Data Analyst, GPE

Data Analyst, GPE Job #: req32821 Organization: World Bank Sector: Financial Sector Grade: GE Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Chennai,India Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): English Closing Date: 4/30/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

 Description

Are you a very passionate advocate for education? Do you want to make a difference in the lives of children? The Global Partnership for Education Secretariat (GPE) would like to hear from you.
Who We Are GPE is a shared commitment to end the world’s learning crisis. It is the only global partnership and fund dedicated entirely to helping children in lower-income countries get a quality education, so they can unlock their potential and contribute to building a better world. We bring together governments, teachers, civil society, donors, United Nations agencies, development banks, businesses and private foundations to transform education systems so that every girl and boy can have hope, opportunity and agency. 
What We Do GPE helps low- and lower-middle-income countries to build stronger education systems so that all children can get the education they need to thrive. We currently support nearly 90 countries where the needs are greatest and focus on reaching the children who are the most vulnerable, including girls, children with disabilities and those affected by extreme poverty or conflict. Our unique approach works. Since 2002, 160 million more children in GPE partner countries have set foot in classrooms for the first time, more than half of them girls. GPE is also the largest provider of education grants in the global COVID-19 response, providing partner countries with vital resources to ensure that learning can safely continue. 
How We Work Now, GPE is working to help governments transform their education systems to get the most vulnerable children in school, improve teaching and learning, and build equitable, inclusive and resilient education systems fit for the 21st century. Between 2020-2025, GPE will support transformative change in up to 90 countries and territories, which are home to 1 billion children. Transforming education is about creating lasting changes and achieving impact at scale. GPE sets  out to deliver this transformative change by convening partners, mobilizing funds and catalyzing  reforms to help partner countries accelerate access, learning outcomes and gender equality. 
Raise Your Hand In July 2021, the Global Education Summit put GPE firmly on the path to be fully-funded by 2025, by raising a record US $4 billion from donors for GPE’s Raise Your Hand campaign. At the Summit, Heads of State and Government from partner countries made historic commitments to education financing and GPE also mobilized an unprecedented number of pledges from businesses, private foundations and development banks.
A fully funded GPE would support transformed education systems in up to 90 countries and territories, enable up to 175 million children to learn and help get 88 million more girls and boys in school by 2025. In the longer term, this investment could add $164 billion to economies in GPE partner countries, lift 18 million people out of poverty, and protect 2 million girls from early marriage.
Governance And Organizational Arrangements The GPE Board of Directors includes ministerial-level board members and alternates representing 20 constituencies that reflect the Partnership’s breadth. The Board Chair is HE President Jakaya Kikwete and the Board Vice Chair is Ms. Christine Hogan. The Board of Directors, with its three standing committees, provides policy and strategic oversight and approves or delegates funding decisions.
The GPE Secretariat, with 160 employees and hosted by the World Bank, is responsible for translating the policies and strategies set by the Board into practical support for partner countries, coordinating with diverse stakeholders and galvanizing global support for SDG4. The Secretariat’s headquarters are in the World Bank’s offices in Washington, D.C., with a European office in Paris, an Africa office in Nairobi, a satellite office in Brussels, and a support office in Chennai.
GPE is one of the largest donors for basic education in low and lower-middle-income countries. It offers several financial instruments (i.e. grants) to support programs to transform education systems in its partner countries. As of 2024, the volume of its active grant portfolio amounts to US$3 billion.
ABOUT THE TEAMThe Finance & Grant Operations (FGO) team focuses on fiduciary matters, grant processing, monitoring and administration, risk, innovative financing, and trustee finance.
The Grant Operations practice sets policies and guidelines for GPE's grant processes, aiding partner countries in accessing funding and overcoming implementation barriers. It collaborates with grant agents to solve system issues, clarifies GPE requirements, provides regional team training, offers expertise, and monitors GPE's portfolio. Recently reorganized, it now also collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on grants and partners, developing modules in the grant management system for better monitoring.
ABOUT THE JOBThis position will be based initially in Chennai but may be relocated if business needs arise that make it necessary to do so. Since most of the GPE Secretariat staff and consultants are based in Washington, DC, Paris, and Brussels, communication will predominantly occur virtually using World Bank-approved communication tools. This role requires working hours between 2 pm and 11 pm local time to cover business hours in Washington, DC, and Paris/Brussels.
DescriptionDuties And AccountabilitiesGiven the sharp increase in the number of grants being allocated and the number of country partners joining the partnership, there is a need to closely track, monitor and report on the overall grant and country portfolios. The internal processes such as the quality assurance review and the operating procedures are multifaceted, often involving cross-teams coordination. Thus, the need to communicate and monitor regularly on important deadlines/milestones externally to country partners and internally to staff. To this end, the Secretariat is seeking an experienced Grant Data Management Analyst to join the GO Practice. 
The Grant Data Management Analyst is responsible for maintaining, organizing, and ensuring the integrity of data within the grant management systems. This role ensures that grant-related data processes are streamlined, accurate, and compliant with organizational policies. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills, experience in grant systems, and a solid understanding of data workflows in a grant management context. As part of the GO Practice, the successful candidate will:

Grant System Administration­- Support project management for the development of new modules in the grant management system, ensuring alignment with the new operating model, GPE2025, and GPE 2030, to monitor new grants, workflows, and processes.­- Configure system workflows and fields to align with evolving grant processes.
Data Management Maintenance and Integrity­- Maintain and update the grant management system, ensuring data consistency and accuracy.­- Compile grant-related data to feed into the system. Lead in maintaining and monitoring specific modules within the system, such as the letter and email generation modules, grant pages, and condition module.­- Gather information from decisions on partner countries’ strategic parameters and grants, ensuring they are well-captured in the systems, as well as on reporting from grant agents on program implementation.­- Monitor data entry processes and implement validation checks to ensure high-quality data.­- Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues in collaboration with IT and other teams.­- Provide surge capacity on grant coding and capture data related to the use of grants.­- Identify missing data and follow up with relevant teams to obtain it.­- Support the digital transformation initiative by ensuring data is well transferred and maintained.
Reporting and Compliance Support­- Create high-level data visualizations, charts, graphs, and dashboards to communicate data stories within the Secretariat and with external partners.­-Conduct advanced statistical analysis utilizing Python or R to inform strategic decisions. ­- Support the production of various reports, publications, and presentations, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.­- Respond to regular routine requests for country partners and grant-related information, including requests from GPE management, other GPE teams, and external partners.

Selection Criteria

EducationMaster’s degree in information systems, Business Administration, Data Science, statistics or a related field.
ExperienceAt least two years of experience, with one year in a similar function, focused on data management, analysis, and reporting. Qualifications• Proven experience in managing data within grant management systems or similar platforms.• Strong understanding of grant data workflows and compliance requirements.• Strong proficiency in data analysis and management tools and software, such as Excel, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Python, or R.• Experience with data visualization techniques and creating interactive reports.• Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
CompetenciesGrant Management Systems and Process Design - Capable of supporting the development, implementation, management, and improvement of business processes related to grant management. Experience with metrics to track, analyze and measure processes and outcomes and controls to ensure process compliance. Experience supporting automation of workflows for optimal efficiency. Familiarity with grant management tracking needs and supporting technologies. Experience supporting the design and development of grant management systems to house information on grant processes and enable tracking and reporting. Basic understanding of grant related operational policies such as the GPE grant policies, conditions, requirements and processes to access GPE grants.
Grant Portfolio Tracking and Reporting - Understanding of the grant lifecycle, from pre-grant through grant close, and of grant instruments and processes. Experience tracking, analyzing and reporting on grants and grant portfolios at all stages, including pipeline through grant implementation. Understanding of key milestones and related data and metrics; Solid data manipulation and reporting skills and attention to detail. Ability to work cooperatively with multi-disciplinary teams and staff and managers at all levels.
Quantitative and Analytical Skills - Able to process, organize, analyze, and monitor large volumes of information and data for well-defined tasks. Able to identify key issues, weigh pros and cons, and make informed decisions. Checks assumptions against facts and evidence. Solid analytical report writing skills.
Accountability & Results Focus - Manages own work; takes responsibility for own decisions, deliverables and deadlines. Doesn’t let the pursuit of perfection prevent forward progress. Seeks clarity when needed to move work forward. Takes ownership of own mistakes, failures or oversights, and seeks to correct them. Raises issues or differences of opinion that threaten progress.
Adaptability - Has high degree of flexibility - responds to changing circumstances without losing momentum. Learns new skills and performs work in different ways. Remains calm in stressful situations. Professionally deals with personal discomfort in a changing work environment.
Collaboration & Teamwork - Actively collaborates with others and displays and open, helpful disposition. Acts as a teammate, stepping in to support colleagues when asked. Recognizes and values the role of each team in delivering on GPE’s mission. Approaches challenges and obstacles as shared challenges to be overcome.
Communication & Interpersonal Skills - Has experience & success working in multicultural environments. Speaks and writes clearly and effectively, adapting language, tone, style and message to diverse, multicultural audiences. Is able to communicate complex information in succinct and digestible ways. Shares information and keeps people informed; Operates with transparency, in a way that builds trust in a culturally diverse environment. Maintains productive working relationships with colleagues.
Planning & Organizing - Works well independently and in teams. Plans and prioritizes work effectively, making adjustments as needed to accommodate changes. Sets and meets individual deadlines. Ability to work under pressure and against tight timelines, and still deliver high-quality work.
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