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Associate Director-Data Analytics

Reach to Teach (RTT)

195 days ago

JOB DESCRIPTION
 
Designation: Associate Director-Data Analytics
 
Location: Gurugram, State: Haryana
 
About Reach to Teach:
 
Reach To Teach is an education charity committed to improving the quality of teaching and learning outcomes in Government primary schools in India. Reach to Teach works in partnership with State Governments and other organisations to bring about systemic changes in education and to improve the quality of teaching and learning outcomes amongst children with an emphasis on foundational learning and numeracy, higher order thinking skills and the use of technology.
 
The guiding principle underpinning all its programmes is that the whole education system and all roles within it should be considered from the perspective of how they can optimally support the learning needs, and overcome the learning challenges, of children. We believe that every child can learn, and that a strong foundational education maximises their chances of future success.
 
Over the last two years, Reach To Teach has expanded its activities from working at the community and school level in rural areas of Gujarat to partnering with state governments across the country on various high priority initiatives aimed at the overall objective of improving the quality of education.
For more information, please visit our website - http://reach-to-teach.org/
 
Team:
The Data Analytics team is a critical part of the Programme Operations team at Reach to Teach. The team is responsible for driving data-driven approaches for the purpose of generating critical insights for organisation through data analytics, visualization, and reporting mechanisms. The team supports in identifying opportunities and drive process/ system improvements for organisational efficiency and establishing sectoral insights for strategic roadmap.
 
Job Purpose:
 
The Associate Director- Data Analytics will be responsible for the utilization and governance of data across the organization. The role will work in close collaboration with Programme and Knowledge Leads to create a data strategy to provide programmatic/thematic intelligence and drive data driven decisions across the organisation. The Associate Director will be the custodian of all programmatic and knowledge area related data and will be responsible for presenting a unified form of data from varied sources and databases.
 
The Associate Director-Data Analytics will report to the Director-Programme Operations and shall mentor the Data Analytics team at RTT.
 
Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement a data strategy for the organisation aligning with its vision and objectives/priorities.
  • Lead on assessing and periodic review of data management and analytics requirement across the organisation.
  • Collaborate with functional teams to understand their needs, formulate and complete end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing deliverables and presentations to come up with actionable, high-impact insights across programmes, service offerings and functions.
  • Ensure that data and analysis is presented and communicated in appropriate formats for a varied audience using data visualization, dashboards, reports and other methods.
  • Lead on automation of the generation of reports and iteratively building and prototyping dashboards to provide insights at scale
  • Lead on the generation of sectoral products/reports using large government data to drive evidence based conversations with partner states and other stakeholders for system improvement opportunities
  • Define data quality indicators (DQIs), develop analytical algorithms and methods, deploy tools & techniques to enhance data management systems.
  • Advise and implement procedures and structures to outline accountabilities for the effective management/governance of data.
  • Lead, motivate, and manage the analytics team including prioritisation, project assignment, project pipeline, workload management and risk management
  • Establish and create a data driven culture across the organisation
 
Experience and Competencies
  • Minimum: 12-14 years with at least 8 years of relevant experience in a data analytics role
  • Qualification: Bachelors or Masters in a quantitative field (such as Engineering, Statistics, Math, Economics, or Computer Science with Modeling/ Data Science)
  • Prior project experience in one or more of the following areas are preferred
  • Familiarity with database technologies and tools (SQL/R/SAS/JMP etc.), data technologies such as Hadoop, Teradata and data transformation and processing.
  • Experience with a visualization tool such as Tableau, Spotfire, Power BI, Sisense, etc.
  • Understanding of text analytics, data mining and social media analytics.
  • Work experience with real data for drawing insights, and functional analysis will be advantageous.
  • Sound statistical knowledge in standard techniques: Classification models, Cluster Analysis, Neural Networks, Logistic Regression, Random Forests, Experimental Design, etc.
  • Substantial practical experience of working on MS Excel and other MS Office tools
  • Deep interest and aptitude in data management, analysis and applied knowledge of measurement and statistics
  • Capable of translating analysis results into functional recommendations
  • Able to articulate and communicate well to all stakeholders (both verbally and in writing) in a manner that meets the different needs of different audiences.
  • Ability to reflect, self-aware, able to regulate, empathetic, and capable of deep listening 
  • Able to successfully manage different work streams with different delivery dates and stakeholders
  • Able to use creativity to generate exciting and engaging content
  • High social intelligence: able to engage and lead teams and persuade people, able to create relationships of trust with stakeholders; generates positivity; natural team player
  • Adept at co-creation: naturally collaborative and solutions focused
  • Conflict negotiation: comfortable negotiating and diffusing conflict; seeking clarity and testing assumptions
  • Able to develop strategic programme architecture and develop wider vision for programmes
  • Critical thinker: able to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas
  • Connector: able to spot gaps, opportunities, and synergies
Language Proficiency
Fluency in English and Hindi
 
Applicant Information
 
Interested Candidates: Please send your latest curriculum vitae and a covering letter explaining your interest, suitability and fitment with RTT at HR@reach-to-teach.org by EOD 31st December 2021.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please mention the job title in the subject line while applying.
 
RTT is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusiveness. 

  • Gurugram, Haryana
  • Full time
  • As per industry standards
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