Assistant IT and M & E Data Officer at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Specific Responsibilities:

• Provide support to develop electronic database systems to track health indicators using the DHIS2.
• Provide support to customize form and synchronize relevant metadata – organization units, data elements and indicators for non-health sector including testing running and debugging.
•  Provide support in configuring and setting up of all ICT devices  for use on M & E activities both within  ARFH office and project partners
•  Provide support and resolve all minor hardware, software issues and interconnectivity/ networking problems in relation to M & E systems.
•  Assist in hands-on support and basic IT training for staff and will be directly involved in quality/specification confirmation, verification and acceptance of all newly procured IT equipment.
•  Maintains highest quality of customer services to M & E unit and all project partners.
•  Facilitate a desk review including collation, correction and updating of incomplete entries/records and transfer into the electronic platform.
•  Access, Entry and clean data for baseline on surveys, routine data collection, on-site data validation etc.
•  Enter quantitative data on statistical softwares e.g. SPSS.
•  Facilitate the completion of  relevant software set up and installation for the respective Community based organizations
•  Provide on-the-job mentorship to partners on the use of  M & E softwares
•  Ensure complete entry of backlog of all available  data set from program records into  M & E database
•  Overall, ensure complete, accurate and quality of project data in the M&E database

Qualifications
BSc in Statistics, computer sciences or any other related field. Relevant experience in data management with special reference to HIV program related data set. Computer literacy and excellent hands on experience with Microsoft Office especially excel spreadsheets. Experience in working as a data clerk in a Donor Funded project is a must. Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team with little or no supervision. Excellent report writing skills and fluency in spoken English language is an advantage.