About Fortify Health

Fortify Health is an NGO with a team of dedicated entrepreneurs working to improve nutritional status at a population scale through fortification, a recognised, effective public health intervention. We work to tackle anaemia and birth defects by supporting the fortification of wheat flour with iron, vitamin B12, and folic acid. We support millers willing to adopt fortification by making it cost-neutral to them, and we work with state governments to expand fortification in social safety net programs and on the open market. Complementing our entrepreneurial model, we provide nutrition training, career development opportunities and a wide range of resources to guide the team. 

Position overview

The  Data Manager will be based in Pune, Indore or Bhopal (with up to 30% of their time including travel to other locations, mostly in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh). This role will involve leading the work on digitizing data collection tools (includes piloting and setting up quality checks), managing various databases, analyzing them (using Stata/Python), and supporting data visualization for mills. These processes will help us in tracking our progress, identifying challenges and solving them. The role will involve collaborating with partner mills, Fortify Health’s Program team and the M&E team to ensure that mills fortify their flour adequately and safely, by managing the quality assurance process of fortified atta. They will closely work with the M&E and Program teams at Fortify Health. 
The Data Manager will also have a base of knowledge about data collection (specially digital data collection) and analysis. They have the exciting opportunity to bring their own unique experience into this role, as they will be the fourth member of our M&E team and will be an essential part of Fortify Health’s growth. They will report to Fortify Health’s Country Director.

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Responsibilities and Activities

  • Work with digital data collection contractors and the Fortify Health team to digitize data collection tools, keeping in mind user friendliness and data visualization
  • Develop and maintain systems of quality assurance process in digital data collection, regularly update them, train M&E team members, Program team members and mill staff
  • Lead the development of the data management of all the databases maintained as a part of internal monitoring, in line with established data frameworks
  • Support in funder reporting
  • Regularly analyze data, and share it in an easily digestible format at various levels of decision making 
  • Plan and conduct fieldwork to understand how the data flows and suggest improvements
  • Consolidate monitoring data and prepare monthly reports
  • Innovate and design mechanisms for fortification data collection and representation
  • Support exploration of future opportunities for study design and execution

Requirements

  • Prior experience in setting up and managing digital data collection and data analysis.
  • Knowledge of advanced Stata/Python/R (preferably Stata)
  • Prior experience with SurveyCTO
  • Knowledge of data management systems like SQL/SQLite
  • Excellent attention to both detail and results
  • Enthusiasm about our opportunity to improve people’s lives through fortification
  • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to oversee the data quality assurance process 
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, from managing relationships between various stakeholders to relaying important quality assurance findings in an accessible way
  • Strong creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to efficiently learn and execute best practices where they exist and to innovate where they do not
  • Excellent teamwork skills
  • Confidence, humility, and diligence
  • Dedication to the long-term progress and sustainability of the charity, and perseverance throughout its intermediate hurdles
  • Willingness to travel up to 30% of working days
  • Fluency in Hindi and English
  • Professional fluency in English (written and spoken)
  • Willingness to relocate to any of Pune, Indore or Bhopal 
  • Authorisation to work in India (Indian national, eligibility for OCI, etc.)

Desirable attributes

  • Experience working with remote team members
  • Experience working independently
  • Relevant experience in NGO field environment 
  • Scientific literacy to understand the finer points on fortification through the academic literature

Terms of employment:

  • One year contract, renewal by mutual agreement

Salary and benefits:

  • INR 94,500 per month (including taxes).

How to Apply

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