External Outreach :Information Management Officer P1/NOA, Rapid Response Rosters, Eastern and Southern Africa Region

Contract

This is a P-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 1 years of experience, depending on education. More about P-1 contracts and their salaries.

Seeking external candidates only

Contract Type: Temporary Appointment (TA) or Consultancy

Duration: 3 months to 364 days

Location: Countries based in Eastern and Southern Africa

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

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, hope

Since two years, countries in the ESA region have experienced an alarming increase in the number of new, or re-emerging humanitarian emergencies, including public health (including Ebola, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever, wild poliovirus, and Cholera), armed conflicts and natural disasters emergencies.

UNICEF ESAR has prioritized the critical need to support countries to rapidly scale up capacity to prevent, mitigate, and manage ongoing and anticipated emergencies as well as to enhance capacity for preparedness and response to these emergencies.

Purpose

The purpose of this external announcement is to attract suitable Information Management Officer candidates interested in working in any of the countries within UNICEF's East and Southern Africa region to respond to emergencies for the next 36 months.

The countries within each region are listed on the following website: Where we work | UNICEF

How can you make a difference?

Key activities & duties

1. Information management

• Develop and maintain the results database to track core humanitarian indicators in the Ebola response and other hazards as needed.

• Build the capacity of the emergency team to collect, record, collate and analyze data

• Provide quality assurance of all data and results reported in HPM, including the sitreps, working closely with sections.

• Using the database and dashboards, identify and report any gaps in humanitarian assistance to the emergency team and sections.

• Development and maintenance of standardized databases which can be used to capture relevant information for monitoring and planning purposes

• Participate in monitoring missions as required to gather additional information.

2. Data analysis and visualization

• Provide data analysis on survey data and other data received by sections, partners, field monitoring reports and other data inputs. Use this data to support the preparation of regular reports, including the Situation Reports, and donor proposals.

• Develop maps to support UNICEF’s programming and that of our partners using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) while promoting data standards and harmonized management of geographic data / information.

• Develop dashboards for internal and external purposes using Adobe Illustrator, power BI, and suite products to create dashboards on situation and results summary on regular basis.

• As required, provide support to sections to organize and manage their information/ data and conduct monitoring and analysis.

3. Partnership and collaboration

• Identify opportunities for data partnerships and collaboration with sister agencies (WFP, IOM, UNHCR, FAO, WHO)

• Support coordination and engagement with other agencies in joint needs assessment missions

• Participate in information management working groups/forums and keep the office updated on ongoing initiatives

Impact for Result

The role of the Information Management Officer will support the office to ensure effective management and analysis of humanitarian response informing effective and strategic decisions for greater impact of UNICEF interventions. This will include regular data collection and analysis of UNICEF results, existing gaps and challenges for management information and decision. By doing this, UNICEF will be in position to adjust its interventions and actions wherever needed to achieve better results.

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

Education:- University degree in Computer science, Software engineering, Information technology, Data Science, Geospatial Science, Geographic Information Systems, or relevant disciplines is required.

Work Experience :- A minimum of one year of professional experience in information and data management, technology management especially for emergency response in a large international organization. Experience in a UN organization is an asset.

• Knowledge and experience in using Power BI, Adobe illustrator and ArcGIS are highly 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

Language requirements:-

• Fluency in verbal and written English or French (depending on the country office's official language). Knowledge of another UN language or a local language is an asset

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

• Works Collaboratively with others (1)

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)

• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)

• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)

• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity(1)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children.

The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.