Information Management Officer

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 74,649 USD and 97,747 USD.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

The objectives of WHO's emergency programme are to design and implement programmes that prepare the health sector to deal with emergencies and that improve health during and after crises. Within the emergency programme, the objectives of WHO's emergency response team are to support Member States by: (1) promptly assessing health needs of populations affected by crisis, identifying priority causes of ill-health and death; preparing damage estimates and emergency response and rehabilitation plans; providing prompt, credible health information and ensuring the continuity of essential health services; (2) ensuring that critical gaps in the health response to outbreaks are rapidly identified and filled; (3) revitalizing and building the capacity of national health systems to deal with preparedness, mitigation and response to outbreaks of communicable diseases.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

--> Provide support and coaching to the WHO field presence in Gaziantep and health cluster partners and other actors to collect, collate, manage and analyze health data from all partners relevant to the Syria crisis; provide technical support on the presentation and visualization of results (including mapping);

--> Aggregate and maintain information from health cluster partners including contact lists, 4W, Health Resources Availability Mapping, health indicators data, health situation data and data on health response;

--> Ensure the harmonization of data collection tools and processes across partners/actors to facilitate consolidation of information from all partners; serve as the reference person for all relevant health information systems; provide coaching on the implementation and use of relevant health information system; --> Contribute to the operation website and other relevant WHO websites for the Syria Crisis with country-specific and aggregate inter-country information;

--> Respond to specific information requests from the WCO, UN agencies and health partners to support planning and strategies;

--> Actively participate in and respond to coordination initiatives, related to information management, seeking to improve information sharing between agencies and partners, to strengthen access to information from including other sectors, and to contribute to inter-sectoral dashboards and reports;

--> Contribute to the drafting of all relevant documents including humanitarian Response Plan for the health cluster, project proposals, appeals, reports, dashboards, etc.;

--> Participate in any other activity that may be required to strengthen WHO's capacity to support Health Sector partners in connection with the management of health sector information.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in information management, computer science or statistics. Desirable: Medical degree, post-graduate training or degree in information management or statistics.

Experience

Essential: At least 5 years experience in information management in humanitarian emergency situations.

Skills

Demonstrated knowledge of information management activities in developing countries and/or in the context of emergency preparedness and response. Excellent skills in the assessment, evaluation and monitoring in the context of emergency situations, with the ability to conceptualize and implement innovative strategies and promote their implementation. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure. Proven ability to communicate effectively. Tact, discretion and ability to promote consensus.

WHO Competencies

Producing results Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English.

REMUNERATION

WHO salaries for staff in the Professional category are calculated in US dollars. The remuneration for the above position comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 60,962 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable), a variable post adjustment, which reflects the cost of living in a particular duty station, and currently amounts to USD 975 per month for the duty station indicated above. Other benefits include 30 days of annual leave, allowances for dependent family members, home leave, and an education grant for dependent children.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• A written test may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO's workforce adheres to the WHO Values Charter and is committed to put the WHO Values into practice.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• WHO has a mobility policy which can be found at the following link: http://www.who.int/employment/en/. Candidates appointed to an international post with WHO are subject to mobility and may be assigned to any activity or duty station of the Organization throughout the world.

• Applications from women and from nationals of non and underrepresented Member States are particularly encouraged.

• *For WHO General Service staff who do not meet the minimum educational qualifications, please see e-Manual III.4.1, para 220.