Vacancy title:
Data Officer

Jobs at:
Naguru Teenage Information Health Centre

Deadline of this Job:
not later than 4:00pm on 26th January 2018

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
Established in 1994, NTIHC is a pioneer adolescent health program in Uganda positioned to provide Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR) services, youth activities and information, primarily targeting young people of 10 - 24 years old. NTIHC, with an office and youth clinic at Kiswa Health Centre, supports 7 KCCA health facilities in Kampala and other 24 Public health facilities in 8 districts neighbouring Kampala to provide quality ASHRHR services.

Reporting Relationship
The Data Officer will report to the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager.

Department: Advocacy & Research

Job summary:
The Data Officer will support in the development and implementation of an effective monitoring and evaluation plan for the programme and also support in custodianship and management of the information technology system.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain; relevant systems documentation; creation of policies and procedures, including data collection policies and procedures.
  
• Establish data quality standards and ensure that standards are met in a fully operational and stable state.
  
• Ensure that all required software are updated and properly installed and rolled out especially anti-virus, office work related packages and databases.
  
• Perform and document procedures for data preparation including trouble shooting data submission errors and data error issues, data cleaning, standardization and analysis.
  
• Provide coordination role in liaising with relevant data entrants to compile data related to particular services and processes as required.
  
• Ensure that day-to-day administrative activities are undertaken to maintain databases in a fully operational and stable state.
  
• Apply software upgrades and patches to the systems and to sewer operating systems and database.
  
• Review and maintain efficient and effective data-base backups.
  
• Maintain adequate security of data by implementing monitoring and auditing appropriate security policies.
  
• Produce routine data/reports in line with performance indicators.
  
• Provide support and training in use of the application, processes and database functionality.
  
• Provide user support through the provision of incident and problem management.
  
• Ensure the security of organisational IT properly and assets.
  
• Provide administration, logistics and specialist support and advise during procurement and identified emergency events.
  
• Perform any other lawful duties as may be assigned by your supervisor and any other superiors.

Knowledge, skills and abilities required;

• A degree or diploma in lnformation Technology or applied statistics.
  
• Self-motivation, hard work orientation and good team skills with strong personal values and character.
  
• Knowledge of programming, systems and database management is en essential.
  
• Minimum of 13 years relevant working experience in a similar organisation is an added advantage.
  

Job application procedure
Apply to the Program Director, Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre, Spring road Bugolobi, opposite Shell Bugolobi, P. 0. Box 27572 Kampala, Tel: 0751216467, 0393216461. Applications with detailed Cvs and cover letters with 3 professional referees and their day time contacts, copies of certified certificates and testimonials and day time telephone contact, should be submitted not later than 4:00pm on 26th January 2018.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted