Information Management Specialist

Provide overall support and oversight of Information management function

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Overview

Provide overall support and oversight of Information management function

You have:

  • At least 3 years' experience in relevant field
  • Full professional proficiency in English
  • Master's degree in relevant field
  • Full professional proficiency in Arabic (preferred)

Contract

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Job title: Information Management Specialist

Band: Non-Management/ G2

Reporting to: Head of Programme

Technical line manager:

Direct reports: None

Unit/department: Programme

Location: Khartoum, Sudan

Overall purpose of the role:

Responsible to provide overall support and oversight of Information management function within DRC Sudan and develop suitable solutions to support operational functions.

This role has a country focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations.

Responsibilities:

As Specialist the post-holder is responsible for the following:

  • Responsible for providing specialized knowledge and operational know-how within Information management, including support to IM focal points in Central Darfur, South Kordofan, Khartoum, and Gedaref.
  • Provide technical support and capacity building to staff on information management and data collection functions.
  • Develop structured Information Management products and solutions to support different functions.
  • Provide advisory and contribute to the development of data collection tools, plans, process, and guidelines.
  • Ensure compliance to DRC global guidelines including data protection

  • Support in the standardization of information management processes across the country program

  • Support operations by providing timely trends analysis and data visualization products from ad hoc requests.

  • Support development of GIS capacities and products within the organisation.
  • Lead efforts to ensure data protection and confidentiality are held up to organizational standards, including conducting periodic analysis of operational tools and procedures.
  • Contribute to internal and external reporting.

Experience and technical competencies:

  • At least 3 years' experience in relevant field
  • Full professional proficiency in English

Education:

• Master's degree in relevant field

Languages: English/Arabic

Potential interview questions

Can you describe a time when you developed a data collection tool? This question assesses your hands-on experience with data collection mechanisms. Discuss specific examples, tools used, and the impact they had.
What strategies do you use for ensuring data protection? Interviewers want to know your understanding of data protection principles. Pro members can see the explanation.
How have you built capacity in your past roles? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe a challenging information management project you worked on. What was your role? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you approach data analysis and visualization? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 4 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: drc.ngo