Role Overview
The Advisor, Data Analytics – Compliance, Accountability & Due Diligence serves the World Vision Partnership by leading data strategy, analytics and reporting for the Compliance, Accountability & Due Diligence unit. The role designs and maintains integrated datasets, dashboards and analytical products that bring together programme accountability, compliance, due diligence and external commitments data.
By turning complex data into clear, actionable insight for leaders, Field Offices, Regional Offices and other stakeholders, the Advisor strengthens evidence-based decision-making, improves risk management, and ensures that World Vision’s accountability to children, communities and external stakeholders is robust, measurable and transparently reported.
Key Responsibilities
Data Strategy, Architecture, and Quality
- Lead the design and ongoing improvement of the data architecture for the unit, integrating information from programme accountability, compliance monitoring, due diligence, incident management and external commitments.
- Integrate datasets from the three core functions (compliance, accountability and due diligence) into a coherent data model that supports analysis and reporting.
- Maintain and continuously improve core unit dashboards, ensuring data is accurate, timely and consistent with agreed standards and definitions.
- Establish and coordinate data quality checks, documentation and processes in collaboration with relevant technical teams and data owners.
Analytics, Dashboards and Insight on Accountability
- Design and maintain dashboards and analytical products that track how Field Offices and Regions are implementing PAF commitments (information sharing, community feedback & complaints, participation, and staff behaviour).
- Analyse accountability data to identify trends, gaps and areas of good practice.
- Translate analytics into clear insights, visualisations and recommendations tailored for senior leaders, Regions and Field Offices.
- Work with relevant teams to ensure accountability analytics are aligned with broader unit and organisational priorities.
Compliance & Policy Analytics
- Run and enhance dashboards and analytics for compliance-related data, including compliance framework and other policy and standards metrics.
- Consolidate and analyse data from compliance monitoring, reviews, audits and incident reporting to surface trends, patterns and risks.
- Provide regular and ad hoc analytical briefs and visualisations to support prioritisation of follow-up actions and management decisions.
- Coordinate with Legal, Enterprise Risk, Safeguarding, Regional and Field compliance focal points to ensure analytics respond to operational needs and risk priorities.
Capacity Building, Guidance & Data Literacy
- Provide guidance, coaching and technical support to the compliance and accountability unit, Regional and Field Office staff on data collection, quality assurance, dashboard use and interpretation of analytics.
- Contribute to or develop practical guidance, SOPs, templates and training materials that embed data-informed practice across our unit's work.
- Facilitate learning sessions, clinics or communities of practice to build data literacy related to accountability, compliance and due diligence.
External Engagement
- Engage in external accountability, transparency and data/measurement networks and working groups with a focus on analytics and evidence.
- Benchmark World Vision’s metrics against sector standards and peer organisations.
- Support data-driven external reporting (e.g. Accountability Report, transparency products) by providing analysis, visualisations and technical input.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Analytics or a related quantitative field; OR Bachelor’s in International Development/Social Sciences with demonstrable advanced training/experience in data analytics.
- 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in data analytics, monitoring & evaluation, risk, compliance, accountability or related fields, preferably within the INGO or non-profit sector.
- Demonstrated experience designing and maintaining dashboards and analytical products (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools).
- Strong skills in data management and analysis, including cleaning, structuring and merging large datasets, and working with relational databases (e.g. using SQL).
- Ability to use at least one analytical or statistical tool (e.g. Excel at an advanced level, Python, R or similar) to perform descriptive and diagnostic analysis.
- Proven ability to translate technical analysis into clear, compelling insights and recommendations for non-technical audiences.
- In-depth understanding of accountability, transparency and governance issues in the INGO sector.
- Experience working cross-culturally and remotely with field offices and local staff.
- Understanding of the regulatory environment for not-for-profit organisations (data protection, safeguarding, anti-corruption).
- Effective in written and verbal communication in English.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the World Vision career portal by following the link below:
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