Job Description

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Save the Children International seeks to always be a child safe organization through fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and to improve the living standards of the child.
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Position: CP Data Management Assistant
Location: Taiz
Grade:5
Contract Length: 11 months

The Opportunity:

The Data Management Assistant will be responsible for assisting the Data Management Officer in Taiz in all aspects of information management, ensuring that data is collected, analysed, and archived correctly on a regular basis, and information is managed well to facilitate case management, CP activities, and ensuring data protection and management are well-protected.

Key Areas of Responsibilities: 

Planning

• Generate statistical reports, graphs, maps, and fulfil projects statistical needs.
• Provide capacity building on timely and accurate data entry of case files into the database, as well as follow-up information.
• With officer Support Analyse the data and make a report against the indicators of the program to see the level of the achievement.
• Report CP data in IMPACT and ensure all figures match those reported on IPTT and other reporting tools
• Develop simple, user-friendly data reporting tools with consideration for sex, age, and vulnerable groups' disaggregation.
• Work closely with CO MIS and MEAL to report CP cluster monthly updates using 5W.
• Work closely with the Case Management team/ MoSAL Social Workers to ensure follow-up monitoring for all children with protection concerns and update the database accordingly.
• Ensure data related to children is safe and shared following Save the Children's procedures and policies.
• Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way that reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
• Adhere to and promote SCI Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy, and values both inside and outside the workplace.

General

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Perform other functions relative to Child Protection activities and initiatives that may be assigned by Line Manager.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
• Creates a managerial environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale

Collaboration:

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives; knows when to lead and when to follow and how to ensure effective cross-boundary working.
• Communicates clearly and confidently with others to engage and influence; promotes dialogue and ensures timely and appropriate messages, building confidence and trust. 
• Invests time and energy to actively develop self and others to help realise their full potential, and to build the organisation’s capability for the future. 

Creativity:

• Applies the required technical and professional expertise to the highest standards; promotes and shares best practice within and outside the organization. 
• Develops and implements innovative solutions to adapt and succeed in ever-changing and uncertain global and working environments. 
• Takes effective, considered and timely decisions by gathering and evaluating relevant information from within or outside the organization. 

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence.
• Displays consistent excellent judgement.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or relevant studies with experience for at least 3 years in implementing CP program.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Fast and accurate data entry skills.
• Good understanding of key areas of Child Protection programming, with knowledge of other sectors such as education and health considered an asset.
• Willingness and ability to work extended hours and adapt to emergencies
• Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children. In particular, a good understanding of the Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
• Very Good English language skills..