DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) is an international consulting firm dedicated to development, with 38 years of experience providing advisory services and technical assistance to government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in more than 100 countries. DevTech core practice areas include: Monitoring Evaluation, Research and Learning; Data Solutions; Public Financial Management and Fiscal Sustainability; and Education, Gender, and Youth.
At DevTech, we care deeply about doing work that leads to positive change in the world. We celebrate diverse perspectives and are committed to an inclusive environment. We empower our employees to work autonomously and simultaneously give them the professional support that they need to learn and grow.
OverviewDevTech is looking for a Data Analyst to work as an institutional contractor on its Analytics, Data, Visualization, and Information Services (ADVISE) contract with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). ADVISE staff comprise much of the USAID Data Services team, led by USAID's Chief Data Officer (CDO) and situated in USAID's Bureau for Management, Office of the Chief Information Officer (M/CIO). The Data Services team's main purpose is to improve the usage of data and information at USAID, so that the Agency continues to ensure its development outcomes are supported by evidence. Data Services' work spans the “data lifecycle,” including planning, collection, cleaning, analysis, curation, reporting, and governance.
The Data Analyst will work on the Reporting, Analysis, and Visualization Unit. The position will be primarily on the U.S. Government (USG) Foreign Aid Team and secondarily on the Transparency Team. The USG Foreign Aid Team is responsible for the entire data life cycle of USG Foreign Assistance funding data; from collecting, to cleaning, transforming, analyzing, visualizing, and publishing (see ForeignAssistance.gov). The Transparency Team is responsible for supporting the USG's and USAID's representation at several International Transparency organizations. The teams respond to a wide variety of requests, including those for Congress, the Executive branch, NGOs and the general public. In this role, the Data Analyst will contribute to the maintenance of the central database of USG foreign aid funding flows (~70%) and respond to data and analysis requests (~30%).
This position's place of performance is Washington D.C. with the options for generous U.S. based telework or remote work.
About the Team
USAID Data Services' core values are:
- We are passionate, ambitious and care deeply about our work and the USAID mission.
- We are serious about meeting the needs of our customers.
- We are funny. We have fun. And we are human.
- We communicate and close feedback loops.
- We are proactive. We do not wait for success to come find us.
- We are a team who is committed to each other.
In keeping with these core values, we respect and encourage an inclusive and diverse environment in which we see our differences as strengths. We are a team of motivated and responsible self-starters that enjoy working in a team-oriented environment. We are always looking for ways to grow, through feedback, learning, and collaboration.
ResponsibilitiesPrimary Responsibilities
- Extract, clean, transform, process, and standardize data from U.S. Government agencies for ingestion into a relational database.
- Evaluate primary source data for quality issues and communicate suggested solutions to data owners at various USG agencies.
- Contribute to guidance materials and communications for USG Foreign Aid Team data calls.
- Document data processing methodologies for replicability and clarity.
- Analyze USG foreign aid data to compile visual and concise verbal summaries to