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The Skills Outside School Foundation is a registered not-for-profit in Nigeria (IT73040) and the UK (09365183) providing employability skills training, career mentoring and development, education building services and scholarship opportunities to disadvantaged youth at secondary and tertiary level in Nigeria.

 

JOB TITLE

Policy and Research Analyst

 

LOCATION

Abuja

 

ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES

The core role of the Policy and Research Analyst is to research documents on education and employability and strategically analyze findings in line with guiding policies in order to make informed ideologies. The Analyst has to be abreast with educational trends so as to up scale the Foundation’s educational policies.

The duties of the Policy and Research Analyst are highlighted below:

Methodology

1. Gathering Data, Research Educational Policy and Trends & Identify relevant stakeholders
2. Diagnose the problems and gaps where intervention is required
3. Research innovative tools, resources and policies deployed in other developing countries such as:
   1. Kenya
   2. Ghana
   3. South Africa
   4. India
4. Provide findings to the team to find ways of addressing the problems

 

Aims

1. Conducting analysis, summarising and explaining research finds and their implications for our resource section
2. Providing data for our baseline expansion to other states
3. Producing policy and advocacy papers
4. Producing opinion pieces
5. Producing videos and podcasts

 

Reporting Relationship: President of Executive Council
SKILLS and EXPERIENCE

1. Excellent written and verbal communication, strong editing skills
2. Superior Writing and Research Skills
3. Graphic/Creative Design Skills
4. Excellent Analytical and critical thinking Skills
5. Strong IT Skills
6. Advanced Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel Skills
7. Ability to use dropbox, sharepoint and goggle drive
8. General understanding of maintenance and handling of high volumes of data
9. Creative self-starter who can work independently or on a team
10. Experience with writing creative and well-researched pieces on a variety of issues
11. Organized, driven and able to gather data from a number of challenges independently
12. Strong attention to detail

 

EDUCATION

1. Bachelor degree in any discipline preferably in the social sciences and quantitative degrees (e.g. statistics)
2. Additional qualifications that are design oriented will be a plus
3.  Experience with Microsoft Excel

 

HOW TO INDICATE INTEREST

Step 1: Read the post requirements above carefully, taking note of the location

Step 2: Make sure you are resident in the state where the opening exists

Step 3: If you are fully available and interested, kindly register at http://volunteers.volunteerinnigeria.org (skip this step if you have registered in the past)

Step 4: Drop us a comment below this post (NOT the registration page) with your name, active phone number, active email address.

 

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