Information Management Officer, NO-B (Fixed-Term), Tripoli (Libya)

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.

For every child, EVIDENCE

How can you make a difference?

The Information Management Officer (IMO) reports to the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist for supervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and organizational assistance to ensure that the Country Office has timely and quality information to ensure programmes are on track throughout the programme planning, monitoring process. The Information Management Officer will help preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative tasks to contribute to overall programme functions on planning, implementation, oversight and reporting to ensure programme excellence.

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 (such as ActivityInfo, eTools, internal databases, etc.) that consolidate, analyse and report/disseminate information critical to decision making.
• Support the development and implementation of the Annual Performance Monitoring Plans by sections/sectors.
• Maintain monthly reporting from programme sections/sectors, including 5Ws (‘Who does What, Where, When and for Whom?’ databases), including on eTools suite to digitize data collection and analysis to inform adaptive management practices and keep track of UNICEF programmes.
• Support the programme components to effectively monitor and report on the intersectoral programme results, cross sectoral programme component results and field office results to facilitate programme coherence and convergence where appropriate.
• Contribute to development of programme monitoring framework for the learning zones including technical backstopping to the field team for convergent programming.
• Provide technical support to programme sections to effectively monitor and report on the intersectoral programme results.
• Identify information gaps at national and sub-national levels and propose ways to bridge those gaps.
• Use GIS mapping and other visualization tools/platforms for data visualization 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.
• Contribute to the preparation of the SitRep/COAR/RAM/CSI with emphasis on office’s plans, targets and achievements.
• Promote and support training of other UNICEF staff, sector partners, government and humanitarian personnel and capacity building of humanitarian partners, as required. Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
• Needs assessment and gap analysis.
• Analysis to identify and address (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross-cutting issues.

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

• A university degree in computer science, information and communication technology or software/computer engineering data science, statistics, or a related technical field is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in information management, data analysis, and data science in humanitarian or development programming is required.
• Relevant experience in programme/project information management or monitoring and evaluation in a UN system agency or a development organization is an asset.
• Proven technical expertise for managing data capture and storage, for analyzing diverse datasets, and presenting information in understandable tables, charts, maps, graphs and reports, such as using MS Excel and PowerBI (e.g. pivot tables, functions, visualizations, dashboards), and graphic visualization such as Adobe Products, and other relevant online platforms.
• Proven skills in using GIS ahd map-making packages, Proven understanding of relational data theory.
• Ability to maintain and manage website content.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

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.

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’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

• This vacancy is open to internal and external candidates who are Libyan nationals.
• 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.