Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) are seeking a detail-oriented, agile, and highly motivated Data Intern to support the data management, tracking, and reporting needs of a Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) for the Gitlab Eye Health & Livelihoods Project. The RRI operates on accelerated timelines to achieve high-performance targets. The Data Intern will play a crucial role in ensuring that daily and weekly performance metrics are accurately captured, cleaned, and synthesised. This role is ideal for a junior data professional or recent graduate looking to gain hands-on experience in fast-paced monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive project management.
Job Responsibilities
1.Data Entry, Cleaning, and Quality Assurance
- •Maintain and update the RRI tracking sheets, databases, and daily dashboards.
- •Review incoming data from project sites/teams to identify gaps, duplicates, or inconsistencies.
- •Conduct routine data cleaning to ensure high data integrity for daily and weekly review meetings.
2.Monitoring & Reading Glasses Dispatchment Support
- •Assist in tracking daily performance indicators against the RRI milestones.
- •Support the compilation of daily and weekly progress data to help the team identify bottlenecks quickly.
- •Follow up with implementation teams to ensure timely submission of data touchpoints.
- •Assist in processing requests for reading glasses from facilities and sending them to the facilities
3.Data Visualisation & Reporting
- •Assist in updating simple, highly visual data dashboards or charts that clearly communicate RRI progress to the team and stakeholders.
- •Contribute to the preparation of brief weekly bulleted updates and templates for data-driven check-ins.
Job Requirements
- Degree or recent graduate in Health Records, Statistics, Information Technology, Health Informatics, Social Sciences, or a related field with a strong quantitative component.
- Basic understanding of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) concepts, rapid-cycle tracking and project management.
Personal Attributes
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (including data sorting, filtering, basic formulas)
- Ability to work efficiently under tight, daily deadlines inherent to an RRI sprint
- High level of accuracy in data entry and a keen eye for spotting data anomalies.
- An interest in public health, specifically eye health programming
- Ability to flag data issues promptly and collaborate effectively with the project team.
- Takes initiative to clarify data discrepancies without waiting for scheduled check-ins