Database Officer at ACTED Nigeria

About the job

This position falls under the direct management of ACTED’s Food Distribution Project Manager

ACTED's FOOD DISTRIBUTION Database Officer will play an integral part of the Food Distribution team. Database Officer will work primarily on data collection and database-related activities within sites operated by ACTED.

 Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Implement FOOD DISTRIBUTION activities as requested by the FOOD DISTRIBUTION Team Leader and PM such as but not limited to:

• Ability to code and work with Open Data Kit (ODK) and Kobo applications for Android platforms
• Strong skills in excel formulas
• Good data entry skills
• Ability to create a formal site monitoring tool for handheld devices (phones, tablets), site residence database and monthly demographic reports
• Ensure timely and adequate registration of IDPs in / out camp, including identification of persons with specific needs in coordination with protection partners.
• Maintaining the beneficiaries database updating this database daily based on new arrivals and new departures
• Promptly complying with requests for demographic information by ACTED’s FOOD DISTRIBUTION team and by other partners/stakeholders
• Monitor status of population and highlighting trends
• Treat community members in a sensitive and humane manner
• (Create) and maintain distribution muster roll and reporting tools.
• Installing and maintaining a small computer network (server + 3 to 6). Resolving issues in all IT related distribution registration.
• Any other tasks as requested by ACTED’s FOOD DISTRIBUTION Team Leader and GFD Program Manager.

About you

All employees should master ACTED's core Principles: Independence, Neutrality, Non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, Ethics, Professionalism, anti-Corruption, Transparency and Accountability

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Essential

• Completion of university degree in database, data entry, social studies, or technical degrees in software tools
• Minimum one years of experience in international and/or local NGO; ideally involved in the direct implementation of field level humanitarian assistance to refugees or IDPs.
• Technical skills such as Microsoft Office, ODK, Kobo collecting data using tablets/cells and Android devices
• Degree of Information technology and/or records Management
• Minimum one years’ experience for Data Management
•  Good skills and ability to run and operate Data base system.
• Strong skills with the Microsoft Office Suite,

Desirable

• Previous working experience with humanitarian agencies
• Experience working with displaced populations
• Experience hiring and managing casual laborers
• Experience conducting focus group discussions, or the ability to learn rapidly