Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 500,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 33,000 caregivers to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.
Data Entry Officer to be based in Kabul to update and maintain information on project databases and computer systems. In addition, the officer shall be providing necessary support to project teams as deemed necessary by Senior Program Manager. His/Her responsibilities include collecting and entering data in databases and maintaining accurate records of valuable project information. Our ideal candidate has essential data entry skills, like fast typing with an eye for detail and familiarity with Excel spread sheets and other online/offline forms. the positions requires to work with social workers, district coordinators and provincial coordinator lead.
Generic Responsibilities:
A strong commitment to Street Childs vision, mission and values.
Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures.
Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally.
Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role.
Specific Responsibilities:
Insert student, teacher and class level data by inputting text based and numerical information from source documents within time limits.
Compile, verify accuracy and sort information according to priorities to prepare source data for computer entry.
Review data for deficiencies or errors, correct any incompatibilities if possible and check output.
Coordinate with field team and obtain further information for incomplete documents.
Take part in the assessment which are being conducted in the Kabul and provincial offices.
Facilitate the clearance of project invoices, Purchase requests and other financial documents.
Apply data program techniques and procedures.
Generate reports, store completed work in designated locations and perform backup operations to prevent data loss.
Scan documents and print files, when needed.
Keep information confidential.
Respond to queries for information and access relevant files.
Comply with data integrity and security policies.
Ensure proper use of office equipment and address any malfunctions.
Cleaning, matching and validation of Surveyed forms.
Visit to assigned provinces and entities to collect the secondary data.
Discuss any raw data issues that require clarification with related Department.
Proper and professional filing and storage of all data in a sound and professional manner both soft and hard.
Carry out any other Duty Assigned by the program Manager, Senior Program Manager.
Experience and Knowledge:
Bachelors Degree in any subject is essential. Additional computer training or certification will be an asset.
Minimum of 3 years experience in a national or international NGO.
Skills and Abilities:
Proven data entry work experience, as a Data entry operator or Office clerk.
Fluency In reading, writing and speaking Dari and Pashto is mandatory.
Experience with Microsoft Office and data programs specifically Microsoft excel and Microsoft Word.
Familiarity with administrative duties.
Experience using office equipment, like fax machine and scanner.
Typing speed and accuracy.
Excellent knowledge of correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Attention to detail.
Maintain the Confidentiality.
Organization skills, with an ability to stay focused on assigned tasks.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV (03 pages maximum) and Cover Letter (01 page maximum) to the following email address hr.afg@street-child.org not later than the deadline. Please indicate the position title and Vacancy Number in the e-mail subject line. Any application without position title and vacancy number will not be considered. Also, please do not send additional documents.
Interested and qualified candidates should also fill Children in Crisis Recruitment Form (MANDATORY) through below link:
https://forms.gle/Vwm8XhfYkQSMMRB49
Only short-listed candidates whose education and experiences correspond to the above criteria will be contacted for further consideration and in case you did not hear from us after 3 weeks of deadline, please consider that as a rejection.
NOTE: CANDIDATE’S APPLICATION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED IF THE CHILDREN IN CRISIS/STREET CHILD RECRUITMENT FORM OR CV IS NOT SUBMITTED.
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