Information Associate Data Analyst

The Information Associate (Data Analyst) sits within the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) team and under the supervision of the Planning and Monitoring Officer and in close collaboration with the Child Protection Specialist and the Programme team, will be providing technical support to the GCO and Partners, including Implementing Partners, under the National Programme of Physical Exercise and Healthy Eating – Combating Childhood Obesity ensuring the implementation of a harmonized approach for data collection and analysis, monitoring and reporting. The Information Associate will develop methodologies, tools and processes and provide trainings to ensure timely collection of quality data in order to provide regular updates and information products to UNICEF and partners.

Support Programme Performance Monitoring:

• Support Greece GCO in information/data collection, cleaning, analyzing, verifying and synthesizing and compilation of qualitative and quantitative data and information from a variety of sources on subject matters relevant to the work of the National Programme of Physical Exercise and Healthy Eating – Combating Childhood Obesity to facilitate preparation of reports, working papers, and visualization products.
• Provide technical support and guidance to the GCO partners, including Implementing Partners under the National Programme of Physical Exercise and Healthy Eating – Combating Childhood Obesity in the design of methodologies, tools and processes to collect quality and up to date results for monitoring and reporting.
• Develop tools and processes at implementation level with regards to capturing accurate and timely data and results achieved under the specific programme.
• Develop and promote the use of common data set and tools;
• Produce regular qualitative analytical reports reflecting key achievements and equity issues in coordination with the Child Protection Specialist and PME.
• Support in collaboration with PME capacity development activities related to performance monitoring, programme development, and related internal UNICEF systems/tools by preparing training materials and participating on exercises which aim to build capacity of stakeholders. 

Situation Monitoring:

• Maintain updated available information on national data and key indicators through available databases with regards to prevalence of obesity and overweight among children in Greece
• Support implementation of assessments in coordination with PME.
• Contribute to the integrated planning of assessments, researches and monitoring activities within the Country Office in collaboration with PME.
• Facilitate or contribute to joint data collection and analysis, and monitoring activities with national partners.

Reporting, Dissemination and knowledge sharing:

• Consult stakeholders to seek clarification and/or validate findings from draft and final assessments and reports
• Visualize data and create information products based on agreed data/information management plan.
• Support coordination efforts of UNICEF and partners to deliver timely and quality periodic monitoring reports as needed for the effective implementation of the Programme
• Support internal and external reporting processes with regards to programme implementation and performance on a regular basis
• Maintain and ensure accessibility of a common and shared storage system for all information and visualization products, means of verification and other products in line with the planned programme deliverables
• Establish dissemination channels to share key information products with partners and support wide dissemination of knowledge generated
• Support evidence-based advocacy and communication of results achieved within the programme by providing accurate, relevant and timely data, information and information products.

Networking and Partnership Building:

• Develop synergies between partners and support the exchange of knowledge and good practices
• Sustain effective close working partnerships with partners and stakeholders through active sharing of data/information and knowledge

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

The following minimum requirements:

Education:

• Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related social science analysis, data management, information management, monitoring and evaluation.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of six years of relevant work experience in data/information management and/or programme monitoring is required.
• A bachelor’s degree from a recognized academic institution in a relevant field (computer science, data science, analytics, statistics, information management, economics or other social sciences) may replace three years of related work experience.
• Experience and knowledge of information/data management processes (primary and secondary data collection, cleaning, consolidating, interpreting, analyzing and visualizing)  and tools is required.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in Greek & English is required.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/570988