Data Analytics Manager (Remote) at Code for Africa

Code for Africa is inviting credible applicants who are willing to partake in its ongoing recruitment to fill the position below:

Job Title: Data Analytics Manager

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time, Remote

 About Code for Africa : Code for Africa is the continent’s largest federation of independent civic technology and data journalism laboratories, which build digital democracy solutions giving citizens unfettered access to actionable information that empowers them to make informed decisions and that strengthen civic engagement for improved public governance and accountability.

Job Requirements

• Demonstrable investigative skills honed from experience in advanced data analytics, business intelligence, machine learning or artificial intelligence. CfA will NOT consider any applicants who has served with government intelligence agencies;
• Technical capabilities in conducting targeted forensic data analysis and or open source investigations;
• Experience with statistical software (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB) and database languages (e.g. SQL) for network analysis.
• A minimum of 2 years managing data analytics projects, research teams or editorial newsrooms, with evidence of successful collaboration/impact, in challenging and/or fast-moving environments;
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience managing several projects at once with high stakes and outputs.

Preferred: candidates who are able to demonstrate the following will have an advantage:

• An understanding of influence operations, including both disinformation and misinformation, as well as digital amplification and viral media techniques would be a benefit.
• An understanding of offshore financial schemes, international money laundering operations, and/or criminal structures would be a bonus.
• Experience of managing or using digital technologies for conducting OSINT investigative research into influence operations and evolving disinformation trends, or alternatively using data-driven network analysis/ named entity recognition tools for analysing PEPs or institutional networks.
• Previous experience working on the digital collaboration tools that CfA uses, ranging from Slack and Google Drive, to Trello would be an advantage.
• Familiarity with mining and handling large datasets would be a plus.
• Ability to speak and write in English and French or Arabic.

 How to Submit Your Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Application Closing Date
15th February 2023.