Reports To: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager
Working Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am to 5:30 pm

Objective/Purpose of the Position:

The purpose of this position is to provide support to the Kathmandu Monitoring and Evaluation team on data collection, data entry and cleaning, analysis and dissemination of results from a prospective, rigorous impact evaluation of “Breaking the Bonds” Programme.

Key Responsibilities:
Data Cleaning and Merging:
The Data Analyst will:

• Review data files and basic data cleaning to ensure all observations are uniquely identified and reported data is internally consistent.
  
• Conduct merging across data files to ensure clean merges.
  

Data Analysis:
The Data Analyst will:

• Construct variables in accordance with international and local definitions.
  
• Construct baseline difference in means tests and export to excel.
  
• Produce summary statistics of key outcome and covariate variables.
  

Dissemination:
The Data Analyst will:

• Produce a written descriptive report following the approved template.
  
• Produce project summarizing report.
  

Required Skills/Experiences:

• University degree or equivalent in relevant field, such as health, public health, or economics.
  
• Minimum 2 years of experience in the relevant position.
  
• Relevant experience conducting, managing and designing field work and data collection for empirical research.
  
• Excellent written English communication skills, with focus on research protocols, research papers and descriptive reports for diverse audience.
  
• Fluent in both Nepali and English; Maithili will be an added advantage.
  
• Exceptional organizational skills, ability to facilitate communication between various levels of management and work independently in order to meet deadlines.
  
•  Previous experience with project impact evaluation in development organizations highly desirable.