Data & Evidence Systems Manager

About the role

The Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation (EMKF) is looking for a Data & Evidence Systems Manager in Nairobi to lead the design, operationalisation and continuous improvement of its integrated data and evidence system. The role connects existing systems and field-level data into one coherent system, strengthens the measurement framework and data governance, and ensures reliable, timely evidence for management, government engagement and donor reporting. It also serves as the technical owner of Zoho Analytics.

Key responsibilities

• Data strategy and measurement: lead the organisation-wide data and evidence strategy, align teams around a single measurement framework, maintain the results chain and indicator dictionary, and support baselines, targets and evidence claims.
• Data architecture and integration: map data sources, define authoritative sources, build an integrated data architecture, standardise structures and naming conventions, and maintain a central data warehouse or integrated data environment.
• Zoho Analytics administration: act as primary administrator, configure dashboards and reports, set up data feeds, manage user permissions, monitor refreshes and coordinate backups and changes with IT and Systems.
• Data governance and quality: develop the data governance framework, define ownership and responsibilities, set quality standards, run validation checks and reviews, and ensure compliance with the Kenya Data Protection Act.
• Dashboards, analytics and reporting: build role-based dashboards, automate routine reporting, analyse programme, finance and operational data together, and produce analytical summaries.
• Capacity building: train staff and external data collectors, write user guides and SOPs, train a backup administrator, and maintain a costed maintenance and improvement plan.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Health Informatics, Business Analytics, M&E, Epidemiology or a related field; a relevant master's degree is desirable.
• At least five years of professional experience in data systems, analytics, business intelligence, M&E or evidence management.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing or managing integrated organisational data systems.
• Experience integrating data from multiple systems and designing dashboards and automated reporting.
• Desirable: experience with health, NGO, development or public-sector data, and managing data from multiple facilities or counties.

Required skills

• Strong experience with Zoho Analytics or a comparable BI tool such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Relational databases, data modelling and data management.
• SQL for data transformation, reconciliation, validation and reporting.
• Results frameworks, indicator dictionaries and data-quality assurance.