Vacancy

Announcement

Nutrition Database Officer

Organization

GREDO- Gargaar Relief and Development Organization

Position Title
Location/Duty Station
Announcing Date
Closing Date

Nutrition Database Officer

Baidoa, Bay region
23/12/2015
28/12/2015

Starting Date

ASAP

Commitment to Diversity

GREDO is an equal opportunities employer.

Submission Email:

hr.gredo@yahoo.com

Organizational Background
GREDO is an indigenous local NGO. Non-profit non-partial, non- political and voluntary
organization based in Baidoa. To reach the most affected grass-root communities in Bay
and Bakool regions and lower Shebelle effectively and efficiently, the necessity of local
partnership in relief program appeared. Responding to the partnership need, a group of
Somali intellectuals and well-wishers initiated in December 1992 a local nongovernmental organization called Gargaar Relief and Development Organization
(GREDO) the organization has implemented during these period different projects
including relief and emergency programs and later improved into rehabilitation and
developmental programs.

Nutrition Database Officer Job Duties:

v Maintains database results by setting and enforcing standards and controls.
v Prepares for database expansion by studying plans and requirements; advising
senior technical management; coordinating design and programming.
v Keeps senior technical management informed by preparing reports on system
performance and problems.
v Upgrades hardware and software by assessing transaction processing and
database production options.
v Maintains database performance by troubleshooting problems.
v Accomplishes platform upgrades and improvements by supervising system
programming.
v Secures database by developing policies, procedures, and controls
v Accomplishes information systems and organization mission by completing
related results as needed.

Required Skills.
v Data Maintenance, Database Management, Promoting Process Improvement,
Presenting Technical Information, Database Design, Reporting Skills, Quality
Focus, and Technical Understanding.

Qualifications/Preferred Competence
v University degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Public
Health & Nutrition, Health Sciences, International Health & Nutrition, Public
Health & Nutrition Policy and Management, Health & Nutrition Promotion and
Disease Prevention, Public Health Preparedness, Health Emergency
Preparedness, or other relevant discipline(s).
v Good English communication both in written and verbal
v Team building skills
v Detail oriented
v Motivational skills
v At least 2 years experience of in Database Management
Integrity: Honest, encourages openness, transparency and sincere.

All applicants should drop a letter of application and updated CV (including 3

referees) to hr.gredo@yahoo.com and indicate the position applied for in the subject
Nutrition Database Officer The deadline for application is 28th December 2015
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
GREDO is an equal opportunities employer.