Country: United States of America
Closing date: 03 Nov 2014
Vacancy Announcement: Database/Data Management Specialist
USAID Bureau for Food Security Service Center
Duration of Position: October 6 – December 5, 2014
Background:Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm that provides a full range of innovative program evaluation, management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations and policies. Social Impact launched the USAID Bureau for Food Security Service Center (FSSC) in October 2013. The $26 million award by USAID provides a broad range of integrated and knowledge-driven technical services to support President Obama’s $3.5 billion Feed the Future initiative to combat hunger, reduce poverty and forge long-term solutions to chronic food insecurity and under nutrition. Drawing upon resources and expertise of agencies across the US Government, this Presidential Initiative helps countries transform their own agriculture sectors to grow enough food to feed their people.
****Food Security Service Center****: The Food Security Service Center will provide advisory services through the recruitment, mobilization and deployment of state-of-the-art expert consultants and volunteers to 19 target countries in Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia and other priority countries. Based on their findings, the USAID Bureau for Food Security will recommend further investments to bring projects to scale or to replicate in other areas. The contract will enable USAID Bureau for Food Security to provide short and longer-term expertise for state-of-the-art food security support services and analyses; capacity building; and expert analysis and integration of cross-cutting issues that are critical to the success of FTF and also provide a mechanism for bridge programming and pilot innovations.
Responsibilities and Tasks:The Database Specialist will provide assistance and suggest improvements to database as we as provides administrative and logistical support to complete the entering of cvs and professional data into a CV Exchange database.
Required Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have:
- 3-5 years’ experience in database management, preferably with recruitment databases
- Experience in classifying CVs and professional data into a multi-field database and attaching relevant files.
- Familiarity with information management systems and web applications, including SharePoint.
- Experience in evaluating and categorizing CVs or other professional documents in order to populate data fields based on interview notes or other documentation.
- Good communications and ability to summarize work in standardized reports.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in building, and managing CV or other databases, recruiting and screening short term consultants and/or volunteers.
- Familiarity with USAID and international development work.
****Reporting:****
This position reports to the FSSC Program Coordinator
****Location****:
This position will be based in at SI headquarters in Arlington, VA.
How to apply:
Interested candidates, please post your CV, cover letter, and salary requirements at https://socialimpact.devhire.devex.com/jobs/330136
We will contact only eligible candidates to further discuss their availability. Please no phone calls. Social Impact is an equal opportunity employer.
All candidates must be eligible to work in the US without any special provisions.
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