ThaiNGO

Scope of Work

Position Title: Data Assistant

Position Location: Thailand (remote work)

Assigned Unit/Country: Myanmar

Coordinator: Information Management Officer

Overview: This scope of work (SoW) outlines the Data Assistant position with the Center of Operational Analysis and Research (COAR). The Data Assistant will support COAR’s Myanmar projects by:

1. undertaking media monitoring, primary and secondary source research of publicly available quantitative and qualitative data to support the humanitarian interventions in Myanmar,
2. updating databases on a regular basis by conducting data entry and,
3. maintaining the databases to a high quality by conducting required data quality control measures.

About COAR: COAR is an independent social enterprise that directly supports practitioners, policymakers, and donors by facilitating humanitarian and development interventions in complex, fragile, and high-risk environments.

Objectives:

• To support the country team with complete and accurate databases that inform humanitarian updates of the country.
• To prioritize and distill significant events and track developments relevant to the humanitarian community.
• To verify and validate the most significant data, and assess the credibility of sources, through triangulation and other recognized data quality assurance and verification methods.
• To inform current Myanmar’s social, political and socio-economic context to project teams from the humanitarian perspective.

Activities:

The Data Assistant’s tasks are envisaged as follows:

• Monitor different traditional media and social media such as Twitter and Facebook, including routine publications from UN agencies, government, and stakeholder press releases.
• Collect the data and information that are important for humanitarian programming.
• Clean the extracted data and/or modify it to fit into COAR’s databases.
• Conduct data entry on a routine basis including data validation and triangulation.
• Conduct in-depth tasked research on specific topics or issues, mining all traditional and non-traditional resources, as requested by analysts.
• Assist the information management (IM) team in data visualization and mapping by supporting both quantitative data and synthesized qualitative information.
• Assist the IM Team in developing new data collection tools and methods including the development of new humanitarian databases.
• Work in a committed, professional manner with consistency, integrity, and confidentiality.

Deliverables:

Data Assistant will:

• Prepare updated databases about humanitarian updates in Myanmar, using multiple source streams to support humanitarian interventions;
• Produce synthesized information of humanitarian updates for the IM Team to utilize in data visualization and reporting;

Qualifications and Experience:

Qualifications

• A Myanmar national with a minimum of university-level education;
• A minimum of 2 years experience working in a data management position in a social enterprise, NGO, INGO, or similar organization, or other relevant background;

The ideal candidate for the Data Assistant role will have:

• Excellent skills at using Microsoft Office (especially Microsoft Excel) and Google Workspace (especially Google Sheets);
• Excellent knowledge and easy use of Google Search and social networks, including public information portals;
• Very good computer skills — especially desktop publishing;
• Good typing skills (minimum 50 WPM);
• Knowledge and understanding of Myanmar’s socio-political context;
• Knowledge and skills in analyzing quantitative data, and mixed-method research;
• Good level of English and native Myanmar language;
• Skills in data management software or data visualization software would be an asset.

Important Note:

• COAR’s mode of work is mostly remote, using the internet and a computer. COAR may not be able to support each employee with a high-model computer laptop due to the nature of the work and the funding status. The Data Assistant should have a good laptop computer and a good internet connection for remote work at COAR.
• Some or all candidates may be required to take a computer ability test as a part of the recruitment process.
• Candidates must have their own active personal bank accounts in Thailand or other country outside of Myanmar, before applying for this position.

Timeframe: At will, and as funding is available.

Application Procedure:

• To apply for this position, please send the following documents to hr@coar-global.org.

1. Application letter,
2. Curriculum Vitae, and
3. Scanned copies of non-academic certificates which are relevant to this position (e.g., Certificate in Excel Skills).

• Please mention the position title that you applied for and your name in the email subject:

(For example: “Data Assistant, Mr. Kyaw Kyaw”).

• Recruitment Deadline: 31 August 2023 (We review the applications on a rolling basis).