The American Red Cross Tsunami Recovery Program (TRP)

The American Red Cross Tsunami Recovery Program (TRP) had been established to direct the organization´s response to the South Asia tsunami disaster. The TRP activities focus on integrated community recovery and preparedness interventions in tsunami affected countries in Asia and East Africa in collaboration with Red Cross and non-Red Cross partners. Please visit www.redcross. org/tsunamirelie f

The Indonesia TRP Delegation operates from offices in Banda Aceh, Calang, Lamno. It also has liaison offices in Jakarta, and other areas in Aceh province in collaboration with the Indonesian Red Cross.

The American Red Cross seeks dynamic individuals to fill the :
POSITION : Deputy M & E Manager
No of Hired : 1 Person
Base of Assignment : Banda Aceh
Type of contract : Fixed Term

Duties and Responsibilities:
· To comply with the overall approach to monitoring and evaluation of the TRP and support the Indonesian programme in implementing the M&E requirements at each stage of the project cycle.
· Create and maintain contacts with PMI-NAD and other national programs by participating in meetings and forums relating to monitoring and evaluation
· Assist PMI-NAD staff, management, consultants, partners and other interested parties to gain access to M&E related information as well as the improvement of ARC´s M&E system and service delivery to stakeholders
· Assist the ARC M&E Delegate, as required on all aspects of assessments, capacity building baseline/end line surveys, evaluations and other specific tasks.
· Facilitate capacity building at PMI-NAD Branch levels and ARC staff in effective monitoring and evaluation and implementation of M&E plans and reporting requirements.
· Ensure the data quality of the ARC projects and PMI-NAD branches through regular field tests and close coordination with the PM, M&E staff and Data Base administrator.
· Facilitate and support the ARC M&E Delegate in development, maintenance and management of the database, and ensuring data integrity and security for effective Monitoring and Evaluation and decision making
· Manage the direct report
· Prepare field reports and draft progress reports regularly
· Undertake any other relevant duty as might be required from time to time


Qualifications:
· A Graduate Degree, or equivalent, in a social sciences discipline (economics, development, psychology or economics). A graduate degree preferred
· Good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
· Ability to relate to stakeholders across all levels
· Good time and stress management skills
· Commitment and motivation
· Excellent command on MS Office package and good understanding of Data base application
· Excellent command of the English language with exceptional writing and communication skills, and full computer literacy




POSITION : Sr. Database Officer
No of Hired : 1 Person
Base of Assignment : Banda Aceh
Type of contract : Fixed Term


Duties and Responsibilities:
· To comply with the overall approach to monitoring and evaluation of the TRP and support the Indonesian programme in implementing the M&E requirements at each stage of the project cycle.
· To assist the ARC M&E Delegate in managing and overseeing the TRP beneficiary database operation and output ensuring accurate recording of beneficiary data, the production of programme monitoring reports and the analysis from database information for programme evaluations and agency learning.
· Identify the needs of users and query data, analyze and produce reports in a format that meets these needs
· Problem solving of issues raised by users on a timely and customer-focused manner
· Monitoring and planning data flows for any revisions to the database
· Proactive identification and anticipation of issues / risks and strategies to resolve / mitigate
· Provide suggestions for systems improvement and service delivery to stakeholders
· Develop effective storage, archiving, back up, recovery and reporting mechanisms
· Develop / write programs for the database as required by stakeholders
· Liaising closely and effectively with other stakeholders, including the project manager, M&E and communication staff across the ARC projects and IT support team
· Work with the ARC M&E Delegate, as required on all aspects of assessments, capacity building baseline/end line surveys, evaluations and other specific tasks that may required direct or indirect support of the Database.
· Perform any other relevant duties related to M&E and Database as required




Qualifications:
· A Bachelor´s Degree, or equivalent, in a relevant discipline (ideally systems / database development and management, computer science). A graduate degree preferred
· Advance understanding (either training and experience) of the database application and information analysis programs such e.g. MS Access, SPSS, SQL, EPI Info, C# or related programs
· At least 2 years professional work experience in database development and management
· Good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
· Ability to relate to stakeholders across all levels
· Good time and stress management skills
· Commitment and motivation
· Excellent command of the English language with good writing and communication skills, and full computer literacy



Please submit your application and curriculum vitae to hr@amredcross. org put Job title in Subject line. Only applications in English and short listed candidates will be notified. Applications submitted after February 20, 2009 will not be considered.