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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of

Nairobi, Kenya

Sector Research & Development

Employment Category Consultant

Employment Type Part-Time

Open to Expatriates Not Applicable

Job Description

Job Overview

The International Rescue Committee IRC is among the world’s leading
humanitarian relief and development organizations. For 80 years, the IRC has
been at the forefront of every major humanitarian initiative to assist people
uprooted by war, persecution, or civil conflict. IRC staff go to the toughest
places, implement both immediate response and long lasting programs, and
conduct the type of applied research and advocacy the aid community needs to
continually push itself to find better solutions for people. In all its
country programs and in the US, IRC teams partner with local governments,
community organizations and private sector companies to achieve measurable
improvements in people’s economic well-being, safety, health and education.

The IRC’s Airbel Impact Lab designs, tests, and scales life-changing, cost-
effective solutions for people affected by conflict and disaster. By applying
the IRC’s deep technical expertise and field experience with a range of skills
from the behavioral sciences, human-centered design, rigorous research, and
multi-disciplinary problem-solving in humanitarian contexts, we work to
develop breakthrough solutions that combine creativity and rigor, openness and
expertise, and a desire to think afresh with the experience of a large-scale
implementing organization.

The Data Science Research Consultant will work on a new education project
within the Airbel Impact Lab called “Pop-Up Tanzania”. In partnership with
Onebillion.org, Pop-Up Tanzania is a tablet based adaptive learning project
that has the potential to reach 3,000 children in 1,000 households in the
Kigoma region of Tanzania, and to considerably advance Airbel’s digital
education portfolio by answering a key question How can IRC successfully
implement autonomous learning AL tools to respond to the needs of last mile
learners during a crisis when it arises This is a critical opportunity
to refine the steps we need to take to get a tablet based AL program ready for
deployment in an emergency; as well as provide out-of-school children access
to a tailored, engaging and fun educational program in the safety of their own
homes without the need for a facilitator.

The Data Science Research Consultant will ensure high quality data collection,
management and analysis for the project. They will provide on-going research
and analysis to understand clients’ usage and relevant education outcomes from
the OneBillion tablet data. The consultant will clean data, produce data
visualizations as needed, as well as conduct analyses of rapid evaluations of
supplementary behavioral interventions to increase frequency of usage of the
tablets by children.

Major Responsibilities

Plan Data Analysis and Analyze Data

· Ensure production of user friendly analytic files

· Design data analysis plans to routinely report key tablet usage outcomes,
conduct data analysis according to plans as needed.

· Develop data visualizations as needed

· Embed outputs into reports

· Disseminate findings internally

Estimated scope & sequencing of work to be confirmed in final contract

Scope of work Number of days Month
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Review tablet analytics and input into analysis plan 2 days October
2020
Weekly cleaning and analysis of tablet data 16 days 1 day per week for 16
weeks October 2020 – January 2021
Input analysis into final research report 2 days February 2021



Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to Research & Innovation Behavioral Insights Lead

Position directly supervises N/A

Other Internal and/or external contacts

Internal Research & Innovation team working on autonomous learning in
education, Pop-Up Tanzania team

External Partners for Pop-Up Tanzania, including OneBillion



Qualifications

· Education Master’s degree in field related to data management and
analysis, with a background in education research preferred

· Demonstrated Skills and Competencies Demonstrated experience 5-8
years collecting, managing and analyzing complex data, ideally in resource
limited settings. Excellent problem solving and communication skills. Ability
to work independently.

· Technical Expertise High proficiency with Excel and STATA, R or Python.
Knowledge of education programs preferred.

· Field Experience Familiarity with and willingness to travel to
fragile / conflict-affected contexts.

· Team work Able to work with remote, multi-cultural, and multi-
disciplinary teams

· Training Skills Able to transfer technical knowledge and skills

· Language Skills English required

Working Environment Remote

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in
IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service,
and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and
enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child
Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-
Retaliation.



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