Information Management Consultant, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Consultant Programme & Policy Information Management Monitoring & Evaluation

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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.

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Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

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Purpose of Activity:

The purpose of this consultancy is to design, develop and support the establishment of a dynamic performance monitoring system for Ethiopia Country Office to allow reporting and tracking of progress towards achievement of results on a real time basis.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Timeline

Take stock of the data collection, reporting

and visualization tools developed on the

various platforms currently used by the

office, in particular Activity Info, Kobo

and Power BI,

• User-friendly, interactive dashboards on Power BI, notably for performance monitoring of field Office, and for Equity-focused Program Monitoring.
• Automated compilation of data entered on the Activity Info platform.
• Continuous data collection according to the specific frequencies defined for the various indicators, via online forums on Activity Info.
• Easy export to Excel and use of data for program reviews and planning purposes.
• Transfer of IP reported data from the Partnership Reporting Portal (PRP) of eTools to the database activity Info platform.
• Field office performance for a subset of defined KPI.
• Continuous data collection according to the specific frequencies defined for the various indicators, via online forums on Activity Info.
• Automated compilation of data entered on the Activity Info platform.

Monthly Payment will be effected upon the submission of monthly report based on the deliverables for four months starting from his/her deployment

Conceptualize and develop a dynamic data

base that allows data collection from woredas

to federal level to assess progress against

country program’s indicators on a quarterly

basis,

Develop a user-friendly data entry interface

accessible by POs at field Office level to

report on progress against country program

indicators,

Conceptualize and develop a package of data

visualization products (including maps,

dashboards, infographics and others) allowing

Filed Offices, Federal sections, and

Management to visualized progress towards

achievement of results at all levels from woredas

to federal and adjust the interventions including

actions to address data gap where needed,

Design KPI dashboards with budget, financial

and supply information drawn from Insight for

automated updating of weekly office Scorecard,

as well as CMT and PMT meeting presentations,

Develop automated system to present and follow

up the programmatic visit action points and end

user monitoring findings,

Work on how UNICEF data system can fetch data

from other platforms: DHIS2, HMIS, DTM,

Refugee database, and PRP of eTools etc.,

Draft guidance documents to facilitate the

use of the performance monitoring system

products and facilitate capacity building

sessions for P&M colleagues to enable them

to manage the system after the consultancy.

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

• A Bachelor's degree in Information Management (IM), Geographic information system (GIS), Statistics, Development/Humanitarian studies or any other degrees with a focus on information management both for development and humanitarian programmes
• A minimum of 5 [Five] years of relevant professional experience at the national and/or international level with UN and/or NGO in information management, database management, programme management and project support.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Required Strong knowledge in advanced Power BI, Activity Info, VB, advanced MS Excel, Access, and other data management tools
• Firsthand experience in building/establishing data management for development and humanitarian will be an asset
• Strong Knowledge of ODK based technology or mobile data collection platforms like Ona, and Kobo is required.
• Excellent oral and written skills.
• Ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of UNICEF staff both at the national and sub-national levels.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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Please note that applications submitted without a fee rate will note be considered.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's Core Values:

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• Sustainability

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit 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. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

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