481 Data Analytics jobs in Nairobi

About CHANCEN International
Chancen International is a non-profit financial institution providing ethical, fair, and responsible financing to help young Africans access quality tertiary education. Using an innovative Income Share Agreement (ISA) model, we cover students' tuition fees, allowing them to study without financial barriers. Graduates repay a portion of their income once employed, creating a sustainable funding cycle that supports future generations. By empowering young people with education, we enable their transition to meaningful employment, fostering economic mobility and strengthening communities.

Headquartered in Kigali, Rwanda, and operating in Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa, and Ghana, Chancen International has helped over 5,000 young people access education leading to dignified work. Our focus on marginalized populations ensures these youth gain the skills needed to thrive and contribute to building strong economies and peaceful nations.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and positive working environment where each individual can flourish and achieve their full potential. Our actions are guided by our company values: Authenticity, Curiosity, Courage, Stewardship and Fairness.

**Job Summary

The Research & Data Specialist will play a key role in strengthening Chancen's ISA underwriting and portfolio analytics by ensuring high-quality data input, interpreting macroeconomic and market trends, and integrating external datasets. This role sits within the Financial Planning and Analysis team and supports pricing, risk analysis, and portfolio optimization efforts. The Specialist will work closely with the Tech, Finance, and Impact teams to improve how Chancen collects, organizes, and analyzes data across countries and portfolios.
Key Responsibilities**
1. Data Input & Quality Assurance

• Maintain standardized input templates (ISA, PEI, employment); enforce schema, validation, and audit trails.
• Run QA checks (completeness, outliers, duplicates, cohort consistency); reconcile discrepancies with data owners.

• Publish data quality reports and escalate recurring issues with corrective actions.

• Underwriting Support

• Ingest and harmonize PEI datasets (enrolment, completion, placement, salary distributions/percentiles).

• Compute placement rate, time-to-placement, salary progression curves by program/PEI/country.

• Produce quarterly PEI scorecards to inform pricing guardrails (share %, thresholds, caps) and affordability checks.

• Market & Macro Trend Analysis

• Track inflation, minimum wage, unemployment, sector demand, and youth income trends; maintain a macro indicator pack per country.

• Write concise insight briefs (one-pager) highlighting risk/opportunity and recommended parameter changes.

• Country Partnerships & Data Procurement

• Build strong working relationships with Country Managers, PEIs, ministries/labour bureaus, and relevant agencies across different countries.

• Map, source, and procure priority datasets (employment, wage, placement, census/sector data, PEI admin data); maintain a live source register with refresh cadences and owners.
• Lead data-sharing requests and negotiate MoUs/DSAs with support from Legal/Compliance; ensure licensing terms, usage rights, and privacy are respected.
• Set SLAs for delivery, quality, and format with country partners; monitor adherence and escalate risks early.

• Track procurement budget and cost per dataset; propose cost-effective alternatives when needed.

• Data Systems & Integration

• Align datasets to the data warehouse schema; define data contracts and SLAs with Tech.

• Co-build/maintain dashboards for portfolio health, outcomes, and underwriting inputs (BI tools).
• Version control for data artifacts, queries, and calculations; maintain data dictionary.

Requirements

Educational Qualifications
Minimum Bachelor's Degree in project management, analytics, Economics, Statistics, Applied Economics
Technical Skills, Competencies, and Experience

• Bachelor's in Economics, Data Science, Statistics, Finance, or related field.
• 3–5 years in research/data analysis/credit modelling or adjacent roles.
• Proven experience cleaning, joining, and analysing education/employment datasets and building BI dashboards.
• Familiarity with income-based repayment/loan portfolios/credit scoring is advantageous.
• Experience across African markets preferred; strong written and verbal communication.
• Experience collaborating with country teams and external data owners (government, PEIs, research firms).
• Working knowledge of data licensing, privacy, and DPAs (GDPR/local equivalents) is a plus.

Company Description
Infotrak Research and Consulting is a full service research company that was founded in 2004 following the vision of the founder to provide the Pan African Market with suitable information solutions required to sustain the ever-growing economies in the continent.

Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Infotrak also has affiliate offices in Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria and field contacts in more than 12 other countries in Sub Saharan Africa. The firm attributes its rapid growth to not only innovation, high level of professionalism and dynamism, but also on the excellent caliber of personnel who have been described by many as "Business minds who specialize in research".

Services provided include: Customer & Employee Satisfaction Surveys, Market Segmentation Studies, Brand Health checks, Consumer Usage and attitude studies, advertising awareness/impact surveys, advertising pre-post testing, media surveys, pricing studies, new product research, market feasibilities, formative research, perception surveys, KAP studies etc.

Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Data Analyst with a minimum of five (5) years' experience in data analytics to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in statistical analysis, data management, and visualization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process, clean, and validate large datasets from various sources.
• Prepare survey sampling designs.
• Perform statistical analysis and interpretations to identify trends, patterns, and correlations.
• Develop dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to support business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and provide analytical support.
• Apply advanced analytical techniques to solve complex problems.
• Ensure data integrity, confidentiality, and compliance with relevant policies and regulations.
• Implement process improvements and data-driven strategies to optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics or a related field. Master's degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of five (5) years' proven experience in data analytics, statistical modelling, and reporting.
• Proficiency in statistical tools and programming languages (e.g., SPSS, STATA, MS Excel, R, and Python).
• Strong experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Information

This job is full time job and the applicant must be willing to work outside of the country.

If you meet the above requirements, send your CV with a cover letter and testimonials to

the contact address provided.

NB: Ladies are strongly encouraged to apply.

• Design, develop, and implement sophisticated machine learning models and algorithms to solve complex business problems.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify patterns, trends, and insights from large and complex datasets.
• Perform feature engineering, model selection, training, validation, and hyperparameter tuning.
• Develop predictive and prescriptive models for applications such as forecasting, anomaly detection, recommendation systems, and natural language processing.
• Evaluate model performance, interpret results, and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with software engineers to deploy machine learning models into production environments.
• Stay abreast of the latest research and advancements in machine learning, AI, and related fields.
• Design and conduct experiments to test hypotheses and validate model effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain robust data pipelines for model training and inference.
• Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to the team's technical growth.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and privacy throughout the data science lifecycle.
• Write clean, well-documented, and reproducible code, primarily in Python or R.
• Contribute to the development of intellectual property through research and innovation.

• Ph.D. or Master's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related quantitative field with a focus on Machine Learning.
• Proven track record of conducting cutting-edge research and developing impactful machine learning models.
• Extensive experience with machine learning frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
• Strong programming skills in Python or R, including experience with data manipulation libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy).
• Proficiency in SQL and experience working with various database systems.
• Deep understanding of statistical concepts, algorithms, and their practical application.
• Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop) is a plus.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Superior communication and presentation skills, capable of explaining complex technical concepts to diverse audiences remotely.
• Ability to work independently, manage projects, and drive research initiatives from conception to completion.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) for machine learning is beneficial.

• Assist in the collection, cleaning, and pre-processing of large datasets for AI model training.
• Support the development and implementation of machine learning models and algorithms under the guidance of senior researchers.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis to identify patterns and insights relevant to research objectives.
• Help in the evaluation and validation of model performance using various metrics.
• Contribute to the documentation of research findings, methodologies, and code.
• Participate in team meetings and brainstorming sessions to discuss project progress and future directions.
• Research and present relevant academic papers and industry trends in AI and ML.
• Assist in the preparation of research reports and presentations for internal and external audiences.
• Implement and test new AI techniques and frameworks.
• Collaborate with other interns and team members on assigned tasks.
• Ensure code is well-documented and follows best practices for reproducibility.
• Learn and apply advanced statistical and computational techniques relevant to AI research.

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, or a related quantitative field.
• Solid understanding of fundamental machine learning concepts and algorithms.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with relevant libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, pandas, and NumPy.
• Familiarity with data manipulation and analysis techniques.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, collaborative team environment.
• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and research challenges.
• Previous exposure to AI research projects or Kaggle competitions is a plus.
• Demonstrated passion for artificial intelligence and its applications.

Kenya

Research Manager - Systems Strengthening and Localization Unit for Sudan, based in Nairobi

Organization

• IMPACT Initiatives

Posted 20 Oct 2025 Closing date 3 Nov 2025

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH
Created in 2010, IMPACT is a Geneva-based NGO and the largest independent data provider in contexts of crisis. IMPACT aims to support a range of stakeholders in making better, more informed decisions in humanitarian, stabilization, and development settings. Through our team of assessment, data, geospatial, and thematic specialists, IMPACT promotes the design of people-centred research and set standards for collecting and analysing rigorous, high quality data in complex environments. Over the past 15 years, IMPACT has been growing in size and geographic reach to become one of the largest humanitarian research agencies in the humanitarian sector.

IMPACT's teams implement assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and organisational capacity-building programmes in direct partnership with aid actors. IMPACT's team is composed of over 200 full-time international experts as well as a roster of consultants, who are currently implementing over 50 programmes in over 30 countries across Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Central and South-east Asia, and Eastern Europe.

We are currently looking for a Research Manager to lead our Systems Strengthening and Localization Unit for the Sudan mission.

Department
: Systems Strengthening and Localization (SSL) Unit

Position
:
Research Manager
Contract duration
: 6 months (with possibility to extend depending on funding)

Starting Date
: 15 October

Location
: Nairobi, Kenya or Kampala, Uganda

COUNTRY PROFILE
Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Khartoum on 15 April 2023 and spread quickly across the country. Civilians have fled areas affected by fighting in large numbers, including to Chad, Egypt and South Sudan. Prices of food, fuel and other basic goods have skyrocketed skyrocketing, making critical goods unaffordable for many people. Half of Sudan's population are in need of humanitarian assistance, and the country is on the verge of a catastrophic hunger crisis. Humanitarian organizations are racing to respond to the most pressing needs wherever and whenever feasible, with access issues complicating the ability of actors to respond. In this fast-evolving context, IMPACT Initiatives is working to inform the emergency response to enable effective prioritization with scarce resources.

POSITION PROFILE

The Research Manager will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the new Systems Strengthening and Localization Unit, under the supervision of the IMPACT Deputy Country Coordinator, and IMPACT HQ in Geneva. The candidate should have a strong technical background in humanitarian research with demonstrated experience in information process optimization and coordination among a range of operational actors. The role combines strategic leadership, analytical oversight and stakeholder engagement with a focus on fostering mutually beneficial relationships. The position requires excellent external engagement skills considering the fragmented and dynamic operational environment, as well as strong managerial capacity to build and develop a new unit team. Candidates need to be comfortable representing IMPACT with donors and external partners.

Responsibilities
The Research Manager's responsibilities will include:

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION

• Under the guidance of the Deputy Country Coordinator, lead the design and roll-out of research strategies for the Systems Strengthening and Localization (SSL) Unit, ensuring alignment with a diverse humanitarian and operational landscape;
• Identify gaps and opportunities for systems strengthening approaches, building a credible portfolio of workstreams that influence operations in the Darfurs and facilitate improved coordination
• In close collaboration with the Country Representative, build and implement a new strategy for IMPACT to scale up in new areas in country
• Oversee the development and execution of the Sudan mission's localization strategy, including managing key deliverables such as skill exchange sessions with local responders and joint assessments with local partners
• Develop and implement dissemination strategies to strengthen the impact of the SSL Unit programmes;
• Engagement with HQ on SSL Unit research and/or coordination and provide support to relevant IMPACT Global Community of Practices (CoPs).

EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT

• Co-design and manage research partnerships with operational actors including local and non-traditional actors, establishing a framework for mutual accountability, coordination and data safety standards
• Engage closely with new subnational coordination structures such as the Area Based Coordination in the Darfurs and identify areas of support from IMPACT
• Engage closely with national responders to build joint research cycles and projects
• In coordination with the Country Representative, represent REACH with donors, partners, and the wider development community working on Sudan.

STAFF MANAGEMENT

• In collaboration with the Deputy Country Coordinator and Country Representative, hire the necessary capacity to build the unit
• Direct management of international and national team members in Sudan, Kenya and Uganda, including recruitment and staff career management. The RM will have to build the unit in close collaboration with the DCC and CR.
• Build relevant processes for the new unit and build the capacity of team members to engage with new approaches and research designs, as well as to leverage IMPACT standards in a constrained operational environment
• Day-to-day management of team members, including the development of work plans and performance indicators.

PROJECT/RESEARCH CYCLE MANAGEMENT

• Develop and oversee two new markets systems research cycles aimed at supporting market strengthening activities
• Ensure all assessments and analysis are planned and implemented in a structured and coherent manner, in line with relevant project and strategic objectives, and with global IMPACT guidelines;
• Oversee all research cycles, including reviewing ToRs, methodology notes, tools, products and dissemination strategies.
• Ensure the writing and production of timely, accurate and analytically rigorous reports, assessments, and factsheets;
• Ensure relevant stakeholders and partners are engaged in assessment design and planning;
• Monitor output achievement, project expenditure and ensure timely completion of the project.
• Actively advocate for the improving of analysis within IMPACT products, and using common methodologies, tools and analysis frameworks across units where relevant

GRANTS MANAGEMENT

• Support the Country Representative with managing grants in the SSL Unit, including initial discussions with donors, conceptualization of new projects, drafting proposals, regular reporting, and M&E;
• Under the guidance of the Country Representative, oversee the financial management of all grants covering Markets and Systems Strengthening projects, including oversight of budget and expenditure;
• Ensure that contractual obligations are met in terms of programs deliverables.
• The Research Manager will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. They will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.

Requirements

• Years of work experience At least 5 years of relevant working experience in a humanitarian setting, such as program management, evaluation and assessments;
• Familiarity with aid system Good understanding of the aid system and the research community. Prior experience with implementing organizations strongly preferred.
• Experience in coordination structures Experience operating in fragmented responses with multiple partners and actors to coordinate. Experience working in an INGO consortia is an asset
• Research skills Excellent quantitative and qualitative research design, data collection, and data analysis experience required;
• Management experience Demonstrated team management skills, including remote management;
• Communication skills Strong communication skills required.
• Thematic experience Prior experience with systems strengthening, localization, and cash and markets.
• Experience in geographical region Past experience in Sudan is strongly preferred;
• Communication/reporting skills Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting and reviewing;
• Cross-cultural work environment Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility and work independently;
• Academic qualifications Excellent academic qualifications, including a master's degree in a relevant discipline;
• Software skills Proven knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Familiarity with R, SPSS and/or STATA or other statistical analysis software an asset
• Security environment Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment.
• Language skills Fluency in English required, competency in Arabic is strongly preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

• For this position, salary between 3'120 CHF and 3'240 CHF monthly (before income tax), etc as well as a monthly living allowance of 300 USD NB - IMPACT salaries are strictly determined by our salary grid depending on the grade of the position and the level of education of staff. A location-dependent security and/or isolation adjustment is then applied as a recognition that some staff are required to work in difficult places where living and working conditions are much more difficult than elsewhere.
• Accommodation and food provided in the guesthouse.
• Enrolment in Swiss private pension fund (Swisslife – approx. 9.975% of staff gross salary), health insurance, life insurance and repatriation assistance.
• Flight tickets every 6 months & visa fees covered (in-country travel costs and professional expenses are fully covered).
• Contribution to the luggage transportation: between 20 and 100 kgs, depending on the length of the contract (+ luggage and personal property insurance)
• Annual leave of 36 days per year. Public holidays of the country of assignment. Family/compassionate leave when applicable.
• Predeparture induction - 3 days at IMPACT Initiatives's HQ in Geneva + one week pre-departure training in ACTED HQ in Paris, including a 4-days in situ security training;
• IMPACT prioritizes the psychological safety of its staff and the health insurance provided covers, among others, up to 1000 € per year of psychosocial counselling fees.

How to apply

Please apply directly on the website: Research Manager – Systems Strengthening and Localization Unit for Sudan, based in Nairobi (Link For External Applicants) | Impact

Job details

Country

• Kenya

City Nairobi Source

• IMPACT Initiatives

Type

• Job

Career category

• Information Management

Years of experience

• 5-9 years

Themes

• Health
• Protection and Human Rights

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