UNDP Jobs - 55503- Senior Assistant (Management Information System) (

Senior Assistant (Management Information System) (Only for Nepalese Nationals)

Location :

Central Terai Distric, NEPAL

Type of Contract :

Service Contract

Starting Date :

01-Jun-2015

Application Deadline :

24-Apr-15 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

SB-3

Duration of Initial Contract :

Until end of December 2015

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The five-year Livelihood Recovery for Peace project (LRP) was launched in late 2009 and the implementation started in early 2010. The project is implemented in Mahottari, Sarlahi and Rautahat, three Central Tarai (southern plains) districts of Nepal, where poverty, conflict (armed groups), gender-based violence and natural disasters have hindered development. These districts have one of the lowest Human Development Index. The project is one of the initiatives through which UNDP Nepal is promoting local peace through livelihood support as an entry point to directly support the communities to have better livelihood outcomes.

The overall objective of this integrated, area-focused project is to contribute to local peace building and restoring the foundations for sustainable livelihoods. The focus is on improving household/community livelihoods and local economic recovery, enhancing social cohesion, strengthening village and district level local government and non-government institutions for supporting livelihoods initiatives, and empowering women.

The project has five main result areas: (i) mobilize and empower communities to improve social cohesion and peace; (ii) build new community infrastructures and rehabilitate damaged and degraded ones to benefit communities and create short-term jobs; (iii) facilitate the poorest and most vulnerable individuals and households to accrue improved livelihood assets; (iv) promote women’s empowerment and gender equality; and (v) strengthen local government bodies and national institutions to respond to communities’ livelihood needs.

In order to achieve these objectives, LRP applies an integrated approach to livelihood promotion with a focus on building various assets at both household and community levels. It prioritizes promoting gender equality and social inclusion and also ensures that social harmony and community cohesion is promoted through LRP’s interventions. The project’s poverty pocket approach targets vulnerable excluded and economically deprived (VEED) households within the programme VDCs. This approach takes into account location factors (e.g. communities living in flood-prone areas), economic deprivation of the households, as well as social exclusion and historical marginalization of the community groups. Coupled with this approach of focusing on the VEED households, LRP gives priority to empowering women and those from the excluded communities.

The LRP project is being implemented in all 271 village development committees (VDCs) of the three districts. The project activities are in line with the policies of the Government of Nepal (GoN) and are implemented in collaboration with local government, relevant district line agencies, NGOs, CBOs, and community organizations in the form of youth clubs, women’s Right Forum, and community groups and administered and monitored by a team of technical experts.

LRP has adopted a cluster approach to reach out to its beneficiaries. The project has started implementing its sustainability plan.

Duties and Responsibilities

Management of Information System Associate will report to the National Project Manager:

Design and upgrade an MIS system for LRP with guidance and inputs from NPM in line with UNDP’s Gender and Social Inclusion sensitive Monitoring Information System (GSI-MIS).
Develop a User Guide/Manual for the database.
Conduct orientation on MIS database to all project staff responsible for project implementation.
Assist NPM and Institutional Capacity Development Officer and other project staffs to develop appropriate formats and tools for implementing partners to collect and report data to LRP.
Orient implementing partners on formats, data needs, data compilation from the field, etc.
Populate MIS with data from the field on regular intervals.
Monitor, evaluate and follow up the use and results of MIS system at all levels and provide regular technical support.
Provide data and information to NPM and other staffs for producing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports including donor reports as per the need of the programme.
Provide regular updated facts and figures in table, graphs, and charts as needed to feed into the project website, brochures, booklets, newsletters, and presentations.
Prepare software to create a database for the data collected from the household survey, VDC level participatory assessments, and district level secondary data.
Work closely with teams hired by the project to conduct surveys, assessments, reviews, and evaluations, and manage all the knowledge products
Review specifications for hardware procurement, software programming, installation, training, operating manuals and maintenance.
Develop different software as per the need of the programme.
Design an Intranet/share drive for all major programme documents, reports, manuals, communications materials and knowledge products produced by the project.
Oversee the development of project website and update it regularly.
Provide technical support in computer systems to all project staff.
Perform any other duty assigned by the NPM

Competencies

Work prioritization and ability to multitask;
Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy, confidentiality concerning financial and employee files;
Excellent interpersonal skills;
Shares knowledge and experience;
Positive, constructive attitude;
Ability to work and act under pressure with discretion in politically sensitive environment with a minimum of comfort;
Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view;

Ready to work independently, under tight deadlines.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Ability to work in a multi-cultural team environment with a positive attitude;
Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualification:

Bachelors degree in Information Technology.

Experience:

Five years of strong professional experience in management information system
Experience of working in development projects required.
Experience in livelihoods related project would be an advantage.
Typing skills in Nepali language would be essential.