Data Entrants - Ssembabule job at Catholic Relief Services ( CRS )

About CRS

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion, or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding.

Job Summary:

As a Data Entrant, you will verify, clean, and re-enter physical and digital data submitted by implementing partners from 2023 to date to support project verification and alignment with the GEA Data Hub (central repository).

The objectives of this engagement are to verify physical attendance lists, consent forms, and seedling distribution records; rescan key physical records and update revised fields in CommCare; support farmer census activities to clean and validate system records; support community re-engagement to address gaps arising from system clean-up; and clear all outstanding data backlogs from implementing partners.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Verify the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of physical data collection forms, including consent, attendance, training, seedling distribution, and action plans.
• Cross-check physical records against corresponding online system entries to identify gaps, errors, and inconsistencies.
• Re-scan physical documents and update revised consent fields in accordance with approved data collection tools and standards.
• Enter missing, corrected, or newly required data points into the system, ensuring proper formatting and data quality.
• Participate in farmer census activities to validate beneficiaries who received seedlings and reconcile records in the system.
• Clear backlog data for consent, training, and distribution activities submitted by implementing partners.
• Verify and validate farmer groups mapped for LCDA to ensure accurate linkage and reporting.

Basic Qualifications and Experience

• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in data collection and data entry using digital tools such as CommCare, ODK, or KoboCollect.
• Candidates from the project implementation areas are preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong data management skills, including form administration, data quality checks, validation, and basic reporting.
• Good communication and community engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with field teams and community members.
• Excellent command of written and knowledge of the local language(s) spoken in the area of implementation.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

Agency competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff. When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Personal Accountability—consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with Integrity—consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust—shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others—works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn—seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

Agency Leadership Competencies:

• Lead Change—continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
• Develops and Recognizes Others—builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
• Strategic Mindset—understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team principles.

Key Working Relationships:

• Supervisory Responsibilities: None.
• Internal: Project Officers MEAL - Restore Africa Project.
• External: IP MEAL Officers - World Vision, Care-JESE, Caritas Fort Portal, Caritas Hoima.

• Verify the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of physical data collection forms, including consent, attendance, training, seedling distribution, and action plans.
• Cross-check physical records against corresponding online system entries to identify gaps, errors, and inconsistencies.
• Re-scan physical documents and update revised consent fields in accordance with approved data collection tools and standards.
• Enter missing, corrected, or newly required data points into the system, ensuring proper formatting and data quality.
• Participate in farmer census activities to validate beneficiaries who received seedlings and reconcile records in the system.
• Clear backlog data for consent, training, and distribution activities submitted by implementing partners.
• Verify and validate farmer groups mapped for LCDA to ensure accurate linkage and reporting.

• Strong data management skills, including form administration, data quality checks, validation, and basic reporting.
• Good communication and community engagement skills, with the ability to work effectively with field teams and community members.
• Excellent command of written and knowledge of the local language(s) spoken in the area of implementation.

• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in data collection and data entry using digital tools such as CommCare, ODK, or KoboCollect.
• Candidates from the project implementation areas are preferred.