Kilimo Trust Uganda Qualitative and Quantitative Statistics Programme Officer


Kilimo Trust (hereinafter referred to as the Trust) is a Regional Agricultural Development organization, implementing public and private sector supported programs and projects. 

Based in Kampala, Uganda, KT is focused on developing and promoting regional solutions to local problems by providing leadership in actual implementation of programs and projects on behalf of, or in partnership with, governments, international and regional organizations, and the private sector.
 
 Its initiatives, programs and projects are mainly regional (EAC), but occasionally Africa-wide. The Trust has developed close collaboration with the EAC and with governments of the EAC Partner States. 

Specifically, the Trust undertakes interventions that increase profitability and incentives for all actors along the value chain through innovations that lower costs and/or increase productivity and the value of products derived from agricultural commodities that are of significant importance in the EAC Region.
 
KT – VACANCY 2013-5 

Programme Officer (Qualitative and Quantitative Statistics)
 
The Trust wishes to recruit a Program Officer (POQQS) to support the Assistant Director (Markets & Policy Analysis) within the team responsible for the robust analysis and diagnostics of the agricultural market in the EAC region with respect to reducing poverty and eliminating hunger. 

Therefore, based in Kampala, Uganda, the POQQS will be working across all the EAC Partner States + South Sudan – on agricultural markets statistics focusing on EAC as a single unit of analysis.
 
Reporting to Assistant Director – Markets & Policy Analysis, the Programme Officer will be responsible for:
 
1) Provision of latest cutting-edge statistical skills in all KT projects.
 
2) Ensuring correctness and robustness of data analysis by KT technical team.
 
3) Supervision of data analysis by third parties contracted by KT on various assignments.
 
4) Introducing and leading in the use of different statistical models to solve a wide range of statistical challenges, as applied in the agricultural sector.
 
5) Planning and coordinating the research exercises.
 
6) Developing high quality data collection tools.
 
7) Updating KT’s data analysis software.
 
8) Backstopping the data collection process.
 
9) Spearheading the data analysis process including results interpretation and report writing.

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies Required:
 
Individuals applying for this position will have:
 
a) An advanced Degree (Masters) qualification in Statistics, Econometrics, and /or economic modeling.
 
b) A minimum of 3 years work experience gained from a senior position dealing with:
 
i) Defining objectives, commissioning and supervision of surveys and data collection process;
 
ii) Preparation, coding and feeding the data to either Excel, SPSS, or other analysis packages; and
 
iii) Production of Descriptive Analysis
  • Tables of results
  • Graphs and/or charts such as histograms and pie
  • Summary statistics(mean, mode, minimum and maximum and percentages)
  • Identify oddities
  • Patterns and relations through cross tabulation
c) A presence, strong personality, proven team working skills, and a results-orientated hands-on approach to work.
 
d) Skills for report writing and deducing high impact recommendations from research findings as well as participating in country-wide as well as regional surveys along agricultural value chains
 
Your application should include:
  • An up-to-date CV, highlighting relevant skills and experience (presented in relation to each of the Responsibilities and each of the experience areas listed above), the names and contacts of three referees, and a daytime contact telephone number; and
  • Evidence of work done with former employer(s) e.g. a country wide and/or regional survey they have headed or participated in and reports s/he has written from research work.
Closing date: 8th March 2013 or until suitable candidates are identified
 
Please apply to:
 
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416, Nairobi GPO, 00100
 
E-mail: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
 
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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