Associate Information Management Officer at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duties

Coordinate data and information management activities:

• Participate in the data and information management team and activities.
• Contribute to the design and implement data strategies and systems.
• Assist the data team and others communicate the status, value, and importance of data. 
• Support the collection, storage, management and protection of data.
• Support consolidation of data systems, including the interoperability of operational data and systems.
• Ensure consistency of data and results for country, global and regional analysis, including cross border analysis and response. 
• Support the coordination with HQ, external and regional partners on data and information management efforts 
• Take part the relevant IM network (internal and external) on refugee. IDP, etc and related issues.
• Support data security, data protection and responsible data-sharing.

Support offices with data and information management:

• Support the analysis of primary and secondary data for interpretation and evidence-informed decision making.
• Support the monitoring of data and information management activities in offices for integrity, veracity, reliability and credibility and compliance with policies.
• Provide technical and training support to operations.
• Support assessments and situational analysis process with analytical frameworks, data collection, and analysis (standards, methodologies).
• Support planning process (standards, methodologies) with data and statistical analysis and quality assurance on Theories of Change and indicators.
• Support monitoring by providing quality assurance to the monitoring methodologies, data collection and analyses.
• Review and assess country or region-specific data systems and needs; provide recommendations to regional bureau. 

Undertake data and information management activities at the Global/Regional/Country level:

• Help consolidate data and information for country, regional and global analysis.
• Undertake data management activities (definition of needs, data collection, analysis, storage and dissemination)
• Support analysis for comparative country, regional and global analysis, including political and socio-economic trends.
• Take part in planning processes (COPs, regional RRP, regional migration response plans, etc.).
• Support cross-country assessment and situational analysis, such as in regional RRP situation or COP.
• Support the analysis of trends concerning changes at the outcome and impact levels.
• Develop information management products such as indicators, templates, maps and dashboards.
• Help ensure data is curated and stored in data registries and libraries in accordance with standards.
• Undertake geospatial and statistical analysis.
• Provide population movement tracking systems and other population data systems.
• Support web-based data portals.
• Support solutions for meeting `communication with communities¿ information and data needs.

Work in close collaboration with:

• All staff to further data literacy and assist in interpretation the data;
• Registration staff regarding the use of individual and personally identifiable data collected or managed by UNHCR;
• Programme staff on the data and information aspects of assessment, targeting and monitoring (three most data driven aspects of the OMC);
• Cluster coordinators and partners on data and information needs in UNHCR-led cluster operations, including HNO and HRP processes.
• Inter-agency staff on the development, coordination and monitoring of country and/or regional responses plans;
• Protection staff on the design, implementation and analysis of protection and case monitoring systems;
• Operations coordinators and reporting officers on the design and delivery of data and information management products for internal and external consumption;
• Sectors technical experts on the methodologies, formats, storage and dissemination of sectoral data and information, including cross sector analysis.
• Senior management to understand and serve their information and knowledge needs.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Relevant Job Experience

Essential:

• Experience with data sharing, data management and data analysis to support policy formulation and implementation.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of national and international statistical systems; knowledge of international protection, human rights and international humanitarian law; experience in data collection and analysis in field situations; knowledge of GIS and geospatial systems and techniques.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

• For P2/NOB 3 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 2 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 1 year relevant experience with Doctorate degree