Rwanda Data Quality Specialist

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund supplies 1 million smallholder farmers with the agricultural services they need to make their farms vastly more productive. Our 8,000+ team is drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. With operations across six core countries in Africa, we make farmers more prosperous by providing quality farm supplies on credit, delivered within walking distance of farmers’ homes, and agricultural training to improve harvests. On average, the farmers we serve harvest 50 percent more food after working with One Acre Fund. 

To learn more about our work, take a look at our Why Work Here blog for more information.

About the Role

The Data Quality Specialist at Scale Innovations ensures high-quality data by establishing and enforcing data quality protocols, maintaining research standards, and upholding data ethics, thereby supporting informed decision-making and enhancing innovative solutions for farmers. You will report to the data senior specialist.

Responsibilities

• Data Quality management
  • Manage existing data quality  protocols and build new protocols
  • Oversee the work of the data quality supervisor 
  • Monitor the quality performance indicators and tracking tools
  • Lead the back-check and  field investigation around fraud and falsification 
  • Support in enforcing data ethics
• Survey design:
  • Point-person in office for technical assistance on digital data collection platforms such Commcare and Kobo tool
  • Use statistical tools such R/STATA/Python/MySQL to keep track of the scripts and processes
  • Conduct regular data cleaning activities for all the datasets and keep data in ready-for analysis formats
  • Support in qualitative research
• Support in data analysis: 
  • Run descriptive analysis and write survey reports
  • Develop business-performance dashboards 
  • Support in findings dissemination through presentations in different work groups and email correspondence
  • Analyze geospatial data
• Capacity building:
  • Training research staff regarding Scale Innovation’s data quality protocols and policies.
  • Design and conducts training modules to help staff develop their technical skills. This includes training in data techniques and statistical software

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• Background in Agricultural Economics, Statistics, mathematics, economics, agricultural statistics and related fields, with 1-2 years’ experience in data management
• Passionate with data manipulation 
• Comfortable with logical relationships and operators
• Intermediate level of MS excel (can perform complex functions) 
• Knowledge of at least another statistical  tool such STATA, R, Python, and SQL
• Kinyarwanda speaker with a good level of English
• Comfortable  working in a group 
• People management skills

Preferred Start Date

As soon as possible

Job Location

City, Country

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off 

Eligibility

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Rwanda

Application Deadline

10 December 2024

One Acre Fund never asks candidates to pay any money or pay for tests at any stage of the interview process. Official One Acre Fund emails will always arrive from an @oneacrefund.org address. Please report any suspicious communication here (globalhotline@oneacrefund.org), but do not send applications or application materials to this email address.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.