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Job Title:  Data & Systems Manager

Organisation: Spark Microgrants

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Spark MicroGrants believes in a world where everyone lives with dignity and determines their own positive future. For nearly ten years, Spark MicroGrants has been pioneering a new approach to international aid. We believe in local solutions and catalyzing rural villages facing poverty into action.

Job Summary:   The Data & Systems Manager will own our data and discover the information hidden within. Helping us make smarter business decisions that contribute to our continued growth and the delivery of even better products. He/she will be responsible for the design of data collection platforms, databases, and dashboards for data visualization. All this should be done inline with data governance policies across all the countries where Spark has operations and in ways that safeguards our data against cyber attacks.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Ownership of Sparks Impact Data:

• Ensure all technical systems (data collection, storage and visualization) are managed appropriately that presents the organization with a singular “version of the truth”
• Developing and maintaining database structures that allow an efficient and innovative analysis of their contents as well as ensuring data protection from security breaches and data losses
• Develop and maintain data flows between platforms and systems
• Work closely with the product team to incorporate new platforms, systems, and initiatives into our data ecosystem
• Manage, develop and retain the product team members and ensure that they have clear responsibility domains, deliverables, growth opportunities, and support to achieve their goals
• Ensure the security and integrity of IT systems and data through regular backups, updates, and security protocols in line with data protection regulations in the different countries where Spark works.

Enabling the organization to take Data-driven decisions:

• Responsibility for the setup and maintenance of core organizational dashboards
• Leading ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner
• Contribute to a culture of data-driven decision making by ensuring that the data collected meets program needs and are analyzed and disseminated in a format that inspires conversation
• Leading on the data quality assurance of our monitoring data by ensuring robust data collection tool development and managing the continuous data quality improvement plans in liaison with the MEL team.
• Leading product related trainings

Working with the product officer engagement;

• Evaluate user needs and system functionality, ensuring that our data systems meet these needs
• Ensure that Spark system users have constant refreshers on our systems and sets up a mechanism for feedback collection and upgrading our systems to meet user needs
• Create manuals that aid self-training on the Spark system by users

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in Computer science, Software engineering, Data science, Machine learning or a related discipline.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Software engineering, Data science, Machine learning or a related discipline.
• At least six years of experience in database management systems (DBMS), such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL. Ability to design, implement, and maintain databases.
• Expert knowledge of data integration techniques and tools, including ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to integrate data from various sources.
• Strong data analysis skills using Python to extract meaningful insights from data.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automation and data manipulation tasks.
• Understanding of data security and privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) and the ability to implement data security best practices.
• Knowledge of server management and maintenance, including experience with Windows, Linux, or cloud-based server environments.
• Expert knowledge and experience in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Zoho analytics,) to create meaningful reports and dashboards.
• Experience in GIS or a willingness to learn
• A self-professed data geek who seeks to understand the story that our data is telling us
• A self-starter and problem-solver – sees an opportunity for improvement of systems and processes and acts on it including exploring the role of big data, machine learning and AI in our business strategy.
• You should be comfortable and experienced working within distributed teams
• Willingness to travel to remote locations to develop an in-depth understanding of our work and our users.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates should apply online at the link below

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