Internship Information Management

Contribute to the development of activities carried out by the Federation’s Health, Disasters Climate and Crisis Unit as part of the response, follow-up and monitoring of the emergencies and disasters in the Americas region.

Objectives:

General Objectives applicable to all staff are:

• Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals
• Abide by and work following the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles
• Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager.
• Adhere to standard operational procedures (SOPs), Code of Conduct, Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance and other standards.
• Submit the Handover Document, Mission Appraisal, and a Deployment Feedback at the end of the mission.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

The Intern will work closely with the IM Coordinator on the following tasks and objectives:

• Creation of rapid assessment templates in KoBo ToolBox.
• Support the secondary data collection for emergencies, identifying general information sources as well as specific pages or sites for specific emergencies or operations.
• Provide maintenance to GO platform emergency pages by uploading documents, situational reports, infographics and/or dashboards.
• Contribute to the mapping of emergencies and operations from 2022 to 2023.
• Support on the organization of trainings and workshops led by IM that are currently in pipeline in close coordination with the IM Coordinator or IM Analyst.
• Provide support to different areas of HDCC unit like CVA or Climate upon request.
• Other tasks that are not necessary identified but may be needed.

Information Management experience:

• The Intern should wear signage as provided by the Federation office.
• All team members should wear signage as provided by their National Society or Federation office.
• All team members should carry Identification issued by their National Society identifying them as a Red member of the Movement.
• All members should be outfitted with proper equipment including:
• Laptop computer and thumb drives
• Mobile phone
• The individual will be briefed online (Skype, Teams, etc) once the deployment is confirmed

Education:

• 4th year of University or University degree on Information Technology, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Geography or similar.
• Trainings on Information Management
• Training on Data Management
• Intermediate knowledge in Microsoft Excel

Experience:

• Working or volunteer experience within the Red Cross Movement and / or IFRC;
• Working experience in emergency operation within the Red Cross Movement
• 1 year Working experience on Information Management or related;
• In-country contextual understanding and operational experience;
• Experience in capacity building and facilitating workshops and training;
• Experience in web systems or platforms;
• First-hand experience with collecting and systematizing data.

Knowledge, Skills and Languages:

• Good communication skills;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Good stress management skills;
• Basic knowledge on main protection issues
• Communication skills with high-level personnel.

Language:

• Spanish, Spoken and Writing – Mandatory
• English, Spoken and Writing – Preferable

Source: https://www.ifrc.org/jobs/details.html?jobId=134786&jobTitle=Internship%2C%20Information%20Management