Tongston is a pan-African group of companies connecting entrepreneurship and education through finance, media, consulting and training. Tongston, with special focus on secondary education, partners with educators, parents, students, profit and non-profit enterprises, social influencers, investors and government, whilst leveraging on media, learning and finance, to transform secondary schools into entrepreneurship institutes, secondary teachers to entrepreneurial educators and secondary students to entrepreneurial learners.
Tongston is structured as a holding company, Tongston Entrepreneurship Holdings, together the “Tongston Group” with 4 subsidiary entities: Tongston Entrepreneurship College (Tongston College): A business secondary school, Tongston Entrepreneurial Teachers Hub (Tongston Institute): An educator training centre, Tongston Entrepreneurship Ventures (Tongston Ventures): A venture capital & private equity firm and Tongston Entrepreneurship Media (Tongston Media): A multimedia production company.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Data Collection, Analytics & Quality Assurance Officer
Location: Abuja (Remote)
Employment Type: Internship
Start Date: June 2022
Job Field: Research / Data Collection / Data Entry / Analytics / Economics
Roles and Responsibilities
Document, organize and store all data & research as well as data and research procedures
Develop and conduct user surveys and questionnaires; collect; analyse and report valuable data
Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks for products and service delivery, continuous improvement and quality assurance
Collect, process, provide and maintain accurate data on the products and services
Test processes, policies, and protocols
Use data to create models that depict trends in diverse data sets.
Perform data manipulations such as data imports, wrangling, exports, and updates.
Provide support to the business development, stakeholder management and strategy; as well as the branding, comms, PR and marketing teams, to coordinate the marketing activities, design and evaluate the marketing campaign.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Business, IT, Management, Administration, Economics, or Information Science
Two years’ experience in a data management environment; experience in IT, economics, business/systems analysis, quality assurance, or relevant position
Ability to use data analytics software (e.g. Python, R) and data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
Monitoring and evaluation experience especially in the education space would be useful
Familiarity and experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies, would be useful.
Able to manipulate large, complex data sets using a variety of software applications (SPSS, SAS, Excel, Microsoft Office Suite), including the use of relational databases.
Skills:
Excellent report writing and data interpretation skills
Able to perform statistical analysis
Skilled knowledge in generating process documentation
Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical writing skills
Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
Experience collecting, interpreting and organizing data.
Ability to prepare extensive reports and present findings to companies with clear and concise action advice
Working knowledge of the target industry and market: education and entrepreneurship
Advanced communication and report-writing skills for effective communication.
Attention to details and a commitment to accuracy.
Ability to keep sensitive business information confidential.