Summary
Date Posted: Monday, October 17, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Uganda National Examinations Board is a body corporate established under Cap.137 Laws of Uganda. Its Vision is “A Recognized Centre of Globally Competitive Educational Assessment and Certification” and its mission is “Conduct Valid, Reliable, Equitable and Quality Assessment of Learners’ Achievement in a Professional and Innovative Manner and Award Internationally Recognized Certificates”. The Board invites suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following positions:

Directorate of Research And Development
Job Title: Research Officer Data Management (Nape)
Responsible to Senior Research Officer NAPE (DM)
Responsible for Ad-hoc data support staff
Salary Scale EB 5
Purpose of the Job
Conducting data collection and management activities

Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Liaising with the Ministry of Education and Sports and Uganda Bureau of Statistics to secure up-to-date records on schools in the sample frame and demographic information on target respondents.
• Validating the list of sampled schools by gathering information on the actual location of the schools and distances from their district headquarters and updating the record where it is found necessary.
• Identifying personnel to participate in data entry work based on the qualifications as outlined in the procedural guide.
• Conducting data entry, cleaning, and validation to achieve correct and accurate records of data and managing scripts in an orderly and secure manner during data entry.
• Coding contextual instruments and answering queries on data that may arise at any stage of data management.
• Keeping a record of materials received from stores for data management activities such as scripts, computers, tablets, cameras, projectors, and bags, and ensuring that they are safe during the activity; and are returned into safe custody after use.
• Communicating to schools and relevant field links on matters of data management that may call for clarification from them.
• Contributing to the drafting of reports on learners’ achievement and reading skills.
• Preparing, compiling and keeping statistical records in a manner that makes it easy for retrieval and reference purposes.

Key Performance Indicators
• Up-to-date record of scripts received and allocated to data entrants
• Cleaned and validated data
• Record of materials used for data management activities
• Up-to-date record of schools
• Up-to-date record of demographic information of respondents
• Required personnel for data management sourced
• Coded instruments
• Well-compiled stored statistical records

Key Decision Making Improvements in data collection. Data storage
• Updating data
• Person Specifications
• Academic/Professional Qualifications
• Hons Bachelor’s degree in Educational Measurement/Statistics
• OR
• Hons Bachelor’s degree in Arts /Sciences (Maths/Statistics) with a
• Postgraduate Diploma in Education.

Work Experience
• At least 3 years experience in educational assessment data management involving sampling and data analysis work with a reputable educational assessment body, handling big volumes of data.

Skills/Competencies/Attributes
• Numerical/statistical analytical abilities
• Sampling techniques
• Good interpersonal relations and collaborative skills
• Word processing, spreadsheets, and database computer applications
• Modern IRT psychometric and or analytical techniques
• High degree of integrity and confidentiality.
Terms of Service: Permanent

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
All eligible candidates should submit their applications with detailed CVs, copies of academic transcripts and certificates, telephone contacts, and addresses of at least three referees in hard copies, delivered to the address below OR submit in soft form at careers@uneb.ac.ug NOT LATER THAN 5:00 pm of Friday 4th November 2022.
The Executive Director
Uganda National Examinations Board
Plot 35 Martyrs way - Ntinda
P O Box 7066 – KAMPALA
NB
1. Detailed job profiles can be obtained from our website: uneb.ac.ug
2. Only shortlisted applicants shall be contacted

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