Data Analyst at Sightsavers

About the role

• Sightsavers is looking for a Data Analyst with International Development programmatic experience and who has worked with inclusive data and DHIS2.
• You will be extracting meaningful information, producing reports and dashboards to deadlines, providing training and support to colleagues across the international organisation.
• This is a technical role and someone with experience of Sightsavers key thematic areas of eye health, education, social inclusion and NTDs would be particularly of interest.

Some key duties include:

• Support the development and production of quarterly and annual dashboards and data reports, using Power BI, Excel and DHIS2-based approaches, for dissemination across the organisation
• Conduct data analysis on Sightsavers projects
• Strengthen country office data reporting systems
• Work with country offices to map and improve project data flows.

Essential experience and skills for this role

• Graduate level qualification or equivalent work-based experience in statistics, information systems, international development, public health or any other with a core statistical/analytical component.
• Proven successful track record of working with organisational data management systems and applying data analysis/statistical techniques to data (within health, education, international development or other fields directly related to Sightsavers’ thematic portfolio).
• Practical experience of good data quality and data cleaning practices to prepare data sets for use in analytics software.
• Experience of capacity building and supporting staff in different contexts (face to face, online) to deliver organisational data collection to deadlines
• Understanding of international development issues and a commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people.
• Practical experience of DHIS2 for data collection, reporting and visualisation
• Experience of digital transformation, implementing new software/tools/working practices within an organization.
• Proficient in the use of Power BI, Tableau or other data visualisation software.
• Experience of using Power Query for extraction, transformation, loading and connecting data from different data sources.
• Able to work with multiple stakeholders and ensure differing concerns and priorities are effectively managed.
• Fluent in English, with experience of writing reports and briefings in English

Desirable experience and skills:

• Master’s degree in international development, international relations, geography, statistics or appropriate equivalent.
• French and/or Portuguese language skills.