Data Analyst

Who we are:  

Girl Effect is an international non-profit that creates media that girls want, trust, and need. From chatbots and chat shows to TV dramas and tech, our content helps adolescent girls in Africa and Asia make choices and changes in their lives. We create safe spaces for girls to share facts and answer questions about health, nutrition, education, and relationships, empowering them with the skills to negotiate and redefine what is possible "for a girl."

Our reach is 50 million and counting, and we leverage technology to reach girls at scale, so every girl can choose to be in control of her body, health, learning, and livelihood. When a girl unlocks her power to make different choices that change her life, it inspires others to do so, too. She starts a ripple effect that impacts her family, community, and country. That’s the Girl Effect.

For over a decade, we have been building technology that aims to create a safer, more accessible world for women and girls, using the insights and experiences girls share with us. Innovation for us is about using the right tech in the best way to reach girls and meet their challenges. As technology evolves and girls’ habits change, we adapt and improve the platforms, processes, and infrastructure that underpin everything we do. We are an evidence-based learning organization, collecting and using data and insights to understand how we can maximize our reach & impact and feed that learning back into the organization.

Role Context:

We are completing a fresh re-platforming of our data architecture.  As a result we have an exciting and varied portfolio of work planned across Girl Effect, including conducting research to inform our programme set-up in new geographies like Kenya; impact evaluations of established programmes in countries like India, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and South Africa; ongoing monitoring - including of our digital products using analytics and other digital methods; creative and content testing to understand how girls are engaging with our output; experimental approaches to longitudinal evaluation; and a range of other work. 

With these important workstreams starting, we are looking for a Data Analyst experienced with digital methods, excited to work across various programmes & geographies, who brings a flexible can-do attitude to their work.  You will take ownership of our business intelligence platform, ensuring our teams effectively leverage the extensive scope of data available. Remote based you will be located in one of our established geographies, in a time zone conducive to working with teams in the UK, USA, Sub-Saharan Africa & India synchronously and asynchronously. 

Duties and responsibilities:  

• Design and deliver tailored Power BI dashboards for stakeholders (e.g., Marketing, E&I, Programs, Fundraising), ensuring actionable insights.
• Analyze product and program data to track user interactions, providing insights for impact assessments.
• Perform data manipulation, cleaning, and statistical analysis using big data tools, leveraging Azure for data management and Power BI for reporting.
• Manage databases and oversee data warehousing with Azure to ensure efficient storage and retrieval.
• Continuously adopt new tools and technologies to enhance data processes.

This list should not be considered exhaustive; you will be expected to deliver other duties relevant and appropriate to this position.

Organization Accountabilities:  

• Model GE’s values and professional standards.
• Support the delivery of organizational and team goals. 
• Seek continuous improvement within your own areas of responsibility.
• Maintain full awareness of and active compliance with GE’s policies and procedures relevant to your own responsibilities and to broader policies including (but not limited to) equality, health and safety, confidentiality, and data protection. 

Education and experience:  

• Degree educated or equivalent qualification preferable.
• Expertise in Python (pandas) and SQL for data analysis.
• Extensive professional experience as a data analyst or related field 
• Proficiency with Azure and Power BI as part of the data architecture.
• Experience working with digital analytics data (e.g. Facebook analytics, Google Analytics etc.)
• Familiarity with database infrastructure and its role in data reporting.
• Ability to use digital analytics to inform strategic decisions related to products, interventions, or outcomes.
• Proven experience presenting both basic and advanced data analyses to diverse teams, helping them interpret and utilize data effectively.
• Able to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated skills in producing accurate, high quality, innovative and engaging research presentations and briefings for diverse audiences. 
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage and coordinate data analysis projects, ensuring timely delivery of insights and reports.
• Adept at documenting methodologies, processes and findings clearly for future reference. 
• Cultural sensitivity and awareness, with an understanding of the contexts in which Girl Effect operates.
• Experience coordinating work-streams across multiple geographies and ability to work effectively in multicultural teams with varying expertise, skills and backgrounds. 

What else you should know: 

We are hugely ambitious for our future, and we are looking for people who are driven to change the world for girls.

Our teams are a diverse mix across sectors (non-profit and commercial) and specialisms (from Brand and Creative through to Gender and Insight). You’ll learn and grow in an environment that will challenge you to think and work with a fresh perspective. In turn, you can expect to work somewhere where you will be stretched and developed in your role, a place where you can build your career and work with talented, engaged people committed to our cause.

Girl Effect is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace.

We are committed to building an organization that is increasingly representative of the communities that we serve. To this end, due regard will be paid to recruiting candidates with diverse professional, academic and cultural backgrounds.

This role is subject to a standard background disclosure.

This role is being recruited for on a 12 month contract basis.

Closing date for applications will be Friday 22nd November 2024.