If your background is in data, statistics, public health, economics or impact evaluation, Lafiya currently has two remote opportunities worth checking.
The organisation is recruiting for two positions within its Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) team:
Data & Research Analyst
Strategy & Impact Analyst
Both roles are remote, with Nigeria particularly relevant to the organisation’s work. Lafiya describes itself as an evidence-driven nonprofit focused on expanding access to contraception for women in hard-to-reach communities.
1. Data & Research Analyst
This role is for someone who is comfortable working with both routine programme data and more advanced statistical analysis.
You would help manage the quantitative side of Lafiya’s MEL work, including programme data pipelines, evaluation design, statistical modelling and evidence generation.
Job title: Data & Research Analyst
Location: Remote — Nigeria preferred
Employment type: Full-time, 12-month renewable contract, subject to funding and performance
Reports to: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager
Deadline: 11 October 2026 at 23:30 WAT.
What You Would Work On
The role includes:
- Analysing routine programme and counselling data
- Maintaining data pipelines and indicators
- Checking and reconciling data quality issues
- Conducting trend, cohort and continuation-rate analysis
- Designing sampling and analysis strategies
- Conducting advanced statistical analysis
- Working with methods such as difference-in-differences
- Producing evidence suitable for donor reporting and academic work
- Contributing technical analysis for government and stakeholder discussions.
If “messy real-world datasets” already sounds familiar rather than frightening, you may be the kind of person they are looking for.
Who Should Apply?
Lafiya is looking for candidates with a degree in areas such as:
Econometrics, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health or Economics.
Experience with sampling strategies is mandatory, and applicants should also have coding experience in at least one of:
R, Python or Stata.
The role also requires someone who can move between technical analysis and practical programme questions.
This is not simply “make one dashboard every Friday and go home.”
The analysis is intended to influence programme decisions, research, donor conversations and potentially national policy.
How to Apply
Apply directly through Lafiya’s application form:
Apply for the Data & Research Analyst role
Deadline: 11 October 2026, 23:30 WAT.
2. Strategy & Impact Analyst
The second vacancy is less focused on statistical programming and more focused on turning evidence into strategic decisions.
Lafiya describes this person as a research-minded generalist who will work on cost-effectiveness, unit-cost analysis and decision-support models.
Job title: Strategy & Impact Analyst
Location: Remote
Employment type: Full-time, 12-month renewable contract
Reports to: Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager
Deadline: 20 September 2026 at 23:30 WAT
What Would You Do?
This role supports the analytical work behind Lafiya’s strategic and programme decisions.
That includes areas such as:
- Cost-effectiveness modelling
- Unit-cost analysis
- Decision-analysis models
- Evidence reviews and research synthesis
- Resource-allocation analysis
- Supporting strategic planning
- Preparing analysis for donor and leadership discussions.
In simpler terms, the Data & Research Analyst helps answer:
“What does our data tell us?”
The Strategy & Impact Analyst helps answer:
“Given that evidence, what should we do?”
There will naturally be overlap between the two.
Who Should Apply?
Lafiya is looking for applicants with backgrounds such as:
Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health or a related field.
Applicants should also have demonstrated experience building cost-effectiveness models or decision-analysis models.
Strong spreadsheet skills are particularly relevant. Other published details for the role indicate that proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets is mandatory, while familiarity with R or Python can be useful for more advanced analysis.
How to Apply
Lafiya has a live application form for the role:
Apply for the Strategy & Impact Analyst role
Applicants should note that the application form and screening assessment must both be completed before the deadline.
Deadline: 20 September 2026 at 23:30 WAT.
What Does the Recruitment Process Look Like?
For these roles, Lafiya uses a staged recruitment process.
The process generally includes:
- Application and assessment — CV submission plus a short online multiple-choice assessment.
- Test task — shortlisted candidates complete a practical task designed to resemble the actual work.
- Interview — final-stage candidates complete an approximately one-hour interview.
That tells you something useful before you apply.
Do not prepare only your CV.
Be ready to demonstrate how you think.
Why Lafiya?
Lafiya says its core programme currently operates across six Nigerian states through more than 600 Lafiya Sisters, its network of female health professionals. The organisation reports having supported more than 800,000 women through its last-mile approach to contraception access.
The Data & Research Analyst listing also mentions benefits including flexible working arrangements, combined annual leave, paid maternity leave, health insurance or coworking support depending on location, and an annual team retreat.
Which Role Should You Apply For?
Don't apply for both automatically just because both links are open.
If your strength is in statistics, coding, sampling, evaluation design and quantitative research, the Data & Research Analyst role is probably the stronger fit.
If your strength is in economics, modelling, strategic analysis, cost-effectiveness and turning evidence into decisions, look more closely at the Strategy & Impact Analyst role.
There is nothing wrong with meeting both profiles.
But if one clearly matches your experience better, build a focused application around that role rather than sending the same generic CV and answers everywhere.
Important Deadlines
Strategy & Impact Analyst: 20 September 2026, 23:30 WAT
Data & Research Analyst: 11 October 2026, 23:30 WAT
And please notice that the deadlines are different.
The Strategy & Impact role closes considerably earlier.
Do not mentally combine both into “October.”
That is exactly how good opportunities disappear from browser tabs.
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Opportunities Today. Impact Tomorrow.
Disclaimer: BityTech Scholarship Hub is an independent opportunity-information platform. BityTech is not affiliated with Lafiya and does not participate in its recruitment process. Applicants should verify requirements and submit applications through Lafiya’s official recruitment channels.