Database Management Officer

Designs, administers and strengthens databases for UN Women Senegal, including digital mapping of gender-based violence under the Kaarangué project. The UN Volunteer coordinates data collection and validation, produces timely reports, responds to analytical requests and trains staff in database management.

Department: Senegal Country Office, Kaarangué Project

• Manage, maintain and technically support country-office databases
• Plan and supervise data collection, entry, verification and standard reporting
• Analyse and respond to reporting requests from UN Women personnel
• Coordinate additional data-collection methodologies and analysis with programme staff
• Administer registration databases and supervise data entry and reporting
• Train UN Women staff in database design, administration and management
• Maintain reliable, secure and regularly updated gender-based-violence mapping data
• Produce timely, accurate reports supporting monitoring and programme decisions

• Education in computer science or a related field
• Demonstrated experience with relational databases, database administration and data management
• Experience in strategic planning, performance measurement, indicator selection and quantitative and qualitative data collection
• Strong relevant information-technology skills
• Proven analytical ability in information-systems development
• Ability to identify business problems and formulate recommendation options
• Fluency in French

• United Nations Volunteer assignment supporting digital gender-based-violence mapping