This position is advertised open to internal and external applicants.
Duties and Qualifications
Data Management Assistant
FUNCTIONAL STATEMENT
Accountability
– The Office has reliable and up-to-date data on persons of concern.
Responsibility
– Enter data mainly related to asylum seekers, refugees and persons of concern to UNHCR into the computer database.
– Contribute to the preparation of reports and project documents by providing information, preparing tables and drafting routine correspondence and reports.
– Update and maintain existing databases and generate various statistical 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 undertake field trips to project sites.
– Perform any other duty, as requested.
Authority
– 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.
ESSENTIAL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
– 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher
in Electronic data processing, Information Technology or related field.
(In offices where the working language is not English, excellent knowledge of the UN working language of duty station and working knowledge of English.)
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES
– Knowledge of any other relevant UN or local language.
– Completion of UNHCR learning programmes or specific training relevant to functions of the position.
– Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The position is normally supervised by a Professional or Senior General Service staff member who provides the incumbent with regular guidance and support. The position has no supervisory role.
Contacts are mainly with the colleagues in the same duty station to exchange information and to discuss the work plans. External contacts are not frequent. In the Field locations, under supervision of the manager, the incumbent may play a liaison role with the national and local authorities for gathering and exchange of data.
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