Background

On January 12, 2010 an earthquake registering over 7.0 on the Richter scale struck the Republic of Haiti killing more than 200,000 people, displacing over a million and affecting a total of 3,000,000.
The epicenter of the quake was close to Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince, destroying and heavily damaging homes, schools, churches, and critical infrastructure. The Government of Haiti (GoH) was also devastated by the earthquake, which destroyed most public buildings and records and took the lives of many key staff. More than one year after the earthquake, Haiti’s peace and recovery are threatened by a growing cholera epidemic, a disputed national election and challenging political transition, abject poverty, and lack of basic services. The goal of USAID/OTI’s efforts in Haiti post-earthquake is to reinforce stability and lay the foundation for longer term development.

In January 2010, USAID/OTI launched an 18-month-long quick-response program in partnership with Chemonics known as Haiti Recovery Initiative (HRI), or An’n Leve Kanpe (“Let’s stand up together!”) in Haitian Creole. Over the course of the last year, activities have focused primarily on the following three country objectives:

1.) Community Stabilization
2.) Enabling the GoH to Function
3.) Increasing Citizen Engagement

In recent months there have been two significant developments which have shaped – and will continue to shape – OTI’s program over the next year. First, a new USG assistance strategy for Haiti, which has been under discussion and review for the last year, is due to be formally approved in the coming months. Second, presidential elections are taking place which will usher in a new government. OTI will seek to engage with this new government and reinvigorate its efforts to provide material and technical assistance to the GOH in key areas of state functioning. Country program objectives are expected to shift over the life of the program to account for changes in the political environment.

USAID/OTI has been working with Chemonics under the follow-on to HRI (known as HRI-II) since March 14, 2011, and the program is expected to run for a period of 18 months.

Position Purpose

The Database Manager will work in close collaboration with the program development and implementation teams for HRI-II based in Port-au-Prince. S/he will be primarily responsible for the entry, processing and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data to ensure efficient monitoring of program activities. S/he will work in collaboration with the M&E Officers as well as the Information Officer to collect information on beneficiaries, activity implementation, and activity impact



Tasks

The principal tasks to be completed under this SOW are as follows:

• In collaboration with the M&E and Program Development teams, define and create data collection and monitoring tools used to monitor activity implementation;
• Responsible for entering data into the USAID/OTI database;
• Work with the Information Officer to ensure that pertinent photographs are input into the database to document each activity ;
• Collect and process qualitative and quantitative data relative to the indicators and objectives of each activity;
• Assure the reliability and integrity of collected data;
• Assist the M&E team to interpret results to improve program implementation and future program development;
• Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience in administration and/or statistics preferred
• Experience working on USAID or other donor-funded programs
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite; strong familiarity with Access required
• Proficiency in French and Haitian Creole required; English proficiency strongly preferred.

The employee will report to the Deputy Chief of Party for Implementation. Chemonics may amend the SOW for this assignment in consultation with the employee.

Recruitment HRI II

2011-04-08