Data Officer Job Careers – Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT)

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Job Title:       Data Officer
Organisation: Kalangala Oil
Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT)
Reports to: Credit Manager
(CM)
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT) supports oil palm farmers in
Kalangala to grow oil palm and market the crop for the benefit of the oil palm
growers. KOPGT provides long term reliable support to small scale oil palm
farmers and out growers’ scheme, Bugala and outlaying Islands in Kalangala
District. KOPGT works closely with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry
and Fisheries (MAAIF) -Vegetable Oil Development Project Phase two (V0DP2) to
achieve its mission of supporting farmers. VODP2 is jointly funded by
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Government of
the Republic of Uganda.
Job Summary: The Data
Officer (DO) will support effective functionality of IT systems and provision
of IT related services and other communications on IT platforms. The incumbent
will also be performing data entry work as part of a larger data processing
required for the smooth running of operations of KOPGT.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Tasked with the continuous development of
    short term and long-term IT strategy of KOPGT
  • Provision of technical and operational
    advice to other members of staff in working with IT dependent systems such
    as the finance systems
  • The Data Officer will also design data
    collection tools and entry screens
  • Provide troubleshooting services
  • The jobholder will design, manage and
    maintain KOPGT website
  • Identification and prioritisation of IT
    needs on an annual basis
  • Providing software support to staff
    including requests, and installation
  • Organizes documents; prepares and codes
    data for entry into computer system.
  • Enters data into system via on-line
    terminals and other data entry devices; verifies for accuracy and
    completeness.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The Data Officer should preferably hold a
    Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, computer science, statistics
    or quantitative economics
  • A minimum of three years’ experience in a
    similar function
  • Computer literacy and knowledge of
    accounting software systems.
  • Strong team player with proven
    communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Highly motivated with good organizational
    and analytical ability.
  • Age: Below 40 years
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan citizens are encouraged
to send their updated CVs, cover letters and copies of academic documents via
post to:
The General Manager,
Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT),
P.O. Box 39 Kalangala, Uganda.
Deadline: 19th May 2017

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