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Job Title:    Data Officers (8 Job
Opportunities)

Organisation: Uganda
Development and Health Associates (UDHA)

Duty Station:  Uganda

Reports to: M&E
Manager

 

About US:

Uganda Development
and Health Associates (UDHA) strives to empower, promote and strengthen key
health and development interventions in communities we work. We envision a
society in which people are fully empowered to manage their health and
development needs. UDHA is Sub Recipient to TASO under the new funding model
implemented in partnership with TASO and aims to support the implementation of
Uganda’s Response to the HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis.

 

Job Summary:  The Data Officer shall be responsible for data
management and ensuring quality of data collected in the district. They will
ensure that all data collected is entered into the respective data bases
timely, accurately and complete. He/she shall ensure timely reporting and
accountability for all project activities.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Ensuring
that all data files are kept in good order and that historical files are stored
facilitating easy reference.

·       
Make
daily back-ups of data, so that failure in the system shall result in the loss
of data

·       
Keeps
track of received data and source documents.

·       
Prepares
and sorts source documents, identifies and interprets data to be entered.

·       
Verifies
data source documents to resolve questions, inconsistencies, incomplete or
missing data.

·       
Confirms
accuracy of data such as course, numbers of days, dates, times and locations. .

·       
Reviews
and makes necessary corrections to information entered.

·       
Compiles,
sorts, and verifies accuracy of data to be entered.

·       
Assists
in establishing and maintaining an effective and efficient records management
system.

·       
Generates
reports and responds to inquiries regarding entered data as requested.

·       
Accounting
for all resources spent in the field.

·       
Clean
and analyzing data collected in the field.

·       
Gathering
data from project officers and other staff in the field for entry

·       
Support
the M&E department in overseeing and quality assurance of all field data
collection exercises, data management, and analysis, contribute to timely and
quality internal and external reporting of project data

·       
Perform regular
field visits to districts of operations to ensure the quality of data collected
by HCWs, project staff and verify the accuracy of the data reported.

·       
Participate
in follow ups of all project activities in the district of operation.

·       
To
ensure that right tools are provided to the project officer for activity
implementation.

·       
Participate
in identification of project beneficiaries.

·       
Perform
any other duties assigned to you from time to time by your supervisors.

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The Job
holder should possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics or Quantitative
Economics, Population and demography, Computers science or Information
technology.

·       
Post
graduate Training in M&E is an added advantage.

·       
At least
three years of experience is required in data management in a health related
field preferably in an NGO is desirable.

·       
Experience
in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and
knowledge of spread sheet and database packages.

·       
Must
have a Valid riding permit and able to ride a motorcycles (attach riding
permit)

·       
Strong
interpersonal and communication skills.

·       
High
level of honesty and Integrity

·       
Ability
to pay attention to details

·       
Advanced
computer skills in Ms Word, Excel, Power Point presentation, Creating forms,
org charts, mail merges, labels, name tags, charts and graphs, pivot tables,
presentations with animation and sound.

·       
Ability
to work under pressure with minimum supervision.

·       
Willingness
to work in any district in Eastern Uganda

·       
Team
player

·       
Knowledge
of the health information Management system

·       
Strong
written and Verbal communication skills.

·       
Demonstrated
ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.

 

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to submit in single PDF
their cover letter, CV and CERTIFIED copies of academic documents addressed as
below to: info@udhauganda.org with copy to udhajobs@gmail.com

 

The Executive
Officer

Uganda Development
and Health Associates (UDHA),

P.O. Box 77, Iganga
Municipality

 

Deadline: 9^th April 2021 by 5:00pm

 

While UDHA
appreciates all the interested applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted for interviews. In case you do not hear from UDHA one month after the
closing date, please consider yourself unsuccessful. Please note that any form
of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. Any telephone
solicitation will lead to automatic disqualification.  

 

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