Organisation: Save the
Children
Children
Duty Station: Fort Portal and Kasese, Uganda
About US:
Save the Children is the
world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence
in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in
which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and
participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale. In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child
Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food
Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North,
Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the
Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives.
We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we
reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91
million indirectly around the world.
world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence
in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in
which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and
participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world
treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We
strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through
partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children,
and by achieving results at scale. In
Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child
Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food
Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.
Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North,
Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the
Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives.
We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we
reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91
million indirectly around the world.
Job Summary: The Save the Children Senior Officer Data
Management will be responsible for ensuring and maintaining an accurate and up
to date project data base to inform the MNCH project indicators, including
providing training and on-going support for project and partner staff to ensure
timely and quality data collection, analysis, storage, retrieval and reporting;
participation in providing data for production of project periodic reports,
compiling data on project progress performance against set targets. The Officer
may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases
of humanitarian crisis and to coordinate district level activities on behalf of
the program manager.
Management will be responsible for ensuring and maintaining an accurate and up
to date project data base to inform the MNCH project indicators, including
providing training and on-going support for project and partner staff to ensure
timely and quality data collection, analysis, storage, retrieval and reporting;
participation in providing data for production of project periodic reports,
compiling data on project progress performance against set targets. The Officer
may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases
of humanitarian crisis and to coordinate district level activities on behalf of
the program manager.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicants for the Senior Officer Data
Management vacancies should hold a bachelor’s degree in computer sciences,
or statistics. Additional training in biostatistics or professional data
management courses, MIS and DHIS2, is an added advantage; - At least three years working experience in
health related programming in Uganda (preferably with an International or
national NGO); - Past experience of working with District
Local Government on health programs with a focus improving reporting for
HMIS using DHIS2; - Additional training and mentorship of
District level partners and or health workers in clinical data collection
management and reporting. - Past
experience of working with local partners and District Local Government in
Child Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child
Protection is an added advantage. - Excellent
analytical skills and strategic planning abilities. - Possess
the ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and
perform effectively as a member of a team. - Willingness
to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous
conditions. - Highly
computer literate and possess excellent documentation skills. - Availability
and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian
responses. - Highly
developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international
environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures - Ability
to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary. - Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation
and coaching - Excellent
time management and planning capacity. - Availability
and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian
responses. - Willingness
to extensively travel to the field.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates
should submit their applications with cover letters and a detailed CVs
indicating three professional referees, two of whom should have been direct
supervisors should be submitted to: The Director of Human Resources &
Administration, Save the Children, Plot 68/70, Kiira Road, P.O Box 12018,
Kampala, Uganda Or via email: [email protected]
should submit their applications with cover letters and a detailed CVs
indicating three professional referees, two of whom should have been direct
supervisors should be submitted to: The Director of Human Resources &
Administration, Save the Children, Plot 68/70, Kiira Road, P.O Box 12018,
Kampala, Uganda Or via email: [email protected]
Save the Children is an equal
opportunity employer, persons with disabilities and female candidates are
encouraged to apply.
opportunity employer, persons with disabilities and female candidates are
encouraged to apply.
NB: Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to applications that
are submitted online. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the
earliest opportunity.
are submitted online. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the
earliest opportunity.
Deadline: Friday, 12th December 2014
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