successful candidates will be contacted with information regarding the next steps.

Deadline: Nov 12, 2021

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis so we encourage you to apply ASAP.

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