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Program / Country Office Summary
Mercy Corps’ Ukraine crisis response seeks to meet the humanitarian needs of vulnerable Ukrainians and other conflict-affected people where they are: displaced inside Ukraine, refugees in Poland, Romania and Moldova, or trapped behind frontlines. We aim to reach 500,000 vulnerable people with multi-purpose cash assistance, in-kind humanitarian support, and protection services across four countries. Almost all of our impact will be delivered in partnership: with Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian and Moldovan civil society organizations through a granting program that matches humanitarian action with capacity strengthening, and with peer international NGOs through a consortium in Ukraine. Mercy Corps is responding to the Ukraine crisis with large-scale consortium programming with a focus on Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA). The Ukraine Cash Consortium (UCC) is a partnership between four international humanitarian aid agencies to model and deliver innovative, effective cash and other humanitarian assistance programs to support people affected by the Ukraine crisis within Ukraine.
General Position Summary
The Data Analysis and Automation Lead (DAAL) sits on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team and is responsible for the design and development of UCC program data systems, including: mapping program data flows, working with the consortium partners to align data standards and structures, leading technical teams to create and execute on system specifications, and ensuring overall technical quality and data security. Technologies that are available and to be used across UCC partners include CommCare (Dimagi), WhatsApp (Meta), SMS/IVR, Twilio, SalesForce, Azure (Microsoft), and Power BI (Microsoft). They will manage a team of data engineers, data analysts, and MEL Technology (MEL Tech) specialists and will ensure that participant privacy is respected and sensitive data is appropriately protected. They will continuously coordinate with the other MEL team members leading data collection across the response effort, work to collect feedback from stakeholders, and work to make the data flows more efficient, automated, and simpler to operate throughout UCC activities. They will ensure that analysis and visualizations derived from the UCC data systems are accurate and delivered to decision-makers in reliable, timely, and digestible ways, and work with UCC program leaders to interpret the data and fill information gaps. This includes informing local response activities and aggregating data across UCC program activities, regions, and partners.
As needed, the DAAL may also participate in the program’s overall strategic discussions and development, attend operational meetings, and support team recruitment. This position will work in strong coordination with the UCC MEL Manager, Learning Manager, Data Architect/ Engineer, and PAQ lead and regional and HQ-based MEL teams.
Essential Job Responsibilities
PROGRAM DATA MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATION & ANALYSIS
PROGRAM & GRANT ADMINISTRATION
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Accountability
Reports Directly To: MEL Manager
Works Directly With: UCC Senior MEL Officers, PaQ Lead, UCC Program Learning Manager, Consortium MEL Director, Mercy Corps Headquarters MEL team and counterparts at MC HQ offices in Europe.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
Any skills you have gained through education, volunteer, work, or life experience that are relevant for the position will be considered. Be sure to fully explain transferable skills and success factors and how they apply to this position in your cover letter.
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