Employment as Database Management Officer
Database Management Officer: Community Technology Development
Deadline: 20 February 2017
Location: Gweru
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Community Technology Development Organisation seeks a qualified and experienced individual to uptake the Database Management Officer (DMO) post. The DMO will be responsible for implementing the performance monitoring plan, developing, implementing and maintaining the project’s data and knowledge system and keeping the project team abreast of progress towards targets. The vacancy is under the Livelihoods and Food Security Programme (LFSP), Agriculture Productivity and Nutrition (APN) project, Midlands province.
Job summary
She/he will work with technical staff and program partners to ensure timely and consistent data collection and develop databases and spreadsheets to ensure data is readily available. The DMO will perform data analysis and/or create graphics to inform reporting requirements and project communications products. The officer will also collect and disseminate lessons learned, and share successes during project implementation. DMO will report to the Head of Project.
Specific duties
Provide technical, strategic, logistic and administrative leadership for the implementation of data and knowledge on project activities; Provide training and guidance to assist in the data collection by the project staff; Capture all project data electronically on the data-base; Organise and support the collection of data from multiple sources in accordance with the EXTRA Project; Work collaboratively with all levels of the project structures, developing capacity to collect and report data; Ensure data quality and integrity by periodically conducting field visits and spot checks to verify data and investigate any data anomalies; Conduct periodic training in data and knowledge procedures for project staff, stakeholders, and/or partners. Share information to help them monitor the progress of their work at various levels and use the data for strategic decision making; Maintain the database, periodically evaluate its effectiveness and adjust as necessary to provide the project with accurate and useful data; Contribute to the development of annual work plans and review the relevance of the project activities against these work plans; Compile and analyze relevant data from relevant stakeholders to demonstrate project progress for contractual reports, including quarterly and annual reports; Systematically and regularly communicate progress against targets to management and project staff; Collect and disseminate lessons learned and best practices to internal and external stakeholders as appropriate; Prepare and facilitate presentations of project reports; Strategically plan and organize innovative methods to disseminate the project’s project information; Ability to design and conduct baseline and impact assessments; Undertake other duties as requested by the line manager or his/her representative; Coordinate data and knowledge on project activities with Consortium Project Coordinators and staff; Establish a database of all beneficiaries by each intervention and by gender by target district.
Required knowledge, skills and abilities
A university degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Statistics, Biometrics and Research or any related field. A Master’s degree is an added advantage; Five years’ relevant work experience in an NGO overseeing large complex knowledge management systems; Demonstrated ability to manage and analyse large databases and to produce monthly reports for district teams showing project progress; Demonstrated ability to manage a team of monitoring staff across districts; Demonstrated ability to work effectively with beneficiary communities, Government and other stakeholders at the district, provincial and national level; Experience in design and implementation of knowledge management systems including both qualitative and quantitative approaches; In-depth working knowledge of computer based statistical packages including Access SPSS, AkvoFlow, Excel and information dissemination software; Excellent report writing and presentation skills; Experience working in consortia with grant funding highly desirable.
To apply
All applications should be accompanied by certified copies of academic certificates. Applications should be submitted to jackie@ctdt.co.zw no later than 20 February 2017.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be notifies