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**Organizational Setting**:The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.The Programme Management Department (PMD), under the leadership of an Associate Vice-President, is responsible for the overall programme of loans and grants of the Fund and is composed of five regional divisions and an Operational Policy and Results Division.The Regional Office Data Analyst position is located in an IFAD Regional Office (RO) and reports to the Lead/Senior Portfolio Advisor or Regional Economist.**Job Role**:The RO Data Analyst is accountable for a range of programme support functions pertaining to the execution of field operations. As a member of the Regional Team, the incumbent liaises closely with country teams on programme-related data and systems. The incumbent ensures data quality and consistency of all data inputs across the system, ensures adherence to best practices in document management and processing, collates and analyses data, and provides the necessary day-to-day advice to Country Programme Assistants in various IFAD Country Offices.**Key Functions and Results**:1. PROGRAMME AND PROJECT SUPPORT: The Regional Office Data Analyst supports the efficient and effective delivery of IFAD-supported projects. This involves substantive support to programme related data and systems support, data analysis, and support to performing analysis on programme-related financial data (e.g. annual work plans and budgets, disbursements, audits) monitoring deliverables against established deadlines, and support to oversight of project procurement, as required. Responsibilities may include:- Update country web-sites with COSOP and details of operations in compliance with disclosure requirements;- Maintain country briefs and profiles and contributing to regional learning events;- Act as focal point for timely disclosure of project documents to relevant IFAD Country Operations webpages as per the IFAD Policy on the Disclosure of Documents;- Follow up on timely submission of financial and audit reports and reports indicating action taken on supervision mission recommendations;2. DATA QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY: The Regional Office Data Analyst ensures data management and consistency across all programme-related data and ensures a full range of continuous training support GS and national staff in ICOs. The incumbent creates close links between the IFAD regional office staff and ICO staff and with the regional and Front Office teams. Responsibilities may include:- Provide general support for corporate results/data management, regional pipeline/implementation, and ensure data quality in IFAD systems (GRIPSs, ORMS), backstopping country teams to achieve and maintain quality standards;- Perform analysis on programme-related financial data (e.g. annual work plans and budgets, disbursements, audits), including extracting and professional use of data from IFAD's Grants and Investment Projects System (GRIPS) and Operational Results Management System (ORMS);- Ensure compliance with IFAD system wide use ICP, CMT, Procurement Dashboard, FM requirements, Risk Predictor Tool;- Monitor changes in usage and challenges with the use of corporate decision making and monitoring tools at country level;- Trouble shoot and problem solve system related challenges at country level;- Schedule and coordinate regional refresher training courses and programs with support from Regional Program Liaisons;- Work as part of Regional Team and provides support to Lead Regional Economist, Lead/Senior Portfolio Advisor, Senior procurement officer as and when needed;- Support the development and delivery of training sessions and events for Country Programme Assistants on IFAD rules, procedures, guidelines and corporate systems related to IFAD country programmes and processes in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.3. REGIONAL-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE BUILDING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING SUPPORT: The Regional Office Data Analyst supports the collation and dissemination of good practices, lessons learnt and results in close collaboration with the country and regional team and other IFAD staff. This may include identification of project training needs, organization of related trainings and workshops and contribution to capacity building of project staff in program implementation, financial and budget management. The incumbent will also support organizing knowledge sharing events at country or regional-level, and prepare short analytical knowledge management papers on relevant thematic issues to promote knowledge sharing between various programmes, within the