Data Manager SARMAAN

Full job description

Overview:

Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.

Title: Data Manager

Location: Nigeria

Contract:12-month fixed term contract

Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply

About the role

The Data Manager will oversee the entire data framework to ensure its reliability, security, and usefulness in driving project success. This position entails strategic management of data collection, analysis, and presentation, ensuring accurate information flows seamlessly from community-level activities to central systems for decision-making and reporting across all project phases. The Data Manager will coordinate with project teams, including two Country Office-based Data Analysts, state command centres, and partners, to maintain high-quality data standards and support evaluation of reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance outcomes. Additionally, the Data Manager will provide clear insights, train staff, and propose improvements, acting as a key link between field operations and project leadership to advance child health goals and inform policy.

Responsibilities:

Lead the daily collection, organisation, and verification of project data, ensuring accuracy and security

Establish and maintain data protocols, preparing daily reports and identifying issues for review

Facilitate the transmission of LGA-level data into relevant tools, providing bi-weekly updates

Ensure effective use of CommCare across field operations, resolving technical challenges promptly

Organise and refine data from CommCare and KoboToolbox, integrating information for practical use

Analyse data to identify trends and key findings, informing project decisions

Collaborate with Data Analysts to produce reports, enabling partners to assess project performance

Present recommendations and projections based on data during meetings and briefings

Maintain Power BI dashboards to illustrate project progress and distribute monthly updates

Create visual representations to highlight critical results and prepare presentations for partners

Design and conduct training sessions for staff on data tools, providing support and instructional materials

Monitor the performance of staff involved in data-related activities, ensuring compliance and timely submission

Engage with partners to standardise data methods and tools, improving project efficiency

Work with the NTD MEL Manager to prepare data for analysis and ensure its accuracy for reporting

Collaborate during review meetings, delivering updates on data quality and project advancements

Support monitoring of child health outcomes, ensuring data meets project requirements

Foster productive relationships with authorities and partners, ensuring seamless data exchange

This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Skills and Experience:

As the Data Manager, you will oversee the entire data framework to ensure its reliability, security, and usefulness in driving project success. You will manage data collection, analysis, and presentation, ensuring accurate information flows seamlessly from community-level activities to central systems for decision-making and reporting. Your role involves coordinating with project teams, maintaining high-quality data standards, supporting evaluation outcomes, providing clear insights, training staff, and proposing improvements. You will act as a key link between field operations and project leadership to advance child health goals and inform policy.

Jobholder Requirements

Essential:

Possession of a bachelor’s degree in data science, Public Health, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related discipline

Experience in data management, including at least three years within health-related projects such as child survival, AMR, and/or MDA initiatives

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