Monitoring Data Analyst, Middle East & North Africa Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning Services Activity, Amman, Jordan

Project Summary:

The Middle East & North Africa Monitoring, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Services (MENA MELS) Activity, managed bythe U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC). MENA MELS supports the design and implementation of rigorous research, assessments, evaluations and learning activities for NEA/AC and its operating units in 10 countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, the West Bank and Gaza (WBG), and Yemen. Project services include third party monitoring, evaluations, assessments and research; analysis and synthesis; learning and utilization; and MEL capacity building and training. Additional information on the MENA MELS Project is available here.

MENA MELS will conduct third party monitoring (TPM) through September 2026 to monitor, verify, and evaluate DoS-funded activities in in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. The purpose of TPM is to verify and report on humanitarian assistance programming in these countries on related progress, challenges, successes, and lessons learned. The information and findings from TPM will be critical in ensuring program learning and accountability, which will be useful for real time programmatic adjustments and future program design.

**Please note: Only Jordanian citizens are eligible for this position**

Position Summary:

The Data Analyst will work under the supervision of the Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Officer (Senior MERO) to provide regular support and guidance in the areas of data management, analysis and reporting. In this role, the Data Analyst will conduct independent analysis of quantitative and qualitative data collected by the project and will develop timely and concise analytical reports from this analysis. The Data Analyst will also have a strong role in quality assurance, including by reviewing analysis conducted by other members of the team and third-party contractors.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute data analysis plans.
• Train other staff members to execute data analysis plans.
• Contribute to the development of quantitative and qualitative data collection instruments in consultation with other partners and stakeholders involved in development and humanitarian programming, including the research company responsible for data collection.
• Use quantitative software including Excel, SPSS, STATA and/or R to process large amounts of raw data and organize the preparation of data set codebooks for use by support researchers.
• Develop coding frameworks for the analysis of qualitative data and use these frameworks to assess qualitative data collected by the project.
• Recognize, extract and interpret data trends from large and complex data sets and express those trends in visual graphics and clear, concise prose.
• Prepare drafts of reports based on assessed data to be submitted to the Senior MERO for review.
• Provide quality oversight and assurance of data collected by third parties to ensure the completeness, accuracy, robustness and timely production of all data reports.
• Help the team identify gaps in data collection approaches.
• Assist in the presentation of findings, conclusions and recommendations to program stakeholders as requested.
• Contribute to update project data management platforms using Power BI and Fulcrum in collaboration with the MENA MELS GIS analyst/database manager.

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