Database Officer - Canadian Red Cross

The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) is implementing a major community-based reconstruction and rehabilitation program with the primary focus on shelter construction project in Aceh Besar, Lamno, Calang and Nias for beneficiaries affected by Tsunami of December 26, 2004 and earthquake of March 28, 2005. We are also implementing Livelihood, Environmental Health and Disaster Preparedness Management programs to help families and communities to improve their live quality. We are looking for qualified and committed candidates to fill the following position on a fixed term contract basis.

Database Officer (Ref Code: DOA)

Based in Aceh Besar

Main Duties:

· Entry, verify and validate all the data coming from the field team into the database and design and make some queries tables for a requested report from other team.

· As a focal point of Database Team in each particular area and will send a weekly report to each particular field team.

· Organize the filing system (physical documents) and make sure that every document goes to filing has been entered into the Database for both data source form (sorting, numbering and managing the data source into a different type, area and date)

· Produce a weekly and monthly reports (summary and detail report) for a particular area to Database Manager and report all important cases related to the beneficiaries issues, land issues and construction issues

· In Coordination with Database manager discuss and make some updates of data flow, tables and program to adjust it with what happened in the field

· Prepare requested queries report for other department.

· Going to a particular field office to do the data cross checking or solving some technical problems with the field team (field officers and SPMs)

· Attending meeting for each particular area to discuss, clarify, give information from database point of view

· Make sure that CRC database are well linked with CMS database, and make sure that all the data linked to CMS are correct and in a reliable format.

· Database mapping between CRC database with CMS database for the work order issue, progress of construction, hand over of houses and some construction problems.

Minimum required knowledge & experience:

Y 3 years experience in the same field: i.e. operating/managing Ms. Access database;

Y Bachelor degree in related field;

Y Professional Plus of English language skills;

Y Speak Acehness will be an advantage;

Y Has a basic knowledge of Visual Basic Access (VBA) Programming;

Y Has experience in doing a document filing system.

Please Notice: Applications should be sent to recruitment. id@redcross. ca quoting the Ref code as the subject of the e-mail and indicating the Job title on the covering letter and the attachment should not exceed 200 Kb. Only candidate meeting the Essential Qualifications will be considered. Applications must be received by Friday, April 4, 2008. Canadian Red Cross gives an equal-opportunity employment regardless of race, gender, religion, or political affiliations