Data Entry Assistant (Short- term) - Tehran based (Iran Nationals Only) - Iran

Rights Respected - People Protected

About the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, food security, livelihoods, legal assistance, and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 6000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. NRC runs one of the world's largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours’ notice when a crisis occurs

NRC in the Islamic Republic in Iran

NRC started operations in Iran in 2012. We currently deliver humanitarian assistance in 5 provinces in the sectors of Education, Food Security and livelihoods, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Shelter construction, as well as Information, Counseling and Legal Assistance (ICLA). We co-lead several technical inter-agency working groups and provide capacity building to humanitarian partners in country.

About the position: Data Entry Assistant

The overall purpose of the Short-term Data Entry Assistant position is to input paper beneficiary records into the NRC programme database in the period of maximum 2 months.

The Data Entry Assistant will be responsible for:

• Receiving paper beneficiary records from programme and finance units;
• Entering these records accurately into the NRC programme database;
• Liaising with programme and finance units to clarify any uncertainties or inconsistencies on the paper records;
• Liaising with the database developer to handle any issues with the database that are related to entering, maintaining and reporting on beneficiary records;
• Liaising with the database developer to produce beneficiary reports on the database;
• Supporting the migration of data from the previous NRC cash database to the new programme database;
• Complying with NRC data protection procedures.

These following skills, knowledge and experience are required for this position:

• Experience working with data entry in a previous role;
• Fluent English and Farsi;
• Advanced level in all common MS Office applications (Excel and Word);
• Experience working with databases (MS Access, SQL) is a plus.
• Experience working in humanitarian contexts is a plus.

These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies, and the following are essential for this position:

• Planning and delivering results;
• Communicating with impact and respect.

We Offer:

• 2 Months Contract
• This is a National Position