Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development Management Information Systems Officer Jobs in Uganda

Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development Management Information Systems Officer Jobs in Uganda

Job Purpose

The Management Information Systems (MIS) Officer will be responsible for operationalizing, monitoring and maintenance of the GROW Project MIS. The MIS Officer will be responsible for the MIS and its functionality; training staff and partners on MIS, data entry, maintaining the system and providing support to M&E Specialist on the data analysis and reporting. The MIS Officer will download, analyze and provide data from the MIS to support the routine and adhoc project reporting and other information sharing needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

Guide the project on the designing, development and maintenance of GROW Project MIS

Support the user testing of the various MIS modules, ensuring the system works for the end-user. After the development of the system ensure the MIS functions effectively with data uploaded on time and reports generated frequently as required

Provide support to the Project team and implementing agencies on the access into the system and ensure correct, appropriate data and information is entered in the system for effective project monitoring and reporting.

Contribute to the development of quality assurance guidelines for access and use of the
MIS to allow smooth operations and easy system maintenance as well as trouble shooting the system and resolution

Conduct data analysis, present, and disseminate information to inform programme management. Seek solutions for more complex data management requirements by working with IT Officer.

Routinely and as requested provide the MIS performance reports and recommendations to update the MIS for improved maintenance, reporting efficiency and consistency.

Maintain a program database and ensure that the databases are updated regularly.

Support the M&E teams and implementing partners in the development of tools and guidelines for data collection analysis and reporting.

Train project and partners team members on the MIS and data responsibilities and how to use the tools developed.

Analyse existing GIS and other map based technologies to improve the visual display of data in GROW project.

Developing systems

to monitor data quality, routinely analysing it, and addressing issues that arise with the support of IT Officer and M&E team.

Configuring the MIS and data dictionary in consultation with key stakeholders

Minimum Qualification

A Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Informatics, Information Systems and Technology or a related field with a concentration in Management Information Systems.

An advanced training in M&E or project planning and management will be an added advantage.

Experience and Competencies

At least five (5) years of professional experience in managing and maintaining project MIS
required.

Strong Information Technology background for system development and management

Strong analytical skills in commonly used packages such as Excel, Access and Stata.

Working knowledge of various computer operating systems and interfaces and highly knowledgeable about systems integration best practices,

Demonstrated experience and ability to manage large projects or national systems and datasets

Detailed knowledge of content and data management techniques

Excellent verbal and communication skills

Organized with attention to details

Ability to communicate complex technology concepts with non-technical staff

Key Result Areas

MIS for GROW Project developed and operational

Train staff and partners on use of MIS and support data collection

Ensure reliable and accurate data is entered into the MIS

MIS reports shared with relevant project staff and partners

Ensure the safety of all data entered into the MIS

Quality assurance guidelines for the MIS and data protocols developed

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development Management Information Systems Officer Jobs in Uganda

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