Information Management Officer

UNICEF’s humanitarian action is guided by the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs) which set organizational, programmatic, and operational commitments and benchmarks against which UNICEF holds itself accountable for the coverage, quality and equity of its humanitarian action and advocacy and which are mandatory for all UNICEF personnel. UNICEF is committed to support humanitarian coordination through the cluster approach. Introduced as part of the humanitarian reform, the cluster approach aims at ensuring clear leadership, predictability, and accountability in international responses to humanitarian emergencies by clarifying the division of labor among organizations and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the different sectors involved in the response. As Cluster Lead Agency (CLA) for Nutrition, UNICEF is committed to fulfil the core functions defined by the IASC when the clusters are activated. A well-run Cluster coordination team is a formal deliverable of the Cluster Lead Agency and forms a part of the agency’s work.

Ethiopia is facing multifaceted crisis. The nutrition situation of the population remains critical. In the current context management of data to contribute to decision making is key.

The key function of the IMO is to establish the information management systems for the activated Nutrition Cluster at a national level (and sub-national, if required).

The responsibilities of the IMO include:

• Respond to the Cluster participants’ needs for information.
• Adapt existing in-country information management approaches for collecting, analysing, and reporting Cluster activities and resources, and identifying information gaps.
• Establish and maintain information databases that consolidate, analyse and report/disseminate information critical to decision making.
• Maintain monthly reporting from Cluster participants, including 5Ws (‘Who does What, Where, When and for Whom?’ databases).
• Support the estimation of spatial and temporal gaps, overlaps and coverage of Cluster activities and projects.
• Work with Cluster/participants to identify information gaps at national and sub-national levels and propose ways to bridge those gaps
• Work with the OCHA Information Management Specialist to develop appropriate supportive strategies.
• Use GIS mapping for map production and geographic data management.
• Adopt and promote the use of global standards for information management for inter-operability.
• Manage flows of information and dissemination in an appropriate way, including website management.
• Manage an inventory of relevant documents on the humanitarian situation.
• Support the development and analysis of needs assessment and monitoring programmes.
• Provide information management leadership in assessments and monitoring, including joint assessments and training.
• Lead the preparation of SitRep inputs with emphasis on Cluster plans, targets, and achievements.
• Develop and strengthen information management capacity through the training.
• Contribute to the core cluster functions

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

Education: 

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Information Management or Information Systems, GIS, Information Technologies, Computer Science, or other subject areas relevant to Information Management or to the Cluster Working Group. Two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of a master’s degree.
• Extensive work experience relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for formal qualifications.
• Formal training in cluster information management an advantage.

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in information management, data management, geographical information systems, assessments, data analysis with UN and/or NGO including information management in the first phase of a major emergency response relevant to the cluster is required.
• Knowledge and experience in using Adobe and ArcGIS is desirable.
• Proven technical experience in development and use of innovative technology, particularly in the areas of data, humanitarian performance monitoring, use of mobiles and open source, and training in the related field is highly desirable.
• Experience in demonstrating strong information management skills in a professional context is essential for this post.
• Experience working in the humanitarian coordination system is considered an asset.
• Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector which is relevant to this post may be considered in lieu of humanitarian experience. Such experience should elicit demonstrated ability to adapt to change, working under pressure & unusual circumstances such as missing data/gaps.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in English and Amharic is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (French, Spanish, Arabic, or Russian) is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/570634