Data Entry Assistant

Program Background: The International Rescue Committee is an international organization specializing in emergency and humanitarian programming. In response to the influx of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, the IRC is starting an Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) program focused on meeting life and livelihood needs of refugee populations. The IRC ERD livelihood program activities will be implemented in various locations in the Northern Governorate. Position Overview The IRC is managing a Livelihoods Centre (LC) in Deir Dalloum - Akkar to serve as venue for the IRC’s ERD activities (e.g., ATM card trainings and distributions, candidate assessments, financial management and vocational trainings, etc). It also serves as space to provide advice to both job-seekers and employers. The Livelihoods Center is receiving jobseekers on a daily basis (more than 300 persons/week) and they are filling applications for their registration at the center. The data entry assistant will work at the Livelihoods Center on a service contract base (4 days /week) and will be responsible for the data entry of the beneficiaries’ applications. Responsbilites: Responsible for entering data collected by the Community Focal Points in the field under the CFW schemes (2days) and the data of the cash assistance program (2 days).. Ensures regular entry and filing of data into the database of the Livelihoods center Reports regularly to the Senior Livelihoods Officer on the progress and inaccuracies of the data in the livelihoods center and to the Cash manager for the cash assistance data. Ensures that the data of the hard copies are filled and the ambiguous data forms returned to the respective community workers for accuracy Essential: Good command of computer, including Excel, Word and Database software such as Access, SQL or others Honesty, forthrightness, and accuracy are absolutely necessary. Understanding the nature of the data entered and its usage are necessary, as it will allow identifying possible incoherence in the data collected. The Data Entry assistant must be thorough and meticulous, in order to avoid mistakes in data entry. Good organizational and communication skills with international and national staff.