Nal’ibali (isiXhosa for “here’s the story”) is a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign. It seeks to spark and embed a culture of reading across South Africa so that reading, writing, and sharing stories—in all South African languages—is part of everyday life.

Job Overview: Nal’ibali seeks 1 full-time data capturer to manage data from the Social Employment Fund.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Collection

• Assist in the development of data collection tools
• Distribute tools and offer user support, if required
• Liaise with field staff to ensure regular collection and submission of data
• Capture data electronically from paper forms in Excel
• Provide field staff with weekly feedback on data collected
• Liaise with field staff to check that reported and cleaned data is correct

Data Cleaning (in Excel)

• Clean data so that there are consistent entries
• Follow up on missing or incomplete data fields
• Sort and filter data by relevant fields

Data Import

• Convert data to a CSV file and upload to Salesforce (training will be given)
• Troubleshoot import problems and correct errors

Sales force 

• Convert leads to contacts and ensure that data is pulling through correctly (training will be given)

Reporting

• Ensure that data required for reporting is available and up-to-date
• Assist in the preparation of reports to the donor
• Generate charts and graphs in Excel
• Utilize pivot tables in Excel
• Use formulas and shortcuts in Excel

Qualifications/Experience/Knowledge/Skills required:
• Relevant tertiary qualification or 2 years of relevant work experience
• Strong analytic skills and attention to detail
• Intermediate Excel capabilities
• A team player with well-developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work proactively and solve problems independently