DATA PROCESSING OFFICER- PROGRAMMER

EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality. Thousands of health professionals, logistical and administrative staff – most of who are hired locally – works on programmers in some 70 countries worldwide to support it activities.

Medecins Sans Frontieres – Holland, Kenya office is sourcing for a suitable candidate for the following position:

DATA PROCESSING OFFICER- PROGRAMMER- LT03900

1 POSITION – BASED IN NAIROBI

Main Purpose

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager the incumbent shall be responsible for carrying out Data Entry, Web and Mobile App Development for cross-platform to automate the activities of the Logistics system, according to MSF standards and procedures and producing appropriate reports to support decision-making processes and contribute to efficient functioning of these systems in the mission.

Specific accountabilities include but are not limited to:

• To develop small to medium cross platform applications for the organization as required
• To maintain and upgrade existing (in house developed) applications
• To maintain, encode and populate data in KO website as required
• Advise manager on possible security vulnerability of the website
• To help developing system automation in various area of KO activities
• To help developing small scale mobile apps for KO activities
• To evaluate applications that are ongoing development, identifying any bugs/errors and recommend appropriate solutions.
• To prepare KPI data visualization for the management
• To share monthly KPI reports with relevant stakeholders
• To customize data from the system as required by the management
• To manage the existing file archiving system, ensuring a basic system is set up to properly document and manage all the archived files for KO, SO and Loki.
• Assists with any other data processing or related tasks as required

Requirements

Education

• Degree in Computer Science

Experience

• Minimum 2 years work experience in data entry/analysis

Languages

• Fluent in English and Kiswahili essential

Knowledge Required

• Good understanding of Object Oriented Programming and Software System Design concepts.
• Extensive knowledge of mobile app development. This includes the whole process, from the first line of code to publishing in the APP store(s)
• Familiar and feel comfortable in writing code at least one / most well-known cross-platform technologies such as Flutter
• Practical knowledge of using RESTful APIs and mobile libraries for networking.
• Python, Javascript, C++, and HTML experience.
• Working knowledge of SQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Microsoft SharePoint, MS Power Apps, MS Power BI, Odoo module, and mobile app development experience
• Experience in debugging and testing mobile applications
• Ability to write clean, well-documented code.
• Excellent complex problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Aptitude for learning new technology

Competence

• Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioral Flexibility, Commitment, Stress Management