Required
for a growing Civil Society Organization based in Ongata Rongai an
enterprising, innovative, imaginative and results oriented young professional
willing to contribute and learn for a short stint.
IT/ Data Research/ Intern
Job Purpose
To support research, data crunching, mining of data from different portals, visualization of data, programming and write-ups for online content.
He/She will work closely with the project team to ensure delivery of high quality projects that are backed by hard data.
Main Responsibilities:
Project support
IT/ Data Research/ Intern
Job Purpose
To support research, data crunching, mining of data from different portals, visualization of data, programming and write-ups for online content.
He/She will work closely with the project team to ensure delivery of high quality projects that are backed by hard data.
Main Responsibilities:
Project support
- Supporting
and developing capacity of project team in data and ICT
- Troubleshooting
and maintenance of Office systems
Data / IT / Research
- Development
and coding of research materials
- Support
enhancement of systems for monitoring and evaluation
- Media
monitoring
- Data
management and visualization through various maps
- Data
mining, analysis and development of write-ups
- Advisory
and/ or development of digital apps especially mobile apps
- Management
of web content
- Other
tasks as may be assigned
Required
qualifications and Competencies:
- Minimum
Degree level of education in a technical discipline dealing with data and
ICT
- Demonstrable
experience in tinkering and developing IT solutions
- Thorough
knowledge of programming languages like java, php and python and a good
understanding of CSS and JavaScript
- Familiarity
and expertise in use of mapping tools
- Ability
to transform end-user needs to applications
- Strong
social awareness
- Excellent
research and web skills
- Knowledge
of statistical packages (SAS, STATA, SPSS)
- Extremely
professional, personable and of reasonably high values and integrity
- A
good understanding of how Civil Society Organizations operate is an
advantage
- Be
able to operate most of the time in Rongai and environs
If
you meet these specifications, send your application and CV, with details of
three Referees to hr.wlrn@gmail.com before 25th November 2012.
Brief
1-2 pager write-ups on suitability or samples of work/ projects done would
help.