Associate Information Management Officer - Tenders Global

Associate Information Management Officer

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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Description

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All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

Coordinate data and information management activities:

  • Participate in the data and information management team and activities.
  • Contribute to the design and implement data strategies and systems.
  • Assist the data team and others communicate the status, value, and importance of data.
  • Support the collection, storage, management and protection of data.
  • Support consolidation of data systems, including the interoperability of operational data and systems.
  • Ensure consistency of data and results for country, global and regional analysis, including cross border analysis and response.
  • Support the coordination with HQ, external and regional partners on data and information management efforts
  • Take part the relevant IM network (internal and external) on refugee. IDP, etc and related issues.
  • Support data security, data protection and responsible data-sharing.

Support offices with data and information management:

  • Support the analysis of primary and secondary data for interpretation and evidence-informed decision making.
  • Support the monitoring of data and information management activities in offices for integrity, veracity, reliability and credibility and compliance with policies.
  • Provide technical and training support to operations.
  • Support assessments and situational analysis process with analytical frameworks, data collection, and analysis (standards, methodologies).
  • Support planning process (standards, methodologies) with data and statistical analysis and quality assurance on Theories of Change and indicators.
  • Support monitoring by providing quality assurance to the monitoring methodologies, data collection and analyses.
  • Review and assess country or region-specific data systems and needs; provide recommendations to regional bureau.

Undertake data and information management activities at the Global/Regional/Country level:

  • Help consolidate data and information for country, regional and global analysis.
  • Undertake data management activities (definition of needs, data collection, analysis, storage and dissemination)
  • Support analysis for comparative country, regional and global analysis, including political and socio-economic trends.
  • Take part in planning processes (COPs, regional RRP, regional migration response plans, etc.).
  • Support cross-country assessment and situational analysis, such as in regional RRP situation or COP.
  • Support the analysis of trends concerning changes at the outcome and impact levels.
  • Develop information management products such as indicators, templates, maps and dashboards.
  • Help ensure data is curated and stored in data registries and libraries in accordance with standards.
  • Undertake geospatial and statistical analysis.
  • Provide population movement tracking systems and other population data systems.
  • Support web-based data portals.
  • Support solutions for meeting ‘communication with communities’ information and data needs.

Work in close collaboration with:

  • All staff to further data literacy and assist in interpretation the data.
  • Registration staff regarding the use of individual and personally identifiable data collected or managed by UNHCR.
  • Programme staff on the data and information aspects of assessment, targeting and monitoring (three most data driven aspects of the OMC).
  • Cluster coordinators and partners on data and information needs in UNHCR-led cluster operations, including HNO and HRP processes.
  • Inter-agency staff on the development, coordination and monitoring of country and/or regional responses plans.
  • Protection staff on the design, implementation and analysis of protection and case monitoring systems.
  • Operations coordinators and reporting officers on the design and delivery of data and information management products for internal and external consumption.
  • Sectors technical experts on the methodologies, formats, storage and dissemination of sectoral data and information, including cross sector analysis.
  • Senior management to understand and serve their information and knowledge needs.
  • Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
  • Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Years of Experience / Degree Level
  • For P2/NOB – 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree

Relevant Job Experience:

Essential:

  • Experience with data sharing, data management and data analysis to support policy formulation and implementation.

Functional Skills:

  • DM-Data collection methodologies
  • DM-Data Management
  • DM-Database Design & Development
  • DM-Data Collection and Analysis
  • DM-Metadata Creation & Management
  • IM-Statistics Analysis
  • DM-Open Source Software & Data
  • DM-Population census and econometrics
  • DM-Protection Data Management Systems
  • DM-ArcGIS (Geographic Information System)
  • DM-Cartographic Skills
  • SP-Design tools such as Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • CL-Cluster Information Management Tools, Resources and Approaches
  • PG-Needs Assessment and Response Analysis
  • DM-Data governance, quality assurance and preservation
  • DM-Data Interoperability
  • DM-Data science methodologies
  • DM-Development of and revision of data standards
  • DM-Qualitative data analysis
  • DM-Quantitative data analysis

Language Requirements:

  • For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
  • For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.

Source: https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Kabul-CO-Afghanistan/Associate-Information-Management-Officer_JR2440936

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