Senior Information Management Associate

The technical/operational coordination of the SNU Human Mobility Group are also co led by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The strategic coordination and the calls for joint meetings will be coordinated and led by the office of the RC together with the co-leader of one of the international organizations or civil society that are part of the GHM, the last in a rotating manner. The IOM and UNHCR operational co-leads support the proper functioning of the GHMP as well.

As per the interagency nature of the GHMP and the GHM, it is necessary to maintain close collaboration and clear channels of coordination among the actors, ensuring proper management, transparency, consolidation, and exchange of information and improve coordination specific results.

To support the coordination functions of the GHMP as well as any eventual humanitarian coordination arrangements in Panama and linkages with UN other inter-agency process, and thanks to the support of the donor community, a support team will be established composed of a Human Mobility Inter-Agency Coordination Officer at P4 level, and a Senior Information Management Associate at LICA7 level. Both positions will be administered by UNHCR and will report to the SNU RC/O as the strategic and political coordinator of the GHMP and to the GMHP co-leads (UNHCR and IOM) as technical coordinators.  

Terms of Reference: 

The Senior Information Management Associate will support the production and dissemination of information on the population of concern of the GHM.

Duties:

• Operationalize country-specific common data standards and promote them with partners, including IASC Common Operational Datasets.
• Compile and aggregate information elements required to produce standardized GHM information products and implement data/information collection plans for baseline and context-specific data.
• Collect, collate and process information and perform data quality and consistency control.
• Produce summary statistics.
• Support and leverage geographic data for map production and use in geographic information systems (GIS).
• Participate in Needs Assessment processes, specifically in data collection, processing/collation and data exploration.
• Liaise with partners and other stakeholders in meetings related to the functions.
• Make recommendations and provide advice on the technical information management requirements.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education & Professional Work Experience:

• Two years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Fields of Education: 

• Information Technology; Statistics; Social Sciences; Economy

Relevant Job Experience:

Essential:

• Experience with handling confidential data and demonstrated understanding of different data collection methodologies.
• Experience in producing high-quality reports in Adobe Illustrator, Indesign and Powerbi.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Desirable:

• Ability to formulate IM-related technical requirements and Operating Procedures.
• Experience designing forms and managing databases in Monitoring and Evaluation software, i.e., ActivityInfo.
• Ability to create maps on ArcGIS PRO.
• Experience in data collection and analysis in field situations, knowledge of GIS and geospatial systems and techniques.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of refugees and migrant issues.

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