Data Specialist for Syria, based in Damascus (External Applicants)

excerpts from the official posting

Under the line management of the IMPACT Senior Research Manager, the Data Specialist ensures the validity and strengthens the quality and efficiency of all IMPACT research cycles in Syria, in accordance with IMPACT’s standards, partner expectations, and IMPACT’s ethos of facilitating an evidence-based response. In…

Main responsibilities

• In coordination with the Assessment teams, ensure that assessments are planned in line with project objectives and with IMPACT’s guidelines;
• For each assessment, ensure contribution to and review of draft ToRs with a specific focus on the sampling design, data collection methodology, analysis plan, as well as…
• In coordination with Assessment team, co-construct qualitative and quantitative data collection tools, ensuring data requirements of research cycle/assessment are met;
• Develop data processes and scripts as is relevant, ensure that support is provided by data staff in overseeing data collection, including validation as part of daily…

Profile

• Academic Excellent academic qualifications, preferably including a Master’s degree in relevant discipline (e.g. Statistics, Data Science, Data Analytics);
• Research skills Excellent research and analytical skills required, including a sound understanding of sampling methods and their application, an ability to clean and…
• Software skills Advanced knowledge of R or Python is required. Proven record of writing clean, reusable code with an emphasis on functional programming. Emphasis on…