Information Management Officer, NO-B, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #560786 (For Bangladeshi Nationals Only)

Contract

This is a NO-2 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-2 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.

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The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does —in programmes, advocacy, and operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential.

Since 2017 in Cox’s Bazar, the UNICEF Cox’s Bazar field office under the UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office (BCO) has provided vital humanitarian and emergency response to the Rohingya refugee crisis - one of the largest and fastest-growing humanitarian catastrophes in recent times. More specifically through the International Partnerships with the European Union Commission (INTPA), UNICEF has been implementing a multi-year year programme “Building Rohingya refugee and Host Community’s Resilience in Cox’s Bazar” for the past four years to support efforts to address systemic changes required not only to lessen the dependency on humanitarian aid in Cox’s Bazar District but also to complement and strengthen existing local development efforts. The project takes an innovative, integrated approach to improve access to essential services for the refugee and host communities across four key areas: nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), education and child protection, and expects to benefit over 478,000 children and families both in refugee camps and in the host community.

How can you make a difference?

Based in Cox’s Bazar with frequent visits to the Rohingya camps and Bangladeshi communities, the Information Management Officer (IMO) is expected to support the overall coordination of the EU-supported project with a focus on the collection, triangulation, collation, and analysis of data from the government and implementing partners and monitor activities – including the identification of gaps and bottlenecks. The incumbent will, in collaboration with UNICEF programme sections, lead the capacity building of implementing partners on information management systems, data collection and data triangulation and visualizations, pursue evidence generation and knowledge product development of innovative results, as well as support them to pursue process innovations in information management systems to facilitate decision, planning and monitoring of interventions for children and women.

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist – INTPA Coordinator, the incumbent may be assigned the primary, shared, and contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of core duties and key end results.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Information and Knowledge Management for Programmes

2. Partnership, Coordination and Collaboration

3. Programme Monitoring, Evaluations and Reporting

4. Networking and Capacity Building for National Government

Please see attached TOR for details: TOR -IMO NOB CXB.pdf

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

- Advanced university degree in computer science or information systems/technology and statistics.

-2 years of work experience in information and knowledge management, including 1 year with either the UN and/or NGO. Experience in humanitarian programming in a refugee context is a strong asset

-Experience in conceiving and developing information systems and tools to respond to a variety of requirements (ideally with ONA, KOBO)

-Experience in mapping (with software such as ARCGIS)

-Experience in producing visualization tools and dashboards (using Tableau or PowerBI)

-Strong knowledge of and experience in using GIS and databases. Experience with Open Data Kit and mobile data collection an asset

- Fluency in English (verbal and written). Good written and spoken skills in the language of the humanitarian operation and knowledge of another UN language are considered a strong 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: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others. the 8th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for supervisory role

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.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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:

UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

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

The complete vacancy announcements can be reviewed via UNICEF Careers website at https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing/