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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Assistant IM Officer Bulgaria UNHCR Jobs 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees looking for “Assistant IM Officer”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 17-Jul-24.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has published a job vacancy announcement on 03/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Assistant IM Officer to be based in Sofia , Bulgaria. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Job Title: Assistant IM Officer

Duty Station: Sofia , Bulgaria

Country: Bulgaria

Application Deadline: 17-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

– Operationalize country-specific common data standards and promote them with partners, including UNHCR data standards and the IASC Common Operational Datasets.
– Compile, aggregate and analyze data and 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.
– Assist in training staff involved in information management activities, including data collection and data entry teams.
– Support and leverage geographic data for map production and use in geographic information systems (GIS).
– Share UNHCR data with partner agencies and maintain Portal data and information in-line with agreed frequencies.
– Provide technical Information Management support to Needs Assessment processes, specifically in data collection, processing/collation and analysis.
– Liaise with partners and represent UNHCR in meetings related to the functions.
– Make recommendations and provide advice on the technical information management requirements.
– Assist in training of data entry and data collection teams.

– Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
– Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements:

Years of Experience / Degree Level
For P1/NOA – 1 year relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or no experience with Graduate degree; or no experience with Doctorate degree

Field(s) of Education
Information Technology, Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences
or other relevant field.

Certificates and/or Licenses
Not specified

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Knowledge of the UN system and the humanitarian community. Ability to formulate IM-related technical requirements and Operating Procedures. Experience with handling confidential data and demonstrated understanding of different data collection methodologies.

Desirable
Successful participation in the Operational Data management Learning Programme is desirable. 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 is desirable. Experience with HTML, PHP, ASP and/or Java is an asset.

Functional Skills
DM-Data collection methodologies
DM-Data Management
IM-Statistics Analysis
DM-Data Interoperability
DM-Data science methodologies
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.