Information Management Specialist (WASH Cluster), NO-3, s(364 days) Addis Ababa (with frequent field travel), Ethiopia

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.

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Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

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Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

The post holder is responsible for the collection, compilation, and analysis of information related to emergency WASH response activities within their respective regions and will be responsible for the following:

• Respond to the Cluster participants’ needs for information.
• Maintain information databases that consolidate, analyse, and report/disseminate information critical to decision making.
• Compile and analysis monthly reporting from the Cluster partners through Activity Info and 4Ws.
• Carry out a gap analysis of WASH needs and response.
• Work with Cluster partners to identify information gaps at national levels and propose ways to bridge those gaps.
• Use GIS mapping for map production and geographic data management.
• Adopt and promote the use of global standards for IM for inter-operability.
• Manage flows of information and dissemination in an appropriate way.
• Manage an inventory of relevant documents on the WASH humanitarian situation.
• Support the development and analysis of needs assessment and monitoring programmes.
• Provide IM leadership in assessments and monitoring, including joint assessments and training.
• Lead on the preparation of SitRep inputs with emphasis on Cluster plans, targets, and achievements.
• Develop and strengthen IM capacity through the training of cluster partners.
• Provide technical support and inputs to Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC) activities, including HNO and HRP preparation.
• Represent the WASH cluster at Information Management Working Group (IMWG), Assessment Working Group (AWG), and other technical working groups relevant to information and data management.
• Contribute to the core cluster functions at the national level by providing IM support to the National Cluster coordination.
• Technically supervise and guide IM activities by Regional IM Officers.
• Maintain the Ethiopia WASH cluster website up to date and SharePoint system up to date.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in a subject area relevant to information management.
• *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree in a subject area relevant to information management.
• A minimum of five [5] years progressively responsible work experience in information management, in the humanitarian sector with UN and/or NGO.
• Work experience outside the humanitarian sector, which is relevant to this post, may be considered as a replacement for humanitarian experience
• Understanding of the WASH sector and cluster approaches.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Excel, MS Access or other databases (e.g. pivot tables and functions).
• Proven technical expertise for managing data capture and storage, analyzing diverse datasets, and presenting information in understandable tables, charts, graphs and reports.
• Knowledge of establishing and managing basic websites (e.g. UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Response platform).
• Proven skills in using GIS and map-making packages such as ArcGIS, Mapinfo, QGIS, Adobe creative suite for mapping.
• Knowledge and skills in software development are an asset.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability
• 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…

• Builds and maintains Partnerships (Level 1)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (Level 1)
• Drive to achieve results for impact (Level 1)
• Innovates and embraces change (Level 1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (Level 1)
• Thinks and acts strategically (Level 1)
• Works collaboratively with others (Level 1)

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 qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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.

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