Remote Education Data Strategist, Activity Lead Consultant

Summary

Join Dexis as an Education Data Strategist/Activity Lead consultant to support the USAID Mission in Rwanda under the Education Support Initiative II (ESI II) Institutional Support Contract (ISC). This position requires in-country support in Kigali, Rwanda. The successful candidate will work alongside NESA to build capacity in data analysis to monitor progress under the Foundational Learning Strategy and other education sector goals.

Requirements

• Masters in Education Policy, Education Statistics, or related field and 5 years of relevant experience; or a Bachelors and 6 years of relevant experience
• Has deep expertise with large-scale education assessment data, analysis, interpretation and decision making for national and local policy
• Based in Rwanda or spends extended periods in Rwanda to work alongside NESA staff on collaborative analysis tasks and specific training needs
• Holds a Masters or Ph.D. in Education Policy, Education Statistics, or related field
• Proficiency in statistical and psychometric software such as R, Stata, SPSS and/or Python highly preferred
• Strong ability to interpret data for decision making in education policy
• Proven track record of successfully managing and delivering complex data projects with multiple team members on time and within scope
• Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing relationships with key stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and data-driven decision-making within the team
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and transfer skills in a training context
• Experience working in education systems in developing countries, preferably in Africa

Responsibilities

• Serves as the main point of contact (POC) for the NESA capacity support request
• Holds the vision for the data-systems strengthening activity, establishes strong relationships with NESA and all involved parties, funders and participants to ensure the activities are meeting the needs expressed
• Identifies additional scopes of work and/or individuals as needed to fulfill the workplan and timeline of activities and manages the contributions of consultants as needed
• Works alongside the Head of Department for Examinations to develop a data analysis plan for each term’s data, craft staff workplans on this basis, and support the tracking of work tasks
• Fosters increasing leadership on the part of NESA staff, working towards full NESA staff planning and production of analysis tasks and reports, while providing quality assurance and peer review support
• With NESA, co-develops staff onboarding guides and cascade training guides that codify the analysis processes developed and ensure that other personnel will be able to duplicate them
• Work with district and national level data managers to review trends, understand and interpret data, and make policy recommendations, and support their efforts to build these skills at the sector and school levels
• Ensures the workplan is achieved with high quality and timely deliverables

Preferred Qualifications

Ph.D. in Education Policy, Education Statistics, or related field

Benefits

Healthcare insurance