Data, Monitoring and Research Jobs at Save the Children (Kenya), LVCT Health, Shopzetu, Teachers Service Commission (TSC), KCB Bank and other companies

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose
• The holder of this position will work with the Principal Investigator and the research team to ensure the delivery of research objectives. S/he will provide operational and management support to research consortia, which includes overseeing programme and financial management. S/he will be responsible for coordinating partner and implementer meetings, reporting to the funder and monitoring key performance indicators. The Project Manager will need to have vision and provide strategic direction for the financial and administrative management of Health Systems Research projects.

Key Responsibilities
Planning and execution
• Responsible for the overview and monitoring of the budget and report on expenditure for health systems research grants
• Track and manage timely drafting and submission of all reporting commitments to the funders e.g., ensure annual narrative and financial reporting requirements are met in line with the funder’s requirements and to the highest standard.
• Establish and maintain relevant documentation systems for all project work packages.
• Track and manage health systems research outputs and deliverables
• Working with the health systems research PI, develop strategic and operational plans to track and evaluate health systems research progress
• Develop effective relationships with LVCT Health and partners finance, grants and contracts teams to budget forecast and amend sub-contracts as necessary.
• Have a clear knowledge of partner project aims and objectives and how these are to be measured
• Monitor and manage financial reporting of partners and review the quarterly financial reports to ensure expenditure is on track
• Oversee and coordinate the completion of progress narrative and financial reports as required
• Manage progress against work plans, troubleshooting issues as they arise
• Work proactively with the health systems research team and undertake any other duties of a reasonable nature necessary for the management of the health systems research consortia.

Strategic roles
• Implement robust and transparent governance structures for the health systems research projects, ensuring they are aligned with the requirements of the funders.
• Monitor annual work plans to ensure deliverables are delivered on time.
• Strengthen coordination and liaison with internal and external partners.

Communication
• Work with the different health systems teams on communications for social media platforms and the website
• Develop and manage effective relationships and communication pathways with the LVCT Health Finance and Research teams

General
• Promote equality of opportunity and inclusive practice in all aspects of work undertaken.
• Any other duties commensurate with the grade and nature of the role.

Competency Criteria
Qualifications, Training & Knowledge
• Post graduate qualifications in Project Management (e.g. MBA in Project Management). Certification in Project Management will be an added advantage. A qualification in a health-related discipline is another advantage.
• Financial management training or equivalent professional experience
• Proven commitment to continuous professional development
• Understanding of the financial and administrative systems
• Knowledge of the health system environment, nationally and internationally, and the associated challenges

Experience
• Experience managing research projects
• Experience managing multi-country project grants with multiple required outputs.
• Experience in financial management of projects

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
• This will be a One (1) year contract as per the LVCT Health scheme of service. The candidate will be on probation for the first three (3) months. Compensation for this position is negotiable within a relevant grade, based on educational levels, relevant experience and demonstrated competency. Remuneration is based on the LVCT Health pay scales.


JOB DETAILS:
• The role requires an ability to offer deep insights and to tell stories with data in order to both surface new data-driven opportunities for growth and evaluate the effectiveness of key efforts already underway.
• An ideal candidate would balance a strong attention to detail and data integrity, while also maintaining a focus on the high-level, strategic relevance of the recommendations being made.
• In particular, this position will be responsible for analyzing data to draw actionable conclusions, as well as designing and preparing ad hoc analytical reports. The position is responsible for ensuring our on-site tagging is accurate and complete in order to yield comprehensive insights.

Key Responsibilities
Gathering Data Requirements
• All of your analytics efforts should serve our main business objectives. The metrics that you choose to track should be directly related to our core business goals and bottom line.
• Assess the current web analytics tools and identify new tools/vendors as required by the level of insight needed for decision making.
• Fully understanding the source and structure of all data sources remains reliable for analysis purposes.
• Work with external tech and external web partners to ensure that the tracking and data infrastructure is reliable.
• Integration into existing systems: The integration of the results into existing operational systems or databases as an approach to delivering a solution.
• Create, manage and update ShopZetu databases to connect digital data with transactional and marketing data to provide a 360 view of the customer.

Creating Dashboards, Reports & Tools
• Create reports describing the business intelligence derived from the ecommerce website and projects as a common deliverable. The report should be directed to the persons responsible for making decisions.
• The reporting should focus on significant and actionable items, that is, it should be possible to translate any conclusions into a decision that can be used and that makes a difference. It is increasingly common for the report to be delivered through the corporate intranet to enable additional interested parties to benefit from the report.
• Ensure consistency, reliability and quality of all standard reports.
• Maintain a comprehensive suite of dashboards to help visualize performance and trends in our website’s traffic, online sales and campaigns.
• Access and organization of your analytics is essential to get the most value out of your data. All team members should be able to access analytics when they need it, with the ability to organize and manipulate data to draw insights using an accessible, navigable, and manageable ecommerce KPI dashboard.

Analysis of historical data
• Deliver data insights across all digital touch points. Additionally, create ad-hoc reports and insights supporting broader business e-commerce use cases as necessary, communicating with managers to identify and address areas for improvement.
• Data visualization. Analytics displayed on multiple screens. Always consider how statistics will be displayed for your teams, ensuring that the data visualization method makes information accessible and actionable for various stakeholders. When planning the metrics to measure, you should have an idea of how this data will be displayed for it to be valuable to the business

Professional / Academic Background
• Bachelor’s degree in technical field (statistics, computer science, mathematics)
• Minimum 2 to 3 years of experience in data analytics, ecommerce preferred.
• Experience with Web Analytics platforms (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, or Core metrics)
• Knowledge of database query languages (SQL preferred)
• Experience with BI tools (Qlik, Tableau, MicroStrategy)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Intermediate to Advanced preferred.
• Experience with Google Analytics or other website analytics tooling.
• Experience with Salsify or other PIM and DAM systems.
• Experience with any major ecommerce platform (Salesforce, Shopify, Woo Commerce, etc.)

The role reports to the General Manager.
• Sound like you? Apply now! We’re made up of passionate, creative and strong-minded folks that love to get things done in a fast-paced environment. We are constantly seeking entrepreneurial, dynamic and collaborative individuals to join our team.

JOB DETAILS:
Position Summary
The Deputy Director, Planning and Research will be responsible for the development of research policies, strategies and plans; coordinating the design of research methodologies; development and management of research systems and instruments; undertaking research and promoting innovations. It will also be responsible for providing technical support in the development, monitoring and evaluation of the Commission’s Strategic Plan, formulation of relevant policies and administration of Performance Contracting.

Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
• Served in the grade of Assistant Director, Planning Policy Research and Innovation for a minimum period of three (3) years or in an equivalent position for a minimum continuous period of twelve (12) years
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Economics and Statistics or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Public Policy, Project Planning and Management or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Possess certification in Quantitative and Qualitative research methods;
• Certificate in Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Met the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution;
• Certificate in computer application skills; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Competencies Required
• Ability to influence direction and strategic thinking;
• Ability to make quality decisions, building partnerships, leading and empowering others, managing performance, managing resources.
• Possess a minimum of seven (7) years continuous experience in Research in a reputable organization;
• Demonstrate working experience in progressive data management and research responsibilities in a Research unit;
• Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of research field's concepts, practices, and procedures as reflected in work results;
• Have working industry knowledge of relevant emerging research trends and practices;
• Demonstrate good experience in research dissemination processes including presentations;

Duties and Responsibilities
The Deputy Director Policy Planning and Research will be answerable to the Commission Secretary for the management of Policy Planning and Research Function.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: -
• Proposing to the Commission secretary the key priority areas for research in liaison with various service areas;
• Assessing the scope of research projects and ensuring they are on time and within budget.
• Coordinating the formulation of research and development proposals;
• Developing resource mobilisation proposals for sourcing of grants to support research;
• Providing technical support to service areas in developing research proposals;
• Disseminating both national and international research findings to the relevant stakeholders;
• Development of publications on different topical areas relevant to the organizational contributions to the body of knowledge;
• Publishing the research findings that have been carried out after dissemination to the relevant stakeholders in journal so as increase awareness and information on the researched issue.
• Reviewing and sharing TSC research and academic journals in various areas for knowledge management of the institution and enhancing development quality programmes
• Establishing effective mechanisms for generation of research intelligence to inform policy and domestication processes.
• Overseeing the provision of technical services by developing long-range plans, analysing current policy status and identifying gaps;
• Directing budget preparation and expenditures of the Division and recommending future funding requirements;
• Supervising and appraising staff in the Division.


JOB DETAILS:
Business Analyst

The Position:
The role holder will be responsible for the Enterprise Architecture (IT Solution, Technical, systems, business & information architecture) of IT systems used by or to be procured by the Bank. He/ She will ensure that all IT Systems are aligned to the Enterprise Architecture Framework, Bank policy and best practice. He/ She will be will also be responsible for IT Governance which reviews all IT systems used by or to be procured to ensure they are aligned to the Bank and IT strategy, plans, policies, and standards.
In addition, the role holder will be responsible for eliciting, analyzing, validating, specifying, verifying, and managing the business needs of the business stakeholders, including customers and end users.
The Business Analyst works closely with business units, subject matter experts and technical resources to identify and document in detail the business needs.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead requirements analysis, validation, and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable; and transfer the same knowledge to the development team.
• Documentation of business requirements and processes for all business initiatives and projects.
• Provide an analysis to determine best path for solving business problems/opportunities that may include process improvement viz a viz information technology systems enhancement.
• Develop high level solution designs while ensuring requirements are in alignment with business strategies and business architecture roadmap/framework.
• Responsible for the requirements management in the scrum teams.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or requirements workshops.
• Participation in the business initiatives prioritization stage.
• Participate and guide on functional tests planning and execution.
• Participate in the IT quality assurance process.
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) with business units that rely on that information to define system requirements or organizational processes.
• Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements.
• Review the current deployment approach and evaluate / propose / expose opportunities for enhancing the deployment model for new and existing solutions.

The Person:
For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field of study from a recognized institution.
• Certification in Project Management or ITIL Foundation.
• 3 years’ experience in IT Systems with at least 2 years’ experience in IT Projects, Banking Operations, Change Management, Emerging Technologies (channels, mobile and internet banking).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

Other Jobs