Amandla Development Recent Opening – Apply Now!

Amandla Development is a nonprofit organisation that works to empower South African youth with equal access to quality education opportunities. Amandla facilitates the Philippi Collective Network, a cross-sector group that fosters a community-driven, collective impact approach to improving learner wellbeing and education outcomes.

Job Title: Data Coordinator 
Job Location: Cape Town

The purpose of the position is to manage data collection, field worker training and monitoring, and developing the capacity of our working groups to craft evidence-based interventions to tear down barriers to learning in Philippi.

Start date: As soon as possible

Responsibilities:

• Report to the Project Manager and supervise site data collection processes
• Develop solutions for data collection, capture, and use in our community reporting activities
• Facilitate forum meetings at which data on child welfare is explained in layman’s terms to community members and stakeholders
• Support and train stakeholders to collect and use data for decision making
• Train fieldworkers in various data collection exercises such as surveys
• Write reports
• Individual research and leading some research processes
• Integrate technology into our work
• Coordinate the development of Amandla’s shared measures system within the network
• Think creatively about data management

Requirements:

• Minimum two years in a Monitoring and Evaluation or similar role
• Two years of experience in project management, including developing implementation timelines
• Extensive demonstrated experience with survey system Kobo Collect, or similar
• Understanding of the ethics of conducting studies with people
• Experience working in a township setting
• Fluency in English a must and fluency in isiXhosa a major plus
• Experience in community development
• A valid driver’s license
• Written and oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Demonstrated experience with statistical software and data management systems
• Interest in education and community development
• Flexible and a team player
• Ability and willingness to multitask and meet shifting deadlines consistently
• Motivated and energetic
• Ability to work independently or without direct supervision
• Problem-solving abilities
• Basic financial management
• Highly-valued pluses: Experience with ArcGIS, data cleaning skills
• An interest in the intersections of health and education will be highly valued

To apply, submit a CV, (maximum two pages), your most recent salary, and a one-page motivational letter outlining your experience with Monitoring and Evaluation, including which methodologies and software you have worked with to [email protected] with Data Coordinator in the subject line.

This is not a data capturing role.

Any applications not including all requested information in the requested formats will not be considered.

Please no phone queries.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application Deadline: 4th March, 2019