Information Management Officer at UNICEF

Summary of key functions/accountabilities: 

• Under the Emergency Manager's overall supervision and general guidance, the Information Management Officer will be responsible for the below-mentioned tasks and outputs to enable evidence-based analysis and decision-making. 

GIS mapping 

• Provision of IM services, including GIS mapping for emergency-related decision-making, including data collection, collation, analysis, and dissemination.  
• Provide technical support to the newly established GIS unit of the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), in close consultation with the Emergency Specialist. 
• Conduct the biannual partners’ and service mapping of the Northwest Coordination Forum, by collecting and synthesizing data from UN agencies and NGOs.  
• Produce infographics and maps for donor and other reports and presentations.  
• Focal point for UNICEF GeoSight platform and integration into the Emergency Preparedness Platform (EPP) upgrade. 

Cash transfer data management 

• Undertake the data management of emergency-led Humanitarian Cash Transfers (HCT) on the Humanitarian Cash Operation and Programme EcoSystem (HOPE), in close consultation with the NCO cash experts 
• Conduct the comparative analysis of cash recipients and government state social registries in close consultation with the Programme Specialist. 

Data analysis and knowledge management 

• Adapt existing in-country information management approaches for collecting, analyzing, and reporting Sector activities and resources, and identifying information gaps, as needed 
• Establish and maintain information databases that consolidate, analyze and report/disseminate information critical to decision making 
• Keep abreast of global standards for information management for inter-operability 
• Manage flows of information and dissemination in an appropriate way, including website and SharePoint management 
• Manage an inventory of relevant documents on the humanitarian situation, including the repository of Northwest Coordination Forum assessments.  
• Support the development and analysis of needs assessment and monitoring programmes, including Humanitarian Performance Monitoring (HPM) as needed. 
• Serve as knowledge management focal point of the emergency team 
• Undertake other duties as relevant 

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

• A first level university degree (Bachelor's) in Information Systems/Information Management, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Management, Computer Science or a related field is required. 
• GIS mapping expertise, and familiarity with ArcGIS is required. 
• Minimum two (2) years of similar work experience in Information Management preferably with NNGOs/INGOs and/or the UN is required. 
• Experience in major emergency response relevant to the sector is highly desirable. 
• Excellent written and spoken English is required.