Associate Information Management Officer at UN High Commissioner for Refugees

• Duty Station: Dadaab (KEN)
• Language Skills: English
• Start Date: 01 January 2020
• Duration: 12 months
• Application Deadline: 12 December 2019

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of Registration Officer, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• 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.
• Lead and 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 assists 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);

Qualifications/Requirements

• Required degree level: Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Education - Additional Comments:

Education - Additional Comments: Social Science; Statistics; Information Management; Physical Science; Economics; Data Science; Law; GIS; Philosophy; Engineering; History, Computer Science; International Development; or other relevant field.

Required experience: 36 Months

Experience remark:

3 years in data or statistical field, 2 years in international context, 2 years in humanitarian or development situation. Experience with data sharing, data management and data analysis to support policy formulation and implementation .

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise: Protection of refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs, Other information and telecommunications technology experience

Driving license: No

Competencies values:

Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment and Motivation, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Working in Teams