Information Management Officer, NO-A TA, Caracas

Contract

This is a NO-1 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-1 contracts.

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, A Champion

www.unicef.org/venezuela

How can you make a difference?

The Information Management Officer is accountable for the accomplishment of the stated key end-results by providing professional expertise and assistance in information/data collection, statistics and data analysis, monitoring & evaluation (M&E), preparation of reports, communication and partnership, and in implementing training programmes for national and sub-national data collection, monitoring, evaluation and research capacity building with special attention to the interest, concern and participation of primary stakeholders.

Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primarily, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results:

• Adapt existing in-country information management approaches for collecting, analysing and reporting UNICEF’s 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 programme sections, including 5Ws (‘Who does What, Where, When and for Whom?’ databases).
• 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 mapping 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
• To provide information management leadership in assessments and monitoring, including joint assessments and training.
• Lead on the preparation of SitRep inputs with emphasis on section’s plans, targets and achievements.
• Develop and strengthen information management capacity through the training
• Needs assessment and gap analysis
• Analysis to identify and address (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross-cutting issues.
• Prioritization grounded in response analysis

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

• University degree, preferably at an advanced level, in a subject area relevant to information management.
• One year of relevant professional work experience.
• Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO).
• Formal training in information management an advantage.
• Responsible humanitarian work experience with UN and/or NGO, including information management in the first phase of a major emergency response is an asset.
• Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector which is relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for humanitarian experience.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Core Competencies (For Staff without Supervisory Responsibilities) *

• 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)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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