Junior Data Officer

Organization Background :

Collateral Repair Project, founded in 2006 to support refugees and impoverished Jordanians in East Amman, runs emergency assistance programs and vibrant community centers in Hashemi Shamali and downtown Amman. The people CRP serves struggle to take care of their basic needs and to rebuild their lives.

CRP’s holistic approach focuses on positive growth and change. We first provide families with emergency assistance and then offer them educational, community building and psychosocial activities through our Family Resource and Community Center. CRP’s programs include computer classes, English lessons, trauma-sensitive yoga, a men’s support group, women’s empowerment workshops, children’s activities, and art workshops. Volunteers from Jordan and abroad run all of the programming at CRP, with many programs led by refugees from CRP’s community. We prioritize hiring staff who are creative problem solvers, hard workers, and actively take initiative to develop our programs and move our work to the forefront of best practice .

Position Description :

This is an entry level position. The Junior Data Officer will work with a suite of software to compile data around beneficiaries. S/he will help implement a new organization wide ERP software that will help manage information and streamline processes across various departments. A major part of this position will be designing and implementing surveys for data collection.

The successful applicant will have strong English language skills and be able to comfortably communicate in English. Collateral Repair Project is an Arabic and English language environment.

The Junior Data Officer is responsible for activities including, but not limited to :

• Managing the extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes to take collected data, clean it, structure it, and store it efficiently.
• Designing data collection forms and surveys to improve our data collection and beneficiary management processes.
• Building reports using data analytics tools (e.g., Google Sheets etc.)
• Collaborating with local staff to understand and fulfill their data requirements ensuring accurate and timely support.

Requirements (note: this is an entry level position):

• A degree in a field like Data Science, Information Technology, or a related field that involves working with data.
• Prior experience working with large amounts of data
• Organized, meticulous, detail oriented, takes initiative, interested in learning data collection technologies used, and strong communication skills.

Desired but not required:

• Knowledge of Python and SQL
• Knowledge or experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
• Knowledge of survey software or data collection tools
• Compensation:
• Salary range is JD 300 – JD 400 per month before deductions for tax and social security, based on experience.
• April 2025: This is a preliminary call for interested candidates.