Overview
The MIS Data Specialist will serve as the primary technical lead for education data systems strengthening under EFASS, overseeing programme-level digital data infrastructure and supporting the design and delivery of the national Learning Outcomes and Quality Assessment.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a productive, professional working relationship with MoGEI's Planning Department Director and relevant departmental staff.
- Lead the progressive transfer of data management knowledge and skills to MoGEI Planning Department staff.
- Support MoGEI's use of SSSAMS and EMIS data for national education planning, budget justification, policy dialogue, and revision of the Education Sector Plan.
- Facilitate the formalisation of data governance arrangements between MoGEI and EFASS partners.
- Represent EFASS data interests within MoGEI's internal planning and coordination meetings.
- Support MoGEI's engagement with development partners on education data systems.
- Lead the redesign and improvement of SSSAMS.
- Develop and maintain a cloud-based data architecture solution.
- Ensure programme-wide data interoperability between EFASS monitoring systems and national data architectures.
- Support the integration of biometric identity or unique pupil ID cards within the improved SSSAMS.
- Engage with MoGEI, Regional Anchors, and head teachers to identify and resolve practical usability challenges in SSSAMS.
- Lead the design and management of EFASS's digitised programme monitoring system.
- Design and optimise digital data collection tools and templates.
- Manage and analyse learner-level programme data.
- Develop and maintain live dashboards and data visualisations.
- Support the design and delivery of the national Learning Outcomes and Quality Assessment (LOQA).
- Collaborate with the RMEAL Lead and OTHERWise to ensure coherent, rigorous, and ethically sound data collection and verification.
- Work with the Cash Transfers Lead to ensure CT eligibility verification, digitised registration, and post-distribution monitoring data are robustly integrated.
- Lead data analysis on enrolment trends, attendance, learning outcomes, inclusion indicators, and cost-per-learner data.
- Ensure data safeguards, ethical protocols, gender-transformative and disability-inclusive data standards, and data protection requirements are applied.
- Prepare technical data reports and briefings for the EFASS Steering Committee, FCDO, and MoGEI.
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data management, MIS development, or data analytics.
- At least 3 years working in fragile and conflict-affected states in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Demonstrated expertise in data analytics, data engineering, data visualisation, and digital infrastructure management in complex, low-connectivity operating environments.
- Proven experience designing and managing education management information systems (EMIS/MIS), preferably including SSSAMS or similar national attendance and enrolment monitoring systems.
- Experience designing cloud-based data solutions in resource-constrained environments.
- Demonstrated experience working in a seconded, embedded, or advisory role within a government ministry or public institution.
- Proven ability to manage a dual reporting relationship.
- Strong track record of building genuine, trust-based working relationships with senior government officials and ministry staff, and transferring skills to government counterparts.
- Experience supporting or designing national learning assessment systems.
- Experience working within FCDO-funded programmes and familiarity with adaptive management frameworks, Value for Money principles, and FCDO results reporting requirements.
- Experience coordinating data systems across multi-partner consortia.
Qualifications
• Master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Education Management, or a related field; a Bachelor's degree with substantial relevant experience will be considered.
