Data Processing Manager at GeoPoll

Key Responsibilities: 

1. Research Design – work with GeoPoll client services and the client to design surveys most conducive to the research project 

• Ensure research questions/methodology is aligned  

2. Data Analysis & Management: 

• Involved in data cleaning, cleansing and mangling, conversion of unstructured/structured data to sensible analyzable data for custom research and media audience data 
• Ability to cut and dice through any data format both as input and output e.g. dealing with SAV, DTA, ASCII files etc. 
• Data management dealing with multiple datasets to come up with one central data file 
• Analyzing data through different descriptive statistical methods at both basic and advance level. 
• Offer guidance to larger analysis team. 
• Knowledge in analytics software such as R, SPSS or Python, Stata, JMP, etc. 

3. Statistical Consultation: 

• Provide statistical research solutions including and not limited to methodology creation or input. 
• Vital part in survey sampling generation and maintenance. 
• Consultation and offering guidance to other departments with regards to statistical methodologies. 
• Understanding statistical analysis e.g. regression, hypothesis testing (significance testing). 
• Working with client service teams, to scope out data. 
• Use of R, SPSS, STATA, SAS or MATLAB 

4. Tech\Developer Support: 

• Need to be able to deal with IT developers and technical individuals on best approach on different data collection inputs. 
• Creation of dashboards/visualization used to output, display data. 
• Understanding of IT terminology and flexibility to work with tech savvy team. 
• Knowledgeable areas of visualization using Microsoft Power BI, tableau or JS related scripts such as D3JS or Node.js 

5. People management: 

• Handle and manage analysis team. 
• Ensure on time completion of deliverables. 
• Be pivotal point of contact on matters research, sharing and upskilling with the research team. 

Qualifications and Skills: 

• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in data processing and analysis (structured & unstructured data) 
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in managing team members 
• Preferably 2 or more years’ experience in a client services role or similar 
• Extremely self-motivated and highly organized 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills 
• Ability to take initiative and develop other team members 
• Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion in confidential matters 
• Enjoys a fun, dynamic and challenging work environment within a start-up culture