Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Information Management Officer might be liable for the subsequent duties:
Coordination: Establish and hold an statistics control community according with IASC steerage to facilitate humanitarian statistics trade and the merchandising of statistics and statistics requirements; paintings with first responders inclusive of the UN catastrophe evaluation and coordination team (UNDAC) and on-webweb page operations and coordination Centre (OSOCC) to make certain a clean transition of statistics gear and services; have interaction with opposite numbers in authorities to make certain that statistics sports are coordinated and regular with country wide requirements and practices; offer schooling and understanding at the use and improvement of statistics control gear and structures to OCHA personnel and humanitarian partners; endorse for the usage of statistics requirements and not unusualplace structures, and for the open trade of statistics.
Data Management: Design, broaden and manipulate databases, spreadsheets and different statistics gear; understand, report, and make certain the fine of high-fee humanitarian statistics for accuracy, consistency and comparability; consolidate operational statistics on a normal agenda to aid evaluation.
Data Analysis: Organize, layout and perform the assessment and evaluation of vicinity precise datasets via significant statistical techniques; take part withinside the improvement and revision of statistics requirements (e.g. the Humanitarian Exchange Language) and advocate at the software of those requirements into neighborhood structures and processes; take part withinside the improvement, implementation and control of latest indicators, collectively with its accompanying statistics, to be covered in a Common Humanitarian Dataset; understand, report and make certain the fine of high-fee humanitarian statistics for accuracy, consistency and comparability.
Assessment Analysis: Support evaluation and desires evaluation sports, along with humanitarian desires overviews, secondary statistics reviews, initial situation definitions and multi-cluster preliminary speedy assessments; offer recommendation on evaluation layout to make certain statistics fine; manipulate structures and gear that aid statistics series and evaluation inclusive of KoBo Toolbox and Open Data Kit (ODK).
Visualization: Produce and replace statistics merchandise inclusive of reports, charts and infographics via way of means of turning statistics into graphical merchandise to deliver messages and a storyline; broaden advocacy substances along with posters, shows and different visible substances.
Performs different associated duties, as required.
Competencies
Professionalism:
Knowledge and knowledge of humanitarian, emergency comfort help and associated humanitarian issues. Ability to become aware of issues, examine and take part withinside the decision of issues/issues. Ability to increase reassets for information collection. Conceptual analytical and evaluative capabilities to behavior impartial studies and analysis, consisting of familiarity with and enjoy withinside the use of numerous studies reassets, consisting of digital reassets at the internet, intranet and different databases. Ability to use judgment withinside the context of assignments given, paintings beneathneath pressure, now and again in a particularly traumatic environment (e.g., civil strife, herbal disasters, and human misery). Shows pleasure in paintings and in achievements; demonstrates expert competence and mastery of challenge matter; is conscientious and green in assembly commitments, staring at deadlines, and accomplishing results; is inspired with the aid of using expert in preference to non-public concerns; indicates endurance while confronted with hard issues or challenges; stays calm in traumatic situations. Takes obligation for incorporating gender views and making sure the identical participation of men and women in all regions of paintings.
Creativity
Actively seeks to enhance programmes or services; gives new and exclusive alternatives to remedy issues or meet consumer needs; promotes and persuades others to don’t forget new thoughts; takes calculated dangers on new and uncommon thoughts; thinks “outdoor the box”; takes an hobby in new thoughts and new methods of doing things; isn’t certain with the aid of using modern-day wondering or conventional approaches.
Client Orientation
Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.
Education
An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in information management, information systems, social science or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two (2) years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Job – Specific Qualification
Not available.
Work Experience
A minimal of five (5) years of steadily accountable revel in in facts management, facts systems, net management, facts management, geographic facts systems & mapping, facts visualization, or different associated vicinity is required. Experience dealing with facts withinside the area (real placing wherein a task and/or task is being implemented) in emergency situations (complicated emergency or herbal disaster) is desirable. International area revel in is desirable. Experience in a humanitarian context in the UN not unusualplace gadget or in a similar worldwide organisation is desirable. Experience withinside the West and Central Africa area is desirable.
Languages
French and English are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English and French is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable.
Assessment
The evaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.
Special Notice
This position is funded for a finite period of one year. Extension of the appointment is subject to extension of the mandate and the availability of the funds. Staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-general and to assignment by him or her. In this context, all staff are expected to move periodically to new functions in their careers in accordance with established rules and procedures. The United Nations Secretariat is committed to achieving 50/50 gender balance in its staff. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position. An impeccable record for integrity and professional ethical standards is essential.
