Data & Research Intern - FieldWorkz

Background 

The Khana Group (TKG) is a leading social impact consulting firm that delivers research, evaluation, data collection and advisory services to clients and partners across Sub-Saharan Africa. With offices in Liberia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the US, we use data and cultural/local contexts to inform programmatic and policy decisions and develop strategies to increase social impact for our clients and partners. For over a decade, we have led and supported over 300 projects in 30 countries in Africa. 

TKG developed FieldWorkz, an on-demand survey platform that crowdsources critical data through a network of trained and experienced data collectors and is seeking an intern who is enthusiastic about ICT and has some experience with technologies such as AI, Data Analytics & Visualization, Machine Learning, and IOT. The intern will have some experience with tools such as ODK, SurveyCTO, SurveyToGo, Survey Solutions, Magpi, etc., and understand scripting. We are looking for someone with at least 3 years of experience in ICT and Research. 

Responsibilities and Tasks

 • Support the management and operationalization of surveys and research in the field. 

• Support the design and develop compelling data visualization (maps, charts, and graphs) and dashboards using data sets from various sources. 

• Support the collection and analysis of data with rigor and integrity and curate insights that are concise and appropriately accessible to other audiences. 

• Support quantitative data analysis and visualization. 

• Collaborate with global research teams during quantitative project execution to ensure quality of results and communication delivered to clients. 

• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders, in-person and/or remotely. 

• Maintain the highest level of data security and client confidentiality. 

Minimal Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistical studies, demography and any other field related data management and at least 3 years of experience in the field of database management and 3 years of experience working in the field of monitoring and evaluation and research 

• Experience with tools such as ODK, SurveyCTO, SurveyToGo, Survey Solutions, etc.

• Demonstrated expertise in at least one programming language relevant for numerical analysis (Strong preference for Python, R, SPSS, Stata, etc.). 

• ICT skills: MS Excel, Access, SQL, and Android tablets or phones 

• Good mapping and cartography skills 

• Experience in quantitative and/or qualitative data collection methodologies, and relating software packages 

• Some proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau, Python, R, etc.). 

No telephone inquiries, please. 

Please email with Data & Research Intern – FieldWorkz in the subject line. 

The Khana Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.