Database Officer USAID Project Jobs – WEI/Bantwana

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Job Title:       Database Officer  
Organisation: WEI/Bantwana
Project Name: USAID funded
BETTER OUTCOMES for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern Uganda
Reports to: Monitoring,
Evaluation and Learning Director
Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda
About US:
WEI/Bantwana Initiative is a Non-Governmental Organization that helps
families and children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS to access the
comprehensive support and care they need to grow into healthy adults.
About USAID BETTER OUTCOMES
Project:
World Education Inc. /Bantwana (WEI/B) is implementing the five- year
USAID funded BETTER OUTCOMES for Children and Youth in Eastern and Northern
Uganda. The goal of the project is to improve the wellbeing of children and
youth orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV and other adversities in Eastern and
Northern Uganda. BETTER OUTCOMES is implemented by a consortium of five
partners, namely: WEI/B as the prime partner; Mercy Corps, Uganda Women’s
Efforts to Save Orphans (UWESO), Youth, Alive and Friends of Christ Revival
(FOC-REV); each responsible for specific technical aspects of the project. The
project is being implemented in 20 districts of Eastern and Northern Uganda.
Job Summary: The Database
Officer will have a critical role on the M&E Technical Team of Better
Outcomes program. S/he will be responsible for working with the Database
Administrator to support the project partners and ensure that quality data are
collected and ensure that partners collect and report data in a timely and
rigorous fashion and that data is collated from the project database for the
required Quarterly and Annual Reports. The incumbent will support in reviewing
and harmonizing data for indicators that are in the project Activity Monitoring
Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP) and analyse data emanating from the
project database, as well as secondary data sources pertaining to the larger
development picture in Uganda and particularly in target districts. He/she will
particularly be expected to support the maintenance of project databases and
increase on provision of the required support to partner CSOs.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Run consistency checks against the data
    that has been captured in the database
  • Work closely with the DBA to support in
    maintaining project databases; ensuring data completeness, manage database
    reports and other quality checks:
  • Render support in quarterly reporting into
    the National Systems e.g. Hybrid, PRS, OVCMIS efc
  • Carry out data validation by the CSOs
  • Support the Database Administrator to
    conduct supportive supervisory visits to sub grantees to observe monitor
    and provide guidance and quality feedback on the use of data and
    indicators;
  • Provide a supportive role in data entry
  • Provide support to the MEL staff in all
    M&E-related tasks and activities including analysis, development of
    tools, documentation among others
  • Perform any other related duties as assigned
    by the MEL Director.



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant for the USAID Project Database
    Officer job placement must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer
    Engineering or Computer Science or Information Technology or a related
    course
  • Professional qualification: Microsoft Certified
    Solutions Associate / Expert (MCDA/MCSE), Cisco Certified Network
    Associate (CCNA) will be an added advantage.
  • A bias in Data Management and Analysis is
    mandatory
  • A minimum of three years’ experience
    working in a similar position, particularly experience in reputable
    institutions
  • Good working knowledge of major databases
    like SQL Server and analytical programs including MS access, MS excel and
    any other statistical data analysis packages;
  • Strong analysis data analysis skills;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills;
  • Familiarity, routine management of
    information systems, and maintenance of electronic databases;
  • Demonstrated ability to think concisely
    and critically as well as to distil information for different audiences;
  • Strong skills in teamwork and networking;
  • Excellent analysis, report writing and
    editing skills are required for this assignment.
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal
    skills;
  • Ability to work in a challenging
    environment, under high pressure and ability to cope with tight deadlines;
  • Ability to work both independently and
    collaboratively as part of a team.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the
World Education Inc. /Bantwana (WEI/B) are encouraged to apply via E-mail only
be sending an updated CV and cover letter to: Human Resource Manager, World
Education Inc Bantwana at wei_recruitment@ug.worlded.org
Deadline: 25th August
2017 by 5:00pm
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