World Vision International is a Christian Relief, Development and Advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

For over three decades, World Vision has been working with rural communities in all the 10 Administrative Regions of Ghana to provide portable water, promote sanitation and hygiene practices, quality education, particularly at the basic level, enhance food security and respond to disasters.

World Vision Ghana (WVG) is looking for a highly qualified, proactive, motivated and resourceful person to fill the position:- Step Administrator

Purpose of the Position

•   The primary process accurately and on a timely basis the data of children in program received from communities on one hand and the data of sponsors and children received from Support offices on the other so as to ensure the flow of Registered Children (RC) information between the Area Development Programme (ADP) and Support Officers (SOs), and to also ensure the smooth integration of Sponsorship Diskette (SD) to Sponsorship Tracking Enhancement Programmes (STEP) 1 and Quick STEP

Major Responsibilities

•   Capture on daily basis child monitoring and participation information in the STEP/SD system through typing, scanning and Personal Device Accessories (PDA) reading so that all registered child information is electronically stored and accessible to stakeholders
•   Use systems and mechanism to check, and verify the accuracy and completeness of the data and information received from the Volunteers and securely held in the database so that a functional Quality control assurance is existing at ADP level
•   Follow up on outstanding sponsorship issues and in collaboration with the Sponsorship officer address the issues and respond appropriately
•   Conduct orientation, basic training and share updates on STEP processes to staff and as permitted and necessary, with community volunteers so that all are familiar with changes and with requirements that are compatible with the STEP/SD system
•   General Management Reports and provide information on the well being children to inform programming
•   Process and forward child images to Support Offices and sponsors
•   Performing routine (daily, weekly, monthly) maintenance and housekeeping tasks on STEP systems and processes and perform basic IT technical functions at ADP level including but not limited to Scanning diskettes/hard drive before using it on STEP system so that service is reliable and the STEP system and hard disk are virus free

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Certificate in Information Technology or Database management
•   Diploma in computing, statistics or relevant social sciences is desired
•   One or Two years experience in an environment of data capture, analysis and management

Other Competences/Attributes

•   High level computer skills
•   Analytical and critical mind
•   Good communication skills
•   Able to and interpret statistics and produce reports
•   Good understanding of child protection and child right issues

Salary: GHS897+ Benefits

Location: Nationwide Recruitment

How To Apply For The Job

Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should send their application letters and CV quoting only the job title as the subject to:

ghana@wvi.org

Closing Date: 09 September, 2013

As a Child focused organizations, World Vision is committed to the protection of children and does not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with children.

All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicants’ background checks, including criminal record checks where possible. WV is an equal opportunity employer. Women are highly encouraged to apply.