Database Assistant at Village Enterprise
- Published date: April 23, 2024
- Category: Administrative & Office
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- Location: Nairobi, Nairobi
- Jop type:
- Salary: Ksh Not mentioned
- Company name: Jobs in Kenya
Job Description
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Support onboarding of new projects into the system by providing necessary user logins and supporting basic setup.
- Support system prep for new data entry cycles, ensuring they are completed in a timely manner.
- Consult with field data collection and project teams on configuring the Salesforce and TaroWorks interface to their preferences.
- With supervision from the direct supervisor, support in design, development and deployment of TaroWorks forms and ensure correct mapping to Salesforce.
- Support in Salesforce schema updates such as field creation and/or updates with supervision.
- Support system/helpdesk, track and respond to user requests in a timely and effective manner.
- Perform regular file archiving and purges as necessary.
- Create and change user accounts as requested.
- Develop and maintain reports on Salesforce as requested.
- Manually upload data as necessary to support project teams with the creation of large numbers of records and any mass modification of existing records.
- Perform weekly data cleaning, interpret reports and send logs to relevant project teams.
- Support teams to drive data quality by proactively identifying areas with data quality issues and recommending potential solutions.
- Creatively and proactively respond to user bottlenecks, developing ad hoc tools as needed.
- Participate in technology planning in collaboration with other members of the Technology Solutions team.
- Manage the sandboxes and users that have access to the sandbox environments.
- Manage Salesforce Storage limits and data backups
Responsibilities
- All systems and database process manuals should be well documented and up to date including, but not limited to, database structure, data dictionaries, integrations and procedures
- Systems and database cleanup done on regular basis as per best practice and compliance procedures
- Adequate support to users regarding DB access, data entry, troubleshooting and overall best practices
- Manage user access and controls to ensure data security and integrity
- Quality checks to ensure data is entered correctly and completely and run data maintenance reports
Safeguarding Expectations
- Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility at Village Enterprise and it begins with individual staff;
- Continuously sensitize program participants on safeguarding.
- Ensure compliance with Village Enterprise’s safeguarding policies.
- Report any incident of safeguarding in program operations for appropriate action/follow up.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with a technical major, such as engineering or computer science.
- Relevant working knowledge in relational database management, ie, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- One-year experience in systems administration, with particular emphasis on data management
- Knowledge of or willingness to learn Salesforce terminology and administration.
- Knowledge of or willingness to learn TaroWorks.
- Ability to proactively identify and address complex problems in a way that responds to end user needs.
- Ability to communicate complex technology to users of all ability levels in a way that is understandable, respectful and engaging.
- Ability to work independently and remotely while contributing to a team effort.
Method of Application
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