VVOB recognises the importance of helping talented young graduates develop the professional knowledge and skills necessary for employment.
You will be contributing to the ambition and values by taking initiative whenever necessary to ensure the implementation of high-quality programmes at the VVOB country office.
This internship opportunity is designed not only to benefit the country office from the intern's skills but also to provide the intern with meaningful and challenging work experience that aligns with their career goals.
The Data Management Intern will support the design, development, management, and maintenance of data systems used for programme monitoring, reporting, research, and decision-making.
By the end of this internship, the Data Management Intern will have gained a solid understanding of data management procedures within the development sector, along with practical experience in these areas.
Data Systems and Database Management
Design, build, and maintain relational databases to support programme data management and reporting needs.
Develop and manage data structures, tables, relationships, queries, and documentation for efficient storage, retrieval, and analysis of data.
Support database administration, including data backups, data security, user access controls, and routine database maintenance.
Ensure databases are properly organized, cleaned, updated, and aligned with programme indicators and reporting requirements.
Use SQL to extract, transform, validate, and summarize data from different data sources.
Digital Data Collection Tools
Design, program, and manage electronic data collection tools using platforms such as KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO, ODK, or similar systems.
Develop forms with skip logic, validation rules, calculations, constraints, repeat groups, and quality checks.
Support testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and updating of digital data collection tools.
Train and support field teams, enumerators, and programme staff in the use of digital data collection applications.
Monitor incoming data during fieldwork and provide real-time feedback on data quality issues
Data Cleaning and Quality Assurance
Conduct routine data cleaning, validation, deduplication, consistency checks, and reconciliation across datasets.
Develop automated data quality checks using Excel, Power Query, SQL, and other appropriate tools.
Identify data gaps, errors, outliers, and inconsistencies, and work with programme teams to resolve them.
Use advanced Excel functions, formulas, pivot tables, Power Query, macros, and other programming features to support preparation of clean datasets for analysis, reporting, evaluation, and donor submissions.
Maintain data dictionaries, codebooks, metadata, and documentation of data processing procedures.
Dashboards and Data Visualization
Support the MEAL team in the development, maintenance, and updating of interactive dashboards using Power BI and other visualization tools.
Use Power Query and DAX to transform, model, and analyze data for dashboards and reports.
Support programme teams to interpret and use dashboard outputs for decision-making.
Data Governance and Documentation
Support implementation of data management standards, protocols, and quality assurance procedures.
Ensure compliance with organizational data protection, confidentiality, and ethical data handling requirements.
Maintain proper documentation for databases, data collection tools, datasets, dashboards, and reporting templates.
Promote good data management practices across programme teams.
Supportive environment enabling continuous professional development.
VVOB – education for development is an international organisation with over 40 years’ experience in strengthening the quality of education systems in Africa, Asia and South America in close partnership with ministries of education and their institutions. Research shows that, of all school-based factors, the quality of teaching and school leadership has the biggest impact on learning outcomes of learners. As such, the professional development of teachers and school leaders is VVOB’s primary priority in ensuring quality education for all. By working closely with governments, research institutions, committed donors and national, regional and international networks and expert partners, VVOB strives to maximise the sustainability and potential for upscaling of its initiatives.
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