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Acumen is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Senior Associate: Reporting, Data and Analytics with at least 5 years of experience, to support data management, analysis, dashboarding, reporting, and MEL systems for Green RISE (Resilient Impact through Sustainable Entrepreneurship) Africa. About Acumen Acumen is a global nonprofit changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies, leaders, and ideas. Acumen builds markets and supports entrepreneurs whose work creates meaningful impact for low-income and underserved communities. Acumen has worked across Africa and other regions to invest in transformational businesses, develop leaders, and support solutions that help build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. About Green Rise Africa Green Rise Africa is a five-year programme delivered in partnership by Acumen and the Mastercard Foundation. The programme supports green enterprises and ecosystem actors to create dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young people in green sectors across East and West Africa. By 2030, Green Rise Africa aims to reach 443,200 young people , including 308,000 young women , in dignified and fulfilling green work. The programme operates across East and West Africa, with activities planned across 15 countries . Green Rise Africa works across multiple programme pillars, supporting enterprises, intermediaries, fellows, ecosystem actors, and partners to strengthen green livelihoods, business growth, and youth employment outcomes. About the Role As the Senior Associate: Reporting, Data and Analytics , you will support the Impact Manager in strengthening how Green Rise Africa collects, manages, analyses, visualises, and reports programme data across all pillars. The role will serve as a link between the Impact/MEL team, programme teams, partners, and systems and technology functions. It will be central to ensuring that Green Rise Africa can track progress toward its ambitious 2030 targets, including reaching 443,200 young people , in dignified and fulfilling green work. The Senior Associate will play a hands-on role in maintaining MEL data systems, supporting partner reporting, producing routine reports and dashboards, strengthening data quality assurance processes, and generating insights to inform programme decision-making. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience in data analysis and MEL data systems within an international development context. They will bring strong technical skills across data management and visualisation platforms, practical MEL experience, the ability to translate programme data into insights for different audiences, and a growing interest in AI-powered solutions. Responsibilities MEL Reporting and Dash boarding Support the development and implementation of quarterly, biannual, and annual reporting processes across Green Rise Africa pillars. Produce routine reports against programme indicators, KPIs, targets, and disaggregations, including actuals versus targets. Build and maintain dashboards in Salesforce, Power BI, or equivalent platforms to provide up-to-date performance views for programme and leadership teams. Develop clear infographics and data visualisations to communicate programme results to technical and non-technical audiences. Respond to ad hoc data requests from internal teams, partners, and external stakeholders, including the Mastercard Foundation. Work closely with Finance to support the integration and quality assurance of financial and impact data, including for Impact Linked Finance reporting. Data Collection, Consolidation and Indicator Tracking Oversee programme indicator data flows, ensuring data submissions are complete, accurate, and received on time across reporting periods. Manage partner data submissions through mobile and online collection tools such as KoBoToolbox, Airtable, Salesforce