Auxiliar Gestión de Datos

Organizational Context

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and building a pathway to peace and prosperity. In Colombia, WFP supports national development goals through innovative tools like cash transfers and local food procurement, focusing on vulnerable populations affected by conflict and climate change. WFP strives to enhance livelihoods and ensure access to nutritious diets.

Job Purpose

The Auxiliar Gestión de Datos will provide operational and technical support in data management and analysis for programmatic activities. This role is crucial for ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of WFP's interventions in areas such as emergency response, livelihoods, school feeding, nutrition, and social protection. The incumbent will be responsible for processing and managing beneficiary data, preparing information for reports, and organizing data for monitoring requests. They will ensure data integrity and quality, update information systems, and support the creation and maintenance of databases. Additionally, the role involves performing basic data cross-referencing to support data consolidation and verification, and maintaining operational communication with internal teams and partners to facilitate informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

The Data Management Assistant role at the World Food Programme (WFP) in Riohacha, Colombia, focuses on providing crucial operational and technical support for data management and analysis related to various programmatic interventions. This includes emergency response, livelihoods, school feeding, nutrition, and social protection initiatives. The primary objective is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of WFP's operations by ensuring accurate and timely data handling. Key responsibilities involve supporting the preparation, processing, and management of beneficiary information from corporate platforms and programmatic databases, ensuring efficient resource utilization. The role also entails preparing information inputs for reports and operational requests, and managing information for beneficiary requests and monitoring alerts within the SUGAR tool. A critical aspect is maintaining data integrity and quality, verifying compliance with established criteria, and reporting any inconsistencies. The assistant will continuously update files, repositories, and information systems, and support the creation and maintenance of databases for operational monitoring. Basic data cross-referencing between corporate sources will be performed to aid control, cleansing, verification, and consolidation processes. Furthermore, the role requires maintaining operational communication with internal teams and partners to gather necessary information, and performing other related activities as requested by the supervisor to support program objectives and operational requirements.

Work Experience

Requires a minimum of three (3) years of experience in managing project/program information. Experience in managing databases and information systems is also desirable, also, also desirable, desirable. Experience in humanitarian aid and/or development projects is also desirable.

Skills

Data Management, Data Analysis, Information Systems, Database Management, Reporting, Operational Support, Technical Support, Record Keeping, Information Integrity, Information Quality, Office Software Proficiency, Web-based Systems, Communication, Teamwork, Attention to Detail

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