Deadline: 07 February, 2022
Location: Bamenda and Buea, Cameroon
Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Information Management Officer.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support for CPiE projects and Bamenda PIIA
- Ensure that the information/data collection is made in accordance with the project specifications, guideline of donors and in accordance with the strategic guidelines and Plan International Cameroon programmatic standards
- Organise/supervise the data collection, processing and analysis of data in the context of monitoring the indicators of the project
- Carry out monitoring and evaluation for the SIDA project
- Train local Plan International staff: officers, social workers, field monitors, members of the local organisation’s partners on the use of data collection tools as well as data quality and reporting
- Develop and manage the entire Child Protection Case Management database and GBV Case Management for CPiE projects for the Northwest and Southwest response
- Implement and regularly update the information management system
- Design necessary data collection forms, ensuring that the purpose and use of data collected is clear and that questions are simple, clear and collectable
- Ensure quality control of data and information collected
- Organise and manage data input from case management and other data collection forms and conduct initial analysis of the data
- Provide support to the analysis of key project indicators with graphs, maps and infographics
- Based on the data collected, conduct needs and gap identification for the relevant sector
- Proactively gather information from relevant partners and other organisations which may be of use for informing decisions
- Develop an information-sharing platform as a web portal
- Update 5Ws matrix data from all CPiE projects of the PIIA
- Provide information management services to support population data management activities, including population and IDP estimations for project proposals
- Provide advice and counselling concerning information management issues
Requirements
- University degree in Management of Information Systems (MIS), Data Management, Computer Science/Statistics, Economics or a related discipline
- Two years, minimum, of experience in data collection and data management, monitoring and evaluation or other relevant areas
- Experience in database design, database distribution and map production and capacity-building
- Proficiency in the use of GIS, advanced Excel, SPSS or STATA and other related software packages
- Demonstrated skills and experience in data and data analysis visualisation
To apply and for more information, click here.
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