Zambia MEL Lead

excerpts from the official posting

We are seeking an exceptional MEL professional with 4+ years of experience to run our day-to-day field data collection operations, and statistical analysis, strengthen data quality, and manage our 13-person field implementation teams. You will coordinate the entire survey lifecycle from questionnaire scripting and…

Main responsibilities

• Design statistically sound data collection instruments and survey methodologies tailored to rural agricultural interventions.
• Establish rigorous data management workflows, cleaning protocols, and automated quality assurance checks to minimise data errors.
• Continuously audit and improve data collection processes to streamline reporting pipelines.
• Analyse survey data using statistical software (R, Python, etc.) to produce summary statistics and rigorous impact analysis and other statistical analysis as needed…

Profile

• Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for . For this role specifically, you will have:
• Knowledge of R, Python, or suitable languages, combined with survey tools (e.g., CommCare, ODK, KoboToolbox), and Google Sheets.
• Proficiency in quantitative/qualitative survey design, handling complex datasets, with a solid grounding in statistics