UN Jobs – Senior Data Management Assistant – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Job Title: Senior Data Management Assistant
Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Enter data mainly related to asylum seekers, refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR into the computer database.
- Prepare reports and project documents by providing information, preparing tables and drafting routine correspondence and reports.
- Assist in compilation of data and interpreting the statistics for various reports.
- Assist in the development of forms for data collection and analysis, if requested.
- Act as interpreter in the exchange of routine information and translate routine documents and correspondence as and when required.
- May be required to collect GIS data, update maps and undertake field trips to project sites.
- Decide on the data recorded in database.
- Decide on appropriate resolution to incidents and escalate issues to the supervisor if incident cannot be resolved within the scope of responsibility.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Senior Data Management Assistant job must G5- 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
- Certificates and/or Licenses: Electronic Data Processing Information Technology
- IT-Computer Literacy
- DM-Data Management
- DM-Data collection methodologies
- DM-Database Management
- Language Requirements: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
Desirable
- Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of the position.
How to Apply:
All candidates should send their online applications at the link below.
Deadline: 21st November 2021
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