Senior Information Management Assistant at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duties

• Assist in operationalizing country-specific common data standards and promoting them with partners.
• Assist in compiling and aggregating information elements required to produce standardized information products and implement data/information collection plans for baseline and context-specific data.  
• Support the operation in the analysis of processed data and information and perform data quality and consistency control.
• Facilitate the analysis of cross-border information between relevant countries.
• May be required to collect GIS data, update maps and undertake field trips to project sites.
• May be required to participate in Needs Assessment processes, specifically in data collection, processing/collation and data exploration.
• Liaise with partners and represent UNHCR in meetings related to the functions.
• Decide on appropriate resolution to data management problems and escalate issues to the supervisor if incident cannot be resolved.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Years of Experience / Degree Level
• For G5 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education 

• Not applicable

Certificates and/or Licenses 

• Information Technology,   Demography,   Statistics,   Social Sciences
• Operational Data management Learning Programme
• (Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential) 

Relevant Job Experience

Essential

• Experience with handling confidential data and demonstrated understanding of different data collection methodologies. 

Desirable

• Successful participation in the Operational Data management Learning Programme. 
• Experience in web design and software development is an asset. 
• Experience with relevant software such as ArcGIS, Mapinfo, SPSS, EpiInfo6, SQL Server, and/or proGres. 
• Experience with HTML, PHP, ASP and/or Java is an asset.
• Ability to formulate IM-related technical requirements and Operating Procedures.

Functional Skills 

• DM-Data collection methodologies
• IM-Epi Info Software
• IT-Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• IM-Information Management (related technical requirements & Operating Procedures)
• IM-Statistics Analysis
• IT-Microsoft Excel
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)