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Ghana

Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

• Ensure 100% digital data collection on traceability and farmer training records• Provide feedback to M&E Manager for program revisions and amendments basedon monitoring or evaluation findings.• Oversee continuous updates of clients’ GPS tracker and subsequent quarterly andannual reporting.• Play a key role in all Digital Financial Services data collection exercises.• Set up databases and surveys needed for digital data collection on the field withthe subsequent pilot, training of Field Officers, and deployment for fieldwork.• Train Technical Experts on all digital data collection endeavors.• Train and manage all Field Officers in digital GPS farm mapping exercises.• Provide technical training and backstopping for all Field Officers andDocumentation Officers.• Support the M&E Manager and the GPS supervisor in their work as required.

Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

• Managed data sets collected by partner organization’s field officers regarding o Farmer registration, farm profiles and inspection. o Training attendance. o GPS data. o Traceability records.• Upheld the RA certification standard.• Thoroughly analyzed o First layer high over check on data quality. o Second layer in-depth checks on data quality through interpretation.• Managed all other digital data collection efforts for certification purposes, incoordination with the Project Manager (M&E).• Oversaw digital annual surveying activities related to certification, namely farmerregistration, farm profiling, and farm inspection.• Oversaw digital GPS mapping within assigned farmer groups and data transfer ofshapefiles to the central database as well as conducted analyses on the polygondata with GIS software.• Oversaw continuous digital data collection of training attendance, and organizedtraining attendance records to be able to correlate with adopted practices.• Compiled and reported on traceability record-keeping to Project Manager (M&E).• Compiled and reported on the construction of cocoa nurseries, seedling distribution ofcocoa & shade trees.• Maintained continuous communication with partner organization’s DocumentationOfficers on digitization process of certification and GPS data, and traceabilityrecord-keeping, data quality issues, and data-related questions from the field.

Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

• Undertook critical deforestation analysis and management of GPS data analysis.• Managed traceability records for all certified farmers.• Undertook digital survey setup, pilot, training, and analysis using the Mergdataplatform.• Supervised all digital data collection efforts for certification purposes.• Trained Lead farmers, Documentation officers, and Field Supervisors on how to collect credible data digitally.

Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

• Worked on renaming GPS maps so that they contain unique plantation codes in the title ofpolygons.• Worked on running deforestation analysis based on Google Earth; comparing oneplantation code file to the shape files of National Parks and Forests Reserves, withthree possible outcomes:I. In the Forest Reserve or National Park.II. In the Buffer zone (2KM) of a Forest Reserve or National Park.III. Outside of Forest Reserve or National Parks and Buffer zones.• Entered the deforestation status in a “Ghana GPS template” per plantation.

Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana

• Collated, analyzed, and entered new customers' data into the centralizedcustomer data entry database, and helped resolve any issue pertaining to theiraccounts.• Wrote and maintained technical and functional specifications to documentdatabase intentions and requirements.• Created and implemented database designs and data models.• Tested programs and databases to identify issues and make necessarymodifications

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