Career Opportunities at International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Support to IFRC emergency operations:

• Collect, consolidate, and analyze all secondary data to identify information gaps and inform IFRC decision-making processes.
• Support/develop IFRC Crisis Categorization analysis at the onset of emergencies, and update as relevant/required.
• Support and Develop Emergency Operations Snapshot showcasing countries response activities at initial stages of the emergency to inform membership.
• Support /develop IFRC Disaster Brief at the onset of emergencies and ongoing emergencies.
• Support and Develop other relevant Humanitarian Information Analysis product such as the GLobal Analysis of N eeds Complex Emergencies, Situation Analysis of Risks in General Elections, etc.
• Coordinate, support or advise on primary and secondary data collection, management, storage and archiving.
• Support/develop Risk Watch forecast and humanitarian scenarios for the for-emergency operation in Africa
• Support, advise or lead (when assigned) assessments design and implementation
• Select and implement structured analytical techniques to improve the quality, credibility and rigor of the analysis.
• Implement analysis and foresight best practices and methodologies to optimize efficiency in operation and decision-making process.

Information Analysis Capacity Building and Development:

• Act as the technical focal point for remote and in-country technical support and coordination, when requested by the operational requirements.
• Participate in coordination meetings and working groups to share data-related updates, insights, and recommendations, fostering collaboration and alignment of efforts.
• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues, partners, and national societies regarding data-related matters, promoting a culture of data-driven decision-making and effective coordination
• Maintain clear communication with the IM Coordinator and provide regular updates on ongoing tasks.
• Harmonize and align data analytics standards and approaches in Africa.
• Capacity building and strengthening in Humanitarian Information Analysis in Africa National Societies
• Facilitate discussions, forums, and briefings on trends and analysis in the organization.
• Design and facilitate scenario building workshops with various sectors and operations departments and Africa National Societies
• Ensure lessons learnt are captured and fed into country and global level guidance or assessment preparedness activities.
• Provide technical guidance and support to National Societies to improve their analytical capacities and disseminate IFRC products and tools to facilitate analysis in humanitarian settings.

Duties applicable to all staff.

• Work actively towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals.
• Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles.
• Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager.

Education

• Relevant university degree / higher education or demonstrated equivalent humanitarian related experience. Required.
• Relevant post-graduate degree. Preferred.
• Relevant professional training courses. Preferred.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of proven experience in information management and data analysis in humanitarian contexts. Required.
• Experience in assessment design and data management related to large scale inter agency or sectoral needs assessments. Required.
• Experience in undertaking and managing complex, large scale humanitarian needs. Required.
• Experience in designing, conducting, and analyzing large surveys in emergencies. Required.
• Ability to perform accurate data analysis even on a tight schedule. Required.
• At least 2 years of experience of working for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Preferred.

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Job Duties and Responsibilities

System Development and Optimization:

• Assist in the development and set-up of data collection, consolidation, analysis, visualization and reporting tools and processes for emergency operations, including Federation-wide.
• Ensure quality control over the system and processes and support the compliance of team members with the established tools and methodologies.
• Contributing to IFRC Delegations and NS capacity building in data collection and monitoring of response efforts by supporting National Societies in their own data management process and ensuring a higher data quality overall.

Data Collection and Validation:

• Support the data collection and validation process for the emergency operation and programmes.
• In coordination with the regional M&E focal point and in-country PMER, support IFRC and National Societies to contribute to the development and improvement of data collection tools and methodologies, as well as monthly KPI reports.
• Lead the initial briefing, review, and feedback sessions for the data collection tools and methodologies in emergency operations.

Data Analysis, Visualization, and Reporting:

• Analyze the data collected for the emergency operation and programmes.
• Support the data visualization efforts and respond to additional data analysis requests.
• Maintain quality control of the data pipelines and regularly update operational dashboards.

Data Protection, Responsibility, and Accountability:

• Promote accountability in data processing and management.
• Ensure responsible processing of data using ethical standards and data protection principles.
• Support efforts to increase the usability of data for decision making and accountability to stakeholders.

Duties applicable to all staff.

• Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals.
• Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles.
• Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager.

Education

• Graduate degree in a relevant humanitarian or Social Sciences, ideally studies relating to data management, statistics etc. Required.
• Post-graduate qualification in economics, statistics or data science. Preferred.
• Basic Delegate Training Course or IMPACT, ERU, CAP Training or equivalent experience. Preferred.

Experience

• Demonstrated work experience (3+ years) especially working on large scale data collection, management, analysis and visualization and delivering on targets successfully. Required.
• Strong background in the management of quantitative and qualitative data for the humanitarian sector. Required.
• 3 or more years’ experience working for the RCRC Movement. Preferred.
• Experience in NS capacity strengthening. Preferred.
• Experience working in an emergency response context. Preferred.