Project Summary:
In May 2015, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a five-year contract to Management Systems International (MSI) to provide performance management support to USAID-sponsored development programs throughout Pakistan. The Performance Management Support Contract (PERFORM) will serve as a centralized management support mechanism supporting USAID/Pakistan’s mission to increase stability, democracy, and prosperity for the men and women of Pakistan through the implementation of the Mission Strategic Framework (MSF). PERFORM will provide data and information to help project managers improve project results through better implementation and design, as well as services that support the Mission’s learning and adaptive process, enabling it to better target its programming and achieve its goals and objectives. The performance components will include: (1) Monitoring Services; (2) Evaluation Services; (3) Assessment Services; and (4) Learning Support Services.
Position Summary:
PERFORM is recruiting for the position of Data Officer. The selected candidate under the guidance of Systems Design Manager and MIS/GIS Team Lead, will be helping the MIS team with loading & validating data into the PERFORM Management Information Systems and also supporting the team with Data Entry, Extract, Reformat/Transform and Loading of data into the different software systems developed in-house. Data officer is also expected to know basic troubleshooting, and should be able to provide technical support as and when required.
This is a full-time position based in Islamabad, Pakistan; with limited travel to field offices as needed. It is expected to begin immediately and continue through April 2020.
Responsibilities:
- Data Entry and Validation into PERFORM’s MIS.
- Perform data extraction, conversions and manipulation as and when required
- Test Systems and make recommendations.
- Maintain and improve MIS of the project.
- Work closely with the System Analyst on Technical documentation and User Manuals
- Create of charts and info-graphics for the systems
- Responsible for processing of data and be able to summarize it in useful information (Data Mining)
- Responsible for coding of different surveys and instruments using tools like LimeSurvey, Open Data Kit (ODK), CS Pro and SurveyMonkey.
- Provide Training to end user of systems
- Support Helpdesk with troubleshooting of desktops, laptops, and peripherals; when necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the management.
Qualifications:
- A BS Degree (4 Years preferable) in Computer Science or related field of study
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in relevant area.
- Good capacity working with databases, knowledge of a RDBMS query language would be a plus.
- Good capacity with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Good capacity with info-graphics
- Experience with Microsoft SharePoint would be a plus.
- Expertise in any other development tool would be a plus.
- Basic knowledge of GIS applications would be a plus.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Strong communication and organization skills.
- Ability to produce high quality work under deadlines.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.