JOB OPPORTUNITY Internal/ External

Reference No:  REC/002/24

Job title:           Management Information Systems (MIS) Advisor

Location:          Head Office, Addis Ababa

Reports to: Head of MEAL

Number of Posts1 (one)

Closing date:   January 12,2024

About GOAL

‘If the inherent capacities of vulnerable people are developed, the systems in which they live and work are strengthened, and positive global action is catalyzed, then communities facing crisis, poverty, and exclusion will achieve greater resilience and well-being.Source: GOAL’s theory of change 

GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.

GOAL has been operating in Ethiopia since 1983, providing integrated programmes that address the needs and rights of the most vulnerable people. GOAL works with different groups such as pastoralists, smallholder farmers, youth and street children, to improve their access to shelter, food, water, sanitation, health, nutrition and protection. GOAL also works to strengthen the systems and markets that support these groups, and to promote gender equity, social inclusion, accountability and child protection. GOAL's programmes in Ethiopia cover 10 regions and include both humanitarian response and development interventions.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE:

• The MIS Advisor is responsible to:

• Generate analytical reports from all sources of data to support information requests from top management, program department.

• Coordinate the process of generating visualizations products such as dashboards, maps, charts, and infographics that show findings, summarized and customized information to present to top management, advocacy team, other organization’s departments, donors and public Data Quality Control

• Support the development of digital data collection systems using CommCare application and generating infographics using Power BI.

• Properly support the MEAL team in data management system especially through high engagement of digitizing data collection tools into CommCare for routine monitoring as well as for different surveys and assessments

• Description of Functional Relation Ships of the role

• The position holder will directly Report to the Head of MEAL. The role will provide technical solutions and support in reporting, data collection and integrity, data analysis, and information management systems and ensure that all processes are in accordance with GOAL standards.

Key Areas of Accountability/Duties

• MIS support to Programs and Systems

• Support the MEAL team in designing and standardizing surveys and data capture processes to ensure reporting and KPIs are accurate, and information is accessible to a ran of audiences.

• Support country programs with form digitization and the development of dashboards (primarily using CommCare and Power BI).

• Assist in providing regular technical support for staff on MIS tools or platforms.

• Support training and building the capacity of staff on the use of MIS tools including the use of software services for: form digitalization (e.g. CommCare), dashboarding (e.g. Power BI) and other (e.g. ArcGIS).

• Data analysis and visualization

• Support in the analysis of datasets using dashboarding (e.g. Power BI), statistical (e.g. SPSS/Python) and/or GIS (e.g. ArcGIS) tools.

• Share monthly data reports and visualizations for each GE project in alignment with regular Program Review Meetings and learning events.

• Contribute to monthly data reports and visualizations, in coordination with the GE MEAL team, to Program leads and SMT in support of adaptive management and the assessment of progress against project, program and country tarts, using statistical and data modelling.

• Assist Program staff to identify and respond to trends in already established datasets.

REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:

·       GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with addition benefits.

·       A chance to develop tangible experience.

·       Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.  

Commitments:

GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations.

GOAL highly promotes Equality, diversity and inclusion and works with women and men, People with disabilities, and employees of various ages including youth, supports their empowerment and appreciates their achievements constantly. GOAL also encourages applications from diverse candidates including women, people with disabilities, people with diverse backgrounds, and youth to apply.

GOAL has zero tolerance to discrimination on the basis of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, religion, race, economic status etc . we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is strongly committed not to harm the people under its care.

GOAL Ethiopia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety of people who involves in its work and demands all staff exhibit the highest commitment. GOAL Ethiopia will verify skills and commitment of the candidate in the assessment process and perform Background reference check.

You are welcome to include your sex (Male or female) and any disability issues in your CV (please note that this information will only be used to comply with affirmative action policy of the organization).

Job Requirements

• Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement?  Then join us if you have:

·       A bachelor’s degree in computer science, business analytics or another data-heavy field.

·       Minimum of 4 years’ experience specifically related to data management and visualization.

·       Basic knowledge of statistics and experience working with relational data structures,

·       Excellent practical knowledge of ArcGIS software, CommCare and Power BI.

Desirable Requirements

·       Experience working with dashboarding software (Tableau, Qlik, Looker), particularly Power BI (highly preferred)

·       Experience working with ODK based software (Kobo, Survey CTO, MWater), particularly CommCare

·       Knowledge of a programming language (VBA, Java, C), particularly R or Python

·       Experience working in the humanitarian or development sectors.

·       Knowledge of SQL and of machine learning

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants need to submit ONLY once their non - returnable application with CV for one vacancy. The vacancy reference number along with the title & Duty station need to be written in the application letter

·       Applicants can directly apply online using THIS LINK

GOAL strongly encourages female candidates to apply!

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.

Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage.

GOAL is not able to contribute towards any costs incurred by candidates during the recruitment process.