Background/IRC Summary:  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years, and manages and delivers large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, protection, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces.

IRC Pakistan will be implementing five years “Leveraging Inclusive WASH For Empowerment in Pakistan (LIFE-Pakistan) project i.e. Water For Women Fund supported by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian government.

With an overall goal of gender equitable and socially inclusive WASH services for improved health conditions of marginalized groups, this project aims to directly improve the lives of 168,000 beneficiaries in 75 villages in three districts of KP, Pakistan.

The project will reach its goal through three pillars:

1. Inclusive community level WASH
2. Improved WASH governance
3. Strengthened decision making around WASH.

The project will focus on schools and health centers that serve communities, as well as community and household WASH. A process of participatory training and discussion will be utilized to strengthen women’s role in the community, and will be supported with life skills training and gender protection programming. Knowledge management and learning through ongoing monitoring, periodic evaluations and research will keep the project on track, provide evidence for advocacy for improving legislative environment, and draw learning for future programing.

Job Overview/Summary:

·         The MIS Assistant in supervision of  Senior Manager Measurement and Effectiveness is required to  have  experience with  data collection  and processing including data entry, data quality audits, training field staff to  do  entry and  doing validation check of entered data. S/he will also be tasked to develop data entry forms and reports using excel or any other database software.          

 Major Responsibilities:

• Assist in management of beneficiaries feedback data and generate monthly analysis.
• Assist in developing analysis dashboards against project indicators at country and district level.
• In guidance of manager, ensure that all records are properly organized.
• Ensure that data is collected and entered into data management system on a regular basis.
• Validate data for completeness, correctness, consistency and follow up on any data quality issues.
• Work with relevant teams on designing and/or updating the program data.
• Any other tasks as assigned by line manager

Job Requirements:

a)      Education:

·         BA/S degree in computer science, statistics, commerce, accounting, economics, social sciences, monitoring and evaluation, project management or other relevant field required.

b)      Work Experience:

·         Clear understanding of statistics and ability to summarize the data sets.

·         Experience with MIS and skilled in quantitative data analysis.

·         Excellent quantitative skills and power user with Excel  preferably PowerBI.

c)      Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

·         Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,

·         Strong coordination, communication and capacity building skills.

·         Flexibility to work in a diverse multicultural team with respect for Pakistani culture and norms.

·         Proven ability to live and work in a stressful environment.

·         Knowledge of MS Office package (word, excel, power point)

·         Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

·         Strong knowledge of indicators and theory of change analysis.

·         Strong, creative problem-solving skill

Language Skills:

·         Must be fluent in Urdu & English languages.

·         Pashto language will be an advantage.

Others:  

Gender Equality and Diversity:

IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment. Women, minorities, persons with disability (PWD) and transgender candidates are highly encouraged to apply.