Data Visualization and Graphic Designers at Social Impact (SI)

Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. SI’s mission is to improve the effectiveness of international development programs in improving people’s lives. We provide a full range of management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations, and policies. We provide services globally in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, project and program design, organizational capacity building, and gender and social analysis. SI services cross-cut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health, education, the environment, and economic growth. SI’s clients include U.S. government agencies such as USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the U.S. Department of State, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and non-profits.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Data Visualization and Graphic Designer, MacArthur Foundation-funded Big Bet in Nigeria Evaluation

Location: Nigeria

Proposal Objective

• Social Impact is pursuing the upcoming MacArthur Foundation funded Evaluation of the Big Bet in Nigeria.
• The program aims to support Nigerian-led efforts to promote accountability, transparency, and to reduce corruption.
• The initial phase of the program will last approximately three years.

Position Description

• Social Impact is seeking a short-term Data Visualization and Graphic Designer to provide leadership to the MacArthur Foundation funded Evaluation of the Big Bet in Nigeria.
• The data visualization specialist is expected to have a strong knowledge of visualization best practices, latest trends in visualization techniques and software, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Create regular reports through reporting software to manage dashboards and metrics.
• Create, polish and re-purpose slideshow presentations.
• Develop and continuously improve measurement approaches, processes, tools and techniques.
• Designs visual presentations from existing analyses to be disseminated to client groups.
• Produces new insights from existing data and develop visual presentations.
• Interacts with peers and clients to synthesize requests for visualizations, analyses and ad-hoc reporting.
• Communicates results to management in a clear and concise manner.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in graphic design and data visualization.
• Prior experience in a data-driven environment.
• Relevant knowledge and/or experience in monitoring and evaluation principles and processes.
• Experience in manipulating data and data structures
• Must be able to interpret and transform analytical documents into polished visualizations that are easily understandable by clients.
• Strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Must possess knowledge and experience of Microsoft Suite.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Tableau and/or other visualization tools.
• Experience working in Nigeria or Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.
• English fluency required.

Application Closing Date
13th May, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: This is a local position. Only candidates with Nigerian citizenship will be considered