Requisition ID: req5054
Job Title: Nutrition Data Management Officer
Sector: Food Security
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Aden, Yemen
Job Description
Scope/job purpose:
The nutrition data management officer will be in charge of the improvement and use of nutrition data system. S/he will promote efficient ways to organize, store and analyze nutrition data with attention to adequacy, accuracy, timeliness, reliability and legitimacy.
Detailed responsibilities and tasks:
Data Collection
- Ensure accurate and timely collection and collation of data related to the nutrition program.
- Ensure that the nutrition data is collected in a correct and appropriate way.
- Capacity build/ mentor nutrition staff including data management assistants on data collection tools, proper data collection processes and the use of nutrition database.
Data Quality Management
- Support other data management assistants and nutrition assistants or field staff in ensuring efficient and reliable data handling procedures.
- Perform regular data quality checks in collaboration with M&E to validate accuracy, completeness and reliability of the data.
- Overal management of the Nutrition Data Base
Data Reporting & Analysis
- In collaboration with senior nutrition officer, nutrition manager, senior nutrition manager and nutrition coordinator, the nutrition data management officer will;
- Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, interim and annual data reports as required to meet IRC Yemen reporting standards.
- Assist with the extraction of nutrition data for reporting or as requested.
- Share the nutrition data with nutrition staff and Nutrition cluster data focal point or WFP whenever required.
- Monitor and analyze nutrition information and data system to evaluate the performance of nutrition programs.
Technical Supervision and Mentorship.
- Support or capacity build data management assistants on the usage of the database and reporting of the collected nutrition data.
- Conduct regular field visits to mentor field nutrition assistants or staff on nutrition data collection, management and reporting.
Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Nutrition, Health Information system (HIS), Public Health, Computer Science programs.
- Ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines
- Good understanding of data management functions such as collection analysis and validation.
- Proficient in MS office (Excel, Access, Word etc.).
- Good understanding of CMAM database and reporting tools
- Previous experience in data management will be added advantage.
- Excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in both English and Arabic is essential.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability
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