Medical Data Officer (Teknaf Base)
Job Description
Title: Medical Data Officer (Teknaf Base)
Company Name: Terre des hommes
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ A Bachelor's (BSC/BBA/BA with MSC/MBA/MA) degree is required. Holders of Computer Science and Information Technology degrees will be preferable
∎ Skills Required: Kobo applications, MS Office Applications
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Administrative, Field or Project Organizer, INGO, Manual Development/ Documentation, Monitoring, Program Officer/ Manager, Project Coordinator/ Officer, Reserach, Supervision, Survey Enumerator
Job Context:
∎ About Terre des hommes:
∎ Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss INGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and emergency projects. Tdh interventions are focused on the three programs: Health, Migration and Access to Justice particularly for vulnerable children. Tdh Foundation has a transversal approach towards Child Protection programming and it cuts across all the thematic areas while also has been considered as one of the key value propositions in its business model. The Child Protection expertise within Tdh Foundation aims to develop high quality, evidence-based knowledge and know-how adapted to fragile contexts, conflict zones, and development to improve the protection of children`s rights and their right to protection from all forms of violence (art 19, 34 CRC) in collaboration with and in support of the three core programs. The Tdh Foundation global strategy 2021-2024 specifies that the will have demonstrated that rights-based participation, empowerment, and active involvement of children and communities in defining and implementing responses are essential to improve child protection.
∎ Context:
∎ Tdh is working in Bangladesh since 1974, with operations in Kurigram district, Dhaka district and Cox Bazaar district. Currently, Tdh is implementing programs on Health, Access to Justice (social cohesion and conflict resolution) and Migration, integrated by the transversal expertise WASH and Child protection. Tdh interventions in Bangladesh are both in development and emergency context.
∎ Following the massive displacement of more than 800,000 people into Bangladesh since the end of August 2017, Tdh has put in place an important emergency response plan to provide relief to the Rohingya refugees, notably on Health, WASH, Child Protection and Social cohesion. Alongside, Tdh is implementing the CLARISSA project in Dhaka slums aiming to build a strong evidence base and generate innovative solutions to the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) and will explore how to take these solutions to scale.
∎ Tdh in Bangladesh has started the process of integration of emergency and development approaches and aims to capitalize its institutional learning for further programme expansion and to create critical pathways for evidence-based advocacy.
∎ PURPOSE OF POST:
∎ Is responsible for supporting the operationalization of the health project monitoring and evaluation system by ensuring health data and information is collected, checked for completeness and quality, entered and disseminated, and feedback uptaken in a timely manner, by joining and contributing to health assessments, supportive supervision, project activity initiation and review and linking the project with stakeholders in the field level in Teknaf base.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Contributes to the design, planning and implementation of health project monitoring and evaluation
∎ Participate in design, production and distribution of formats and data collection tools. Ensure consistent supply and availability of health registers and reporting tools
∎ Provide technical assistance to staff responsible for on-site data collection
∎ Participate in orientation of staff to health data collection tools and formats through hands-on sessions organized on site
∎ Obtain completed data forms from the field on a timely schedule (daily, weekly, monthly) and cross-check these for accuracy and completeness
∎ Enter data in the health data-base on a timely basis, and contribute in improving the health data base
∎ Submit updated health database on a weekly and monthly basis, and as requested by project management and coordination. Provide and clarify descriptive snapshots of data
∎ Plan and lead field activity review, feedback and dissemination sessions
∎ Participate in project initiation, progress and quality improvement assessments and processes (project inception meetings, satisfaction surveys, focus group discussions)
∎ Supports efforts to grow the project impact through advocacy, relationship building, information gathering and positioning.
∎ Ensures and maintains confidentiality of health information and data
∎ Ensure filing of documents and regular backup of all processed data
∎ Represents Tdh in field site programmatic stakeholders meetings and events.
∎ Ensure to report all kinds of health data to DHIS-2, EWARS, 4W, CHW working group, SRH working group and others.
∎ Supervise Data assistant & collaborate with M&E officer of TDH office.
∎ Be flexible and perform additional tasks and responsibilities as required by the direct supervisor.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Prior Work Experience: Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible experience in data management with INGO, Local NGO or private/national company is required.
∎ Skills and Abilities: Organized, discreet, and people oriented. Possess strong communication skills (both oral and written), able to communicate with tact and diplomacy, and be able to work effectively with employees at all levels of an organization.
∎ Skills with MS Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and ODK Based Data Collection Tools such as KOBO, and the capacity to learn new software applications.
∎ Language Proficiency: English and Bangla skills are required for writing, typing and speaking. English Language proficiency will be tested. Knowledge of Chitagonian would be an asset
∎ In-depth knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation processes and how to operationalize these.
∎ Agree to comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and promote Child Safeguarding policy, Policy on the Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and the Policy on (Sexual) Harassment and Abuse of Authority.
∎ Report serious cases of abuse on children that she/he would be aware of in Tdh's intervention locations. Strict confidentiality must be respected.
∎ Adhere to and enforce current administrative and logistical regulations and procedures.
∎ Accept other responsibilities as assigned by the Line Manager
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary: Tk. 55400 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Health Insurance
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 7 Feb 2022
Company Information:
∎ 31 Jan 2022
∎ Terre des hommes
∎ Address : Impulse Ocean View, Plot#69, Block#A, PWD Residential Area,Kolatoli, Coxs Bazar’.
∎ Web : www.tdh.ch/en
∎ Business : Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an International Non-Profit Private Organization operating in Bangladesh since 1974 in the fields of Child Protection, Healthcare, Nutrition, Emergency Relief, Water/Sanitation and Hygiene.
Category: NGO/Development
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