• Company: Sport In Action
• Location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
• State: Lusaka
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: IT/Telecom Jobs in Zambia
• Position: Data Associates

Sport In Action (SIA) is a non-governmental sports organisation (NGO) founded in 1998. With Sport for Development, the use of sport as a tool for social change as its underlying principle, SIA positively impacts the lives of children, girls and youths throughout its targeted districts in Zambia.
SIA in partnership with Pact Inc. is implementing a five year USAID funded Zambia Community HIV Prevention Project (USAID/Z-CHPP). The project’s overall goal is to reduce new HIV infections through the adoption of high impact HIV services and protective behaviours, with a key focus on people living with HIV (PLHIV), discordant couples, adolescent girls and young women, and other at-risk populations. Currently, in the third year of implementation, the project seeks to recruit Data Associates to be based in Chibombo and Mumbwa districts of the Central province, Zambia.

Essential roles and responsibilities:

Working closely with the MEAL officer and the district staff, the Data associates’ primary role will be to collect, record and process data timely. Other responsibilities include;

• Data screening and entry into project registers.
• Ensuring there’s enough availability of tools/registers for data collection
• Periodic reporting of statistics/numbers.
• Verifying volunteer HIV testing & counselling entries into health facility registers
• Site supervision and mentoring of volunteers
• Any other duties as assigned by superiors

 

Qualifications:

• Grade 12 full certificate with a credit or better in English, Mathematics, and Science.
• Diploma in Information Systems, Statistics, Social sciences or any related course.
• At least one (1) year relevant working experience.
• Proficient in MS office especially; Access, Excel, and Word.
• Knowledge and/or experience in M&E systems a plus.
• Good working knowledge of Health/HIV/AIDS Management Information System (HMIS) a plus.
• DHIS2 experience a plus

 

How to Apply

Please send your cover letter and CV with at least 3 traceable references to [email protected] by Tuesday, 30 January 2018. Please put the position you’re applying for in the title of the email. Please ensure that you mention

Should you not hear from us within two weeks after the deadline, consider your application unsuccessful.

Women are strongly encouraged to apply