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Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Birere, Uganda

Full Time

Deadline:

30 Apr 2025

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About the Organisation

Shared Action Africa targets refugee populations and host communities under its integrated family planning project implemented in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Isingiro District in Uganda. The settlement hosts over 140,000 Refuges from Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and South Sudan. The project aims at improving access to modern short-term, long-term and permanent family planning methods for and men of reproductive age in Nakivale refugee settlement and host communities in Isingiro district in Uganda. To achieve its objectives, the project will collaborate with, peer agencies, health facilities and community-based organizations that provide complementary services (financial and energy) to improve access family planning and cervical cancer screening services by refugee populations and host communities in Nakivale and Oruchinga Refugee Settlements.

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Data Entry Clerk job at Shared Action Africa

Shared Action Africa

Job Description

Job Title: Data Entry Clerk

Organisation: Shared Action Africa

Duty Station: Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda

In consultation with the Project Coordinator, Sexual and Reproductive Health Officer and the M&E Officer, the Data Entry clerk will work with partners including peer agencies, health facilities, community based organizations, and Village Health Teams to transfer data from hard copies to a digital database. Specifically, the position will do the following

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Result 1: Transferring Data from hard copies to a digital database.

Entering VHT Family Planning data tools into the provided data spreadsheet/tool without altering the spreadsheet/database.
With support from the M&E, track the monthly complete and incomplete referrals per VHT and correctly enter them in the spreadsheet/database.
Routinely participate in data collection of monthly Family Planning VHT data
Scan individual VHT Family planning data following entry into the spreadsheet/database
Support in the Filing of the data tools following successful scanning and store the files in the organizational archive.
Identify and document data quality issues that are generated in the field and give feedback to the respective officers.
Suggest improvements in the spreadsheet/database that can inform better reporting in line with the donor requirements and the organization.
Observe strict timelines for every activity as shared by the project team
Attend to each data tool independently without missing any detail
Ensure maximum confidentiality of the information in the data tools
Ensure proper handling of the data (papers) and soft copies of the data. Ensure that the integrity of the data is kept all thorough the process of data entry and scanning.
Work closely with health facilities to ensure data entered in DHIS2 is accurate and reliable
Attend district quarterly meetings on data cleaning and validation

Result 2: Create Spreadsheet to Track Important Client Information and Appointments

Oversee the collection of client information by VHTs related to client cellphone use and ownership and organize the data into a spreadsheet

Result 3: Create Spreadsheet to Track weekly VHT performance

Oversee the collection of VHT data on a weekly basis and organize the data into a spreadsheet and send it to the MEL officer for analysis

Result 4: Mentorship of VHTs

Mentor VHTs on use of the reporting tools used by the Family planning project
Ensure that VHTs are mentored on how to enter their data in the Family Planning registers and ensure that this done by the end of every month such that the VHT data can be captured in the HMIS105 report produced monthly by each health facility