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MIS Data Specialist
Organization International Rescue CommitteeLocation South SudanType FULL TIMEPosted 15 May 2026Deadline 15 Jun 2026
Information ManagementEducation
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
The IRC has been operating in South Sudan since 1989 and is registered as an international NGO. IRC currently delivers multi sectoral programming directly and through partners across seven states and two administrative areas. These include Northern Bahr el Ghazal, covering Aweil East, Aweil West, and Aweil South counties, Unity State, covering Rubkona, Koch, and Panyijiar counties, Upper Nile State, covering Maban, Renk, Panyikang, Nasir, Ulang, and Panylgang counties, Lakes State, covering Rumbek Centre, Rumbek East, and Yirol West counties, Central Equatoria, covering Juba, Yei, and Kajokeji counties, Eastern Equatoria, covering Kapoeta East, Jonglei, covering Ayod, Twic East, Uror, Akobo counties, as well as Abyei Administrative Area and Ruweng Administrative Area, including Pariang County and Ajoung Thok and Pamir refugee camps.
**Background and Objectives of Education for All South Sudan (EFASS)**
South Sudan has one of the world's most fragile education systems, with approximately 2.8 to 3 million children, representing around 60 to 70 percent of the school-age population, out of school. Foundational literacy and numeracy outcomes remain critically low, with less than 10 percent of children achieving minimum reading competency. Years of conflict, accelerating climate shocks, and government education expenditure under 3 percent of the national budget have created an entrenched crisis. Girls and children with disabilities are disproportionately affected by these barriers, with harmful gender norms and stigma further limiting their access to education.
EFASS is a £27 million, four-year programme (April 2026 to March 2030), designed to deliver five interlinked outcomes. These include improving access, retention, and progression for the most marginalised out-of-school children, particularly girls and children with disabilities in conflict and climate-affected areas. The programme also targets improved foundational learning outcomes in literacy and numeracy, strengthened delivery of inclusive and climate-adaptive education approaches by teachers and facilitators, improved education data and evidence for decision-making through a national Learning Outcomes and Quality Assessment, as well as strengthened pathways for system uptake and sustainability beyond EFASS.
**Scope of Work**
The Management Information System (MIS) Data Specialist is one of three EFASS roles seconded to the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI), and will be physically based within MoGEI's offices in Juba for the duration of the programme. This secondment arrangement is rooted in EFASS's commitment to government ownership, institutional sustainability, and the progressive transition of education data management from donor-funded delivery to a fully MoGEI-managed system. The postholder will work alongside MoGEI Planning Department staff on a day-to-day basis, building institutional knowledge and capacity from within rather than providing external, intermittent advisory support.
In this embedded role, the MIS Data Specialist will serve as the primary technical lead for education data systems strengthening under EFASS, functioning simultaneously as a trusted technical resource for MoGEI and as the data systems focal point for the EFASS consortium.
Alongside this government-facing work, the MIS Data Specialist will oversee EFASS's programme-level digital data infrastructure, including Kobo Collect-based data collection, Power BI dashboards, and Qualtrics monitoring platforms. Working closely with the EMIS teams and consortium partners, the postholder will propose and implement cloud-based, interoperable data solutions that are clearly documented and fully transferable to MoGEI ownership beyond the life of EFASS. A central programme responsibility is supporting the design and delivery of the national Learning Outcomes and Quality Assessment (LOQA), ensuring that findings are structured for integration into MoGEI's planning systems and inform the Education Sector Plan revision, as well as future investment decisions by ECW, GPE, and the World Bank.
**MIS Data Specialist Responsibilities**
**MoGEI Secondment and Government Capacity Strengthening**
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