Company Profile

Pencils of Promise is a non-profit organization that builds schools and increases educational opportunities in the developing world. Pencils of Promise was founded by Adam Braun. Since its founding in October 2008, the 501 organization has built 554 schools across Laos, Guatemala and Ghana. 

Job Description

Data Collection

• Collection of educational statistics such as students’ enrolment
• Collection of enrolment data
• Implementing literacy tests to measure the English literacy skills of Primary age students.
• Conducting structured observations of school and classroom-related activities.
• Conducting any other form of qualitative or quantitative survey as required.

Data Inputting and Management

• Inputting all information in a timely manner in our CRM platform, Salesforce
• Cleaning data in Salesforce
• Inputting all information in a timely manner in electronic databases in Google Drive or Excel.
• Monitoring all information in the databases to ensure complete and quality data.

Data Reporting and Communication

• Assisting in reporting key findings to stakeholders.
• Assisting in the creation or improvement of L&E tools to best measure the impact of our work.

Additional Responsibilities

• Ability to ride motorbike
• Be able to communicate in Ewe and Twi
• Additional responsibilities as assigned by Country Director to support the achievement of organizational goals

Required Skills or Experience

• HND/Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Development, Education or a related field
• At least one year of experience in education, NGOs or related field
• Experience working with rural communities strongly preferred
• Experience conducting interviews, surveys, test administration preferred
• Knowledge of statistical methods preferred
• Self-motivated, ability to take initiative, and manage his/her own workload
• Extremely strong attention to detail
• Community mobilization and engagement skills
• Ability to ride motorcycle is an added advantage
• Comfortable communicating in both Ewe and English languages required; Twi preferred

​Computer skills:

• A high level use of the following technology is required:
• Computers      
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Internet and email
• Google Drive