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Job Title:   Research Officer – Data Management (NAPE)

Organisation: Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Research Officer NAPE (DM)

About US:

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is a body corporate established under Cap.137 Laws of Uganda. Its Vision is “A Recognized Centre of Globally Competitive Educational Assessment and Certification” and its mission is “Conduct Valid, Reliable, Equitable and Quality Assessment of Learners’ Achievement in a Professional and Innovative Manner and Award Internationally Recognized Certificates”.

Job Summary: The Research Officer – Data Management (NAPE) will be conducting data collection and management activities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Liaising with the Ministry of Education and Sports and Uganda Bureau of Statistics to secure up-to-date records on schools in the sample frame and demographic information on target respondents.
• Validating the list of sampled schools by gathering information on the actual location of the schools and distances from their district headquarters and updating the record where it is found necessary.
• Identifying personnel to participate in data entry work based on the qualifications as outlined in the procedural guide.
• Conducting data entry, cleaning, and validation to achieve correct and accurate records of data and managing scripts in an orderly and secure manner during data entry.
• Coding contextual instruments and answering queries on data that may arise at any stage of data management.
• Keeping a record of materials received from stores for data management activities such as scripts, computers, tablets, cameras, projectors, and bags, and ensuring that they are safe during the activity; and are returned into safe custody after use.
• Communicating to schools and relevant field links on matters of data management that may call for clarification from them.
• Contributing to the drafting of reports on learners’ achievement and reading skills.
• Preparing, compiling and keeping statistical records in a manner that makes it easy for retrieval and reference purposes.

Key Performance Indicators

• Up-to-date record of scripts received and allocated to data entrants
• Cleaned and validated data
• Record of materials used for data management activities
• Up-to-date record of schools
• Up-to-date record of demographic information of respondents
• Required personnel for data management sourced
• Coded instruments
• Well-compiled stored statistical records

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold an Hons Bachelor’s degree in Educational Measurement/Statistics OR Hons Bachelor’s degree in Arts /Sciences (Maths/Statistics) with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education.
• Three years of experience in educational assessment data management involving sampling and data analysis work with a reputable educational assessment body, handling big volumes of data.
• Numerical/statistical analytical abilities
• Sampling techniques
• Good interpersonal relations and collaborative skills
• Word processing, spreadsheets, and database computer applications
• Modern IRT psychometric and or analytical techniques
• High degree of integrity and confidentiality.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates should submit their applications with detailed CVs, copies of academic transcripts and certificates, telephone contacts and addresses of at least three referees in hard copies, delivered to the address below OR submit in soft form at careers@uneb.ac.ug

The Executive Director

Uganda National Examinations Board

Plot 35 Martyrs way – Ntinda

P O Box 7066 – KAMPALA. Uganda

Deadline: 4^th November 2022

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