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This position will work under the supervision of the Grants and Contracts Coordinator and in direct collaboration and coordination with Grants and Contract Project Manager, Reporting Officer, and Provincial Team Leaders. The Data Management Manager will focus on establishing databases for CARE International Pakistan’s Emergency Response Programme. Main responsibilities are to design/recommend appropriate
Responsibilities and Tasks:

* Design/recommend appropriate software/databases for record keeping of various programs * Together with the Grants Finance/Reporting Officer, maintain up to date record of all partners and projects / programs * Ensure that the reports generated are in proper standard formats, data is correct and accurate. * Together with the Grants Finance/Reporting Officer aggregate data received from the field by computer processing using CARE standard and other approved formats; ensure that compilation is free of error by preparing plan verses actual. * Summarize and sort progress and monitoring data by area, sector, location, partners’ projects, project type (emergency/development) donors, Gender and other specification to best contribute to appropriate analysis and decision-making. * Ensure that the summarized data meets the donor and CARE requirements, display comparison matrix of project by sector and partner performance on key project indicators including GED specific objective(s). * Supports the Grants & Contract Unit team members and Provincial Team Leaders to ensure that primary analysis helps the project staff and senior management to detect possible falls from facts. * With the support of the Grants Finance/Reporting Officer maintain partners and project files and other material at Care International and ensure that the files are up to date, maintained in order and have summary contents to ease access to needed documents both in soft as well as hard form. * Upon need generate reports to support analysis and provide project related information to Grants and Contract Unit team member and Provincial Team Leader

Skills Required:

Qualifications:
A) Education/Training and Experience
Required
Masters degree in Statistics or computer science/ or Bachelors of computer sciences or Library & Information Sciences with practical experience of designing and maintenance/up-date of various database software (i.e. MS Access, SPSS etc.).
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experiences with national level public/private organizations is required for this position.

Technical Skills
Required
Good knowledge about Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Skill and experience of managing & analyzing databases related to social sector
Good facilitation skills with project staff and community members and NGOs;
Language proficiency in written and spoken English, knowledge of regional languages would be desirable;
Computer literacy in MS-Word, Excel; good understanding and knowledge of MS-Access
Interpersonal communication and report writing skills;
Demonstrated technical ability and sound judgment to work effectively with others at all levels;
Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, participatory approach and sustainable development,

Competencies
People Skills Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
Communication Skills Well developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of CARE. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.
Integrity Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to CARE’s core values and humanitarian principles.
Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
Awareness and sensitivity of self and others Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.
Work style Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem solving skills.

Contacts/Key Relationships

The Data Base Manager will have working relationships with all team members of the Grants and Contract Unit, including Provincial Team Leaders, ACD- Emergency, and M&E team members.

Working Conditions and Level of Travel Required
This position is located in Islamabad and requires 50 % of travel to field offices.