Deadline: 28 August, 2020

Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria

UNICEF is recruiting to fill the position of Information Management Officer.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children, save their lives, defend their rights and help them fulfill their potentials.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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 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 on the preparation of SitRep inputs with emphasis on cluster plans, targets and achievements
• Develop and strengthen information management capacity through the training of cluster members
• Contribute to the core cluster functions
• Ensure that there is effective communication, reporting, engagement and coordination between the national and sub-national clusters

Requirements

• University degree in a subject area relevant to information management
• Extensive work experience relevant to the post with a university degree in any other discipline may be considered as a replacement for a university degree in Information Management
• Formal training in cluster information management is an advantage
• Two years, minimum, of professional work experience in information management, preferably with NGOs/INGOs and/or the UN
• Experience in major emergency response relevant to the cluster (highly desirable)
• Fluency in English
• Working knowledge of the local language at the duty station (desirable)
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel or MS Access (e.g., pivot tables and functions)
• Proven technical expertise for managing data capture and storage, for analysing diverse datasets, and presenting information in understandable tables, charts, graphs and reports
• Knowledge of establishing and managing basic websites (e.g., UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Response platform)
• Proven skills in GIS and in using map-making packages
• Skills in web design and software development (desirable)
• Understanding of the rationale behind humanitarian reform, its main components and recent developments including the transformative agenda
• Female candidates are specially encouraged to apply

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