The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Officer - Data Systems who will contribute to livestock production/productivity and genetic data management systems (collation, processing, and storage) and tools for use in the African Dairy Genetic Gain Project Country Program.
ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 15 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices and projects in East, South and Southeast Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa.
This position is hosted by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and will be placed at the IRRI office in Kathmandu, Nepal and may only be filled in by permanent citizens of Nepal.
Roles and Responsibilities
Contribute to livestock production/productivity and genetic data management systems (collation, processing, and storage) and tools for use in the African Dairy Genetic Gain Project Country Program
Understand existing tools used for data capture and assist in developing modules that extend the scope of the current tools and provide training for the same.
Respond to ICT support requests from farmers, field-based partner agents in a timely manner through WhatsApp/telegram/telephone/field visit programs
Write procedures and software to import/ export data from/to appropriate database systems and share these for further analyses and interpretation.
Develop additional dashboards to enable monthly data monitoring of field agents submitting data per cluster, missing and incomplete information, unusual values and other related issues and prepare a monthly report for the Country coordinator.
Implement and monitor Quality Assurance (QA) protocols and routines, including safe and remote back-up of database systems and tools
Keep up to date with the latest tools and resources, including open-source software, for the collection, management, storage and sharing of information
Maintain the confidentiality of all information collected
Perform any other activity as assigned to by the national coordinator
Participate actively in ADGG country meetings and workshops
Participate, plan, and facilitate training of partners on ADGG systems
Provide 1st and 2nd level support to partners using the different technological platforms offered by ADGG.
Facilitate onboarding of new partners into ADGG platform and offering technical & user support
Partner engagement on new platform requirements
Writing new scripts for data processing, QA and reporting
Delivery of new system features and extending of existing features and functionality
Submission of reports, summaries & dashboards
Successful training and onboarding of users and partners
Qualifications
BA/BSc degree in Information Systems, Database Management, Computer Science or related discipline with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience of working with integrated database systems preferably for research projects, including large-scale socioeconomic and/or biological surveys e.g., MySQL, MS SQL Server or Oracle or
Master’s degree in information systems, Database Management, Computer Science or related discipline with a minimum of 1 Year of relevant experience of working with integrated database systems preferably for research projects, including large-scale socioeconomic and/or biological surveys e.g., MySQL, MS SQL Server or Oracle
Skills Required
Experience with database design, database management and computer programming, and with the application of quality assurance standards and procedures.
Advanced experience of SQL language for data extraction and management of databases.
Knowledge and experience of Linux operative system.
Experience in software programming
Excellent interpersonal communication and good personal organization skills.
Good communication ability in English, spoken and written.
Good judgement and willingness to take initiative when appropriate.
