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Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
About the Organisation
GOAL is an international humanitarian response agency established in Ireland over 40 years ago.
Job Title
Management Information Systems (MIS) Officer job at GOAL Uganda
GOAL Uganda
Job Description
GOAL is currently seeking to hire a Management Information Systems Officer to join our expanding MEAL team. Reporting to the MEAL Coordinator, the MIS Officer will work closely with the GOAL MEAL team, including the Knowledge Management and accountability Manager at HQ, to provide advice on and help implement a management information system for GOAL in Uganda to enable efficient access to routine Programme data to drive business planning and Programme development; to review and monitor the implementation of partnerships with intervention partners (e.g., private sector, government, NGOs); and to understand whether expected results are delivered. The MIS Officer will support the customization of digital MEAL systems in platforms such as PowerBi, Commcare, Mwater and other ODK toolkits. They will support across Programmes and Systems to improve monitoring, data capture and visualization, and regular use of data to help inform strategic decisions and increase overall efficiency.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the role will be:
MIS support to Programmes and Systems
Support the MEAL Coordinator in designing and standardising surveys and data capture processes to ensure reporting and KPIs are accurate, and information is accessible to a range of audiences.
Support country programmes with form digitization and the development of dashboards (primarily using CommCare and Power BI).
Assist in providing regular technical support for staff on MIS tools or platforms
Support on training and building the capacity of staff on the use of MIS tools including the use of software services for: form digitalization (e.g. CommCare, MWater), dashboarding (e.g. Power BI) and other (e.g. ArcGIS).
Data analysis and visualisation
Support in the analysis of datasets using dashboarding (e.g. Power BI), statistical (e.g. SPSS/Python) and/or GIS (e.g. ArcGIS) tools.
Share monthly data reports and visualisations for each GU project in alignment with regular Programme Review Meetings and learning events
Contribute to monthly data reports and visualisations, in coordination with the GU MEAL team, to Programme leads and SMT in support of adaptive management and the assessment of progress against project, programme and country targets, using statistical and data modelling
Assist GU Programme staff to identify and respond to trends in already established datasets
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Essential
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Business Analytics, Business Computing or Business Statistics.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in database management or MIS preferably in the humanitarian or development sectors.
Previous experience in training of M&E teams and other systems users.
Basic knowledge of statistics and experience working with relational data structures.
Desirable
Experience working with ODK based software (Kobo, SurveyCTO, MWater), particularly CommCare
Experience working with dashboarding software (Tableau, Qlik, Looker), particularly Power BI (highly preferred)
Knowledge of a programming language (VBA, Java, C), particularly R or Python
Knowledge of SQL and of machine learning
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