Fresher Data Analyst Jobs - Global Partnership for Education (GPE) UTSEP Project ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organization: Ministry of

Education, Science, Technology and Sports

Project Name: Uganda Teacher

and School Effectiveness Project (UTSEP)

Funding Source: Global

Partnership for Education (GPE)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Lead ICT

Specialist

The Government

of Uganda has received a grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

as support towards the implementation of the Education Sector Strategic Plan

(ESSP) through the Uganda Teacher and School Effectiveness Project (UTSEP). The

Project Development Objective is to support the Government in improving teacher

and school effectiveness in the public primary education system, by enhancing

teacher competences, effort and resourcing; strengthening governance and

provision of facilities at schools; and providing technical assistance for

implementation support and capacity building.

Job Summary:   The Data

Analyst will offer quality control support and reporting of results of the ICT

sub component of the UTSEP-GPE program. The support shall be provided towards

regular quality control checks on the usage of the ICT systems and the data

gathered by end users. The data analyst will also keenly verify data and

develop key performance reports for both system usage and the performance of

the education sector as captured by the ICT system.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

·        
Prepare and submit regular reports and statistics on

the usage of system.

·        
Providing backstopping to regional coordinators who

provide first line support to end users by identifying and forwarding for

action any users identified in the system that need support in proper reporting

or encouragement in reporting.

·        
Responsible for data verification.

o   Set up and

maintain a referral / feedback system for actions that need to be taken based

on the reports (solicited and unsolicited) by DES and other education

stakeholders.

o   Support DES in

analysis and development of comprehensive reports for presentation to the

education sector.

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

·        
The ideal candidate should hold a bachelor’s degree

in Statistics or related fields as well as a track record of practical data

analysis.

·        
A minimum of two years’ experience as a data analyst

·        
Excellent data analytical and reporting skills

including the use of spread sheets and databases

·        
Conversant with databases

All suitably

qualified and interested candidates should send their applications addressed to:

Ag.

Commissioner, Human Resource Management,

Ministry of

Education, Science, Technology and Sports,

4th Floor, Embassy

House, Kampala. Uganda

Deadline: 10^th October, 2015