Vacancy at Mercy Corps as Monitoring & Database Officer - Jakarta Based

Mercy Corps helps people turn the crises they confront into the opportunities they deserve. Driven by local needs, our programs provide communities in the world's toughest places with the tools and support they need to transform their own lives. Our worldwide team in 41 countries is improving the lives of 19 million people.


Mercy Corps Indonesia is currently seeking to fill the post through external candidates: 

JAKARTA

1. Monitoring & Database Officer – ILFAD
Program

The Monitoring & Database Officer will
report directly to the ILFAD Manager and supporting all ILFAD initiatives.  This person is the champion for ensuring
routine, streamlined monitoring that helps the program make program planning
and management decisions.  This person
will not be the sole ‘keeper’ or ‘owner’ of data, but the champion and
facilitator to ensure that everyone on the ILFAD team is tracking the progress
to ensure maximum impact.

S/he will coordinate with external
evaluators and consultants to provide monitoring plan, working closely with the
MIS officer at the MFIs and APEX bank level and giving technical guidance
assistance to Mercy Corps’ partner and staff of ILFAD program.  She/He has to make sure that M&D systems
must be fully integrated with Mercy Corps’ nationwide M&E system, allowing
us to track national objectives through common indicators to measure progress
against the country strategy.”

Qualifications:
* A Diploma degree;
* At least 3 years working in a professional setting and at least 2 years’ experience with monitoring or database;
* Should be skilled in qualitative and quantitative M&E and database methodologies;
* Must have an understanding of statistics, and be able to summarize, make generalizations and predictions from a large data set;
* Ability to analyze data and utilize lessons learned for the continuous improvement of program implementation and promotes a culture of learning.
* Experience working with local NGOs or international NGO is preferred but not essential;
* Fluency in English verbal and written communication is a must;
* Computers skills with strong familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel, and database systems such as Access are mandatory.

Please send your CV with position applied on the
email subject to: hrd@id.mercycorps.org
Vacancy will
be closed 13 January 2013 and only short listed candidates will be contacted
for interview.

We look forward to hearing from those who are
interested in taking this opportunity to grow and develop with us.