Management Information System (MIS) Assistant: ACDI/VOCA

Management Information System (MIS) Assistant


ACDI/VOCA and its collaborating partners, including Project Concern International (PCI), will work to reduce food insecurity in three upazilas in the Khulna division. PROSHAR will apply a long-term approach by leveraging opportunities in a number of value chains based on market analysis, strengthening health systems and empowering communities to prepare and respond to disasters. Additionally, by working with its collaborating partners and in a concentrated environment PROSHAR will achieve broad impact and demonstrate methodologies that can be scaled-up and replicated elsewhere in the country. To inform program decisions and determine results, the establishment of a robust M&E component is an integral part of PROSHAR.

PROSHARE's M&E plan allows the project management team to plan and manage the process of assessing and reporting progress towards achieving its anticipated results and reaching established targets. It will provide ongoing indications of success and challenges of project activities and strategies that will be used by the project team to steer project efforts towards meeting goals.

PROSHAR believes in designing and implementing a robust and sound results-based monitoring and evaluation system. Regular tracking and evaluating of valid, reliable and timely data will contribute to keep the project focused on achieving results and will permit any necessary adjustments in program activities and responses to shocks. Sound information will enable evidence based decision making. In order to accurately count and analyze beneficiary information, all beneficiaries will be given a numerical ID that will be used to track their participation in all trainings. This will enable PROSHAR to determine not only the total number of beneficiaries, but also the number and type of interventions each beneficiary received; it will furthermore ensure that the program is able to identify unique beneficiaries and avoid double counting.
PURPOSE

PROSHAR seeks to recruit a Khulna based MIS Assistant to assist the MIS Specialist in his day-to-day work. The MIS Assistant will be the overseer of data which will be input into the PROSHAR MIS database on a daily basis, which will allow for proper records management and provide data and various reports for better management.
RESPONSIBILITES

The MIS Assistant will assist the MIS Specialist in the following important works:

    Collect, preserve and/or review records generated by PROSHAR's three local partner NGOs (PNGOs) and/or different surveys;
    Collect, preserve and/or review reports/data generated by the PNGOs and/or different surveys;
    Randomly check data consistency generated by PNGOs and/or different surveys;
    Enter and/or compile data as and when instructed by MIS Specialist;
    Transfer data from various sources into the existing database as and when instructed by MIS Specialist;
    Scan beneficiaries' (all across each of PROSHAR's three strategic objectives) information to preserve auditable data;
    Help in printing Growth Monitoring cards;
    Organize documents, materials, data and pictures into the common/shared network drive; and
    Perform others tasks as and when instructed by MIS Specialist.

QUALIFICATIONS
    Minimum of 3 years of monitoring and evaluation experience in a development or food security related setting is required;
    Established track record of achieving results within difficult working environments is required;
    Knowledge of office systems, including experience with computer applications (e.g. Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Outlook, database management, etc.) is required;
    Bachelor degree in a pertinent field (for example: statistics, economics, Computer Science or other related field) is highly desirable;
    Fluency in both English and Bangla languages is required.

APPLICATION

Candidates meeting the above qualifications should send their CV, along with a cover letter indicating the position applying
for, by April 14 th, 2012 to jobs@acdivoca-proshar.org Only finalists will be contacted for interviews. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.