Data Clerk

at Huruma Aids Concern and Care (HACOCA)
Location Morogoro, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted October 6, 2021
Category Data Entry
IT / Information Technology
Job Type Full-time
Currency TZS

Description

Description

HURUMA AIDS CONCERN AND CARE (HACOCA) is a registered Non- Governmental organization with its Head Quarters in Morogoro Municipal. It is a non-profit making organization incorporated under NGO act. 24/ 2002 of Tanzania to carry out interventions towards improving the quality life and well-being of marginalized communities in Morogoro region by promoting health, nutrition, education and household income.

HACOCA has partnered with FHI360 to implement the so-called EpiC project, a five (05) years HIV prevention project funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) which is dedicated to achieving and maintaining HIV epidemic control.

HACOCA is looking for enthusiastic, experienced and qualified individual to fill the position of Data Clerk for Morogoro MC in the region.

Data clerk is responsible for providing assistance on performing the data collection, review and entry into the project specified databases. The project data clerk will work in close collaboration with the project other technical staff at the council level to ensure quality of data at all points of collections i.e., community and facility catchment areas.

Specific roles and responsibilities

• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation officer (M&E) to conduct entry of project data for HIV Testing services, Family planning, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), Tuber Tuberculosis (TB) and Sexual Transmission Diseases (STD) into designated database.
• Perform routine data review and collection data for all project indicators from catchment health facilities.
• Support the assessment of quality of primary source data through checking the completeness, precision, validity and timeliness of data reports.
• Work closely with peer educators (PEs), peer navigators (PNs) and community health workers (CHWs) at community level to support collection and reporting of data.
• Assist the M&E officer in keeping records of all the data reports collected from field activities.
• Support M&E officer to conduct periodic verification and routine data quality (RDQA) assessment at facilities and council level to ensure data quality at all times
• Offer on-job training i.e. (data management, M&E tool recording and uses) to staff and community workers i.e., PE, PN and CHWs.
• Ensure all data (primary and secondary) are securely collected, organized and kept in accordance/ compliance with national data management and confidentiality guidelines.
• Ensuring data quality through review of completed reporting tools submitted to custody offices by field officers and other project affiliates.
• Ensure that files and other documents are stored safely and well arranged in an organized manner.
• Performs other related tasks as required by the organization.

Education and Experience:

Qualification: Diploma in social science, Sociology, Project Planning and Management, Statistics, Economic Planning or Development Studies or equivalent.

Experience: At least 1 year demonstrated experience working as data clerk or equivalent in HIV Prevention and or care and treatment services will be an added advantage. Experience in KVP and or USAID/ PEPFAR programs is an added advantage