Crown Agents USA, Inc. (CA-USA) is seeking a Data Manager for the MCA
Indonesia funded Data Collection for the Baseline Survey of the
Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project in
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Our Business
Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 12 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health systems strengthening.
Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.
Project Description
The project will implement a baseline survey for an impact evaluation of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project. It will cover 4,560 households, along with puskesmas (health center) and desa (village)-level surveys across Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan and South Sumatra. The project will collect data that will be analyzed by the Evaluation Team of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project to make statements about the Nutrition Project’s impact.
Role & Responsibilities
The Data Manager will play the role of a senior data programmer and be required to develop the data entry program in Bahasa Indonesia used during the survey. The Data Manager will spend at least 30% of his/her time in the survey locations when field work is underway. The Data Manager will report to the Technical Team Leader.
Specific Responsibilities
Our Business
Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 12 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health systems strengthening.
Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.
Project Description
The project will implement a baseline survey for an impact evaluation of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project. It will cover 4,560 households, along with puskesmas (health center) and desa (village)-level surveys across Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan and South Sumatra. The project will collect data that will be analyzed by the Evaluation Team of the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project to make statements about the Nutrition Project’s impact.
Role & Responsibilities
The Data Manager will play the role of a senior data programmer and be required to develop the data entry program in Bahasa Indonesia used during the survey. The Data Manager will spend at least 30% of his/her time in the survey locations when field work is underway. The Data Manager will report to the Technical Team Leader.
Specific Responsibilities
- Design a data entry program for entering survey data that prevents entry errors
- Design and lead training for data entry and data cleaning staff
- Manage the data receipt process
- Manage data cleaning process (check for inconsistencies within and across modules, check for variable range label and code variables, format datasets in the shape (long/wide) requested by MCA-INDONESIA
- Make periodic reports to MCA-INDONESIA about data quality (e.g., error rates, missing data, etc)
- Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team, to achieve specific and measurable results
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology or engineering or a related field, such as Economics, Sociology, Demography, Statistics, or Math
- At least five years of experience managing the data entry and/or cleaning for household surveys of similar size (at least 2000+ households)
- At least two years of experience in programming for a household survey •Experience working with MCC highly desirable
- Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia required
- Good knowledge of English highly desirable
How to apply:
Application ProcessTo apply to this position, please email your CV to careers@crownagents.com. Include your name, along with “14-30C Data Manager”, in the subject line. Visit our website at www.crownagentsusa.com for more information about our company. No phone calls, faxes or walk-ins please. Crown Agents USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
Closing date: 05 May 2014
Crown Agents USA will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with qualified disabilities in accordance with the ADA and local labor law as applicable. If you require a reasonable accommodation for our application process, please contact our Recruiting department directly. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on a need-to-know basis only.
