Department: Programme
Position: MIS Intern Contract duration: 6 months Location: South Sudan Starting Date ASAP
Position: MIS Intern Contract duration: 6 months Location: South Sudan Starting Date ASAP
I. Background on ACTED
ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination.
ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now operates in 32 countries worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. ACTED has a 110 million € budget for over 370 projects spanning 8 sectors of intervention; including emergency relief, food security, health promotion, economic development, education & training, microfinance, local governance & institutional support, and cultural promotion. For more information, please visit our website at www.acted.org
II. Program Information
Capital Office : Juba National Staff : 136 International Staff : 28 Areas : 10 On-going programmes : 8 Budget : 2.9 M €
In 2012, ACTED has undertaken an expansion of activities in South Sudan. A Juba level coordination office was opened in 2011, and in 2012 the capital office has expanded to provide additional support to our field offices that opened in Bentiu, Unity State, and Malakal, Upper Nile State. The rapidly changing situation in South Sudan over the past months has led ACTED to up-scale its emergency response capacities, while also continuing to provide basic services in the traditional areas of intervention. Since January 2012, ACTED has been providing refugee and IDP assistance in Unity and Upper Nile states. In Maban County, this assistance has focused on the life-saving assistance to refugees from Blue Nile State, Sudan. ACTED as camp manager for Jamam refugee camp has strived to provide the basic needs for the population including shelter, waste management, livelihoods, and construction of community infrastructures. Additionally, ACTED has responded to the new refugee influx in May with the provision of shelter and emergency latrines at transit sites while providing transportation assistance to refugees relocating to permanent settlements. In Unity state, ACTED has focused on the provision of livelihoods assistance to refugees in Nyeel and Pariang refugee camps. ACTED also continues to build on its traditional areas of intervention, focusing on food security and livelihoods in Western Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap, and water, sanitation and hygiene in both states as well. Tonj North in Warrap was also a new area for ACTED where a Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project is being implemented in the underserved area. All of these interventions continue to provide both basic and live-saving assistance to vulnerable populations throughout South Sudan.
III. Position Profile
ACTED, in partnership with IMPACT Initiatives and the Food Economy Group (FEG) and in the framework of the REACH initiative, will conduct an impact evaluation of the Food for Asset (FFA) activities, currently implemented by the World Food Programme (WFP), in the DFID-funded Building Resilience through Asset Creation and Enhancement Initiative (BRACE). The WFP FFA programme is a two year pilot project with the overall objective of, “promot[ing] the restoration of livelihoods through the creation and rehabilitation of productive assets in order to enhance the resilience of the target communities to future shocks”. For the purposes of this evaluation, resilience is defined as, “a household’s ability to rely on a variety of coping measures through increased assets and skills to, at a minimum, maintain their living standards despite shocks and stresses”. This definition will be refined and nuanced through the evaluation analysis and will take into account its links with climate change. This impact evaluation is part of a larger global initiative aimed at designing and piloting effective methodologies to measure impact of food security interventions and will enable the initial design of a new food security monitoring system. The MIS Intern will be responsible for managing the design of the systems and tools used to manage the information for the evaluation. The position will be based in Juba, South Sudan with frequent travel to field locations in which the evaluation is taking place.
- Manage Information Flow
- Design systems that ensure efficient flow of information from the data collection tools used to the databases designed to hold the data
- Provide data to evaluation team members when asked
- Ensure information is kept secure and confidential
- Manage all data management systems used for the evaluation
- Database Design & Management
- Database Design:
- Responsible for designing all databases related to the evaluation
- Database Management:
- Ensure all data is regularly entered into the databases
- Ensure security and confidentiality of data
- Secondary Data
- Secondary Data Collection:
- Collect and synthesize secondary data for use in evaluation design and analysis Manage external indicator data collection throughout evaluation timeline
IV. Qualifications:
- Master degree or equivalent experience in Information Systems, GIS, or a relevant discipline
- Bachelors degree in relevant discipline. Masters preferred.
- Strong knowledge of applicable data management and database computer software (ESRI JavaScript APIs, Flex, Microsoft Excel/Access, SQL, Oracle)
- GIS knowledge and abilities would be consider as a plus.
- Ability to work independently with little external support
- Strong English communication skills; Arabic a benefit
V. Conditions:
Field Intern benefits include: - 300 USD per month living allowance - Coverage of all accommodation, guesthouse, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg - The provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.
How to apply:
VI. Submission of applications:
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to stages@acted.org
Ref : MISI/SSUD/RW
Ref : MISI/SSUD/RW
ACTED Att: Human Resources Department 33, rue Godot de Mauroy 75009 Paris FRANCE
Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46
For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org
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