MEL & Data Analysis Specialist

1. Data Collection & Quality

• Track data entry across the school management system (student scores, attendance, retention) and field tools (classroom observations, surveys).
• Check incoming data for gaps, errors, and inconsistencies; follow up directly with campus teams to get them fixed.
• Keep the MEL indicator matrix, the core indicators spanning literacy, numeracy, Socio-Emotional Learning, retention, teacher training, and placement, accurate and up to date.

2. Dashboard Build, Automation & Tooling

• Maintain and improve the leadership dashboards.
• Fix issues as they come up; keep the dashboard live, current, and easy for non-technical leadership to read at a glance.
• Advise on and implement best-practice tools and automations that cut manual work across teams.
• Monitor and manage hosting/usage to avoid unnecessary cost or downtime.

3. Reporting & Analysis

• Pull together regular data summaries and reports for leadership review (this will primarily sit in live dashboards that can be utilised directly).
• Run the numbers behind funder and partner reporting, and flag anything unverified or inconsistent before it goes external.
• Support assessment cycles (for example EGRA/EGMA baseline, endline): scheduling, data capture, and analysis.

4. Cross-Team Coordination

• Work directly with the Executive Principal and department heads to keep each indicator's data flowing on schedule.
• Support campus-level teams with data entry training and troubleshooting.

5. Documentation

• Keep data definitions, collection templates, and the indicator matrix current and usable by the wider team.
• Document how systems and reports work, so others can pick them up independently.