The Information Management Officer position is located at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Office of the Pacific Islands (OoP), based in Fiji. The regional office covers 14 Pacific islands nations and territories (Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tokelau, Niue, FSM, RMI, Kiribati, Palau and Nauru). . OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response efforts. OCHA’s mission is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors in order to alleviate human suffering in emergencies; advocate the rights of people in need; promote preparedness and prevention and facilitate sustainable solutions.

Establish and maintain an information management network in accordance with IASC guidance to facilitate humanitarian information exchange and the promotion of data and information standards; work with first responders such as the UN disaster assessment and coordination team (UNDAC) and on-site operations and coordination Centre (OSOCC) to ensure a smooth transition of information tools and services; engage with counterparts in government to ensure that information activities are coordinated and consistent with national standards and practices; provide training and expertise on the use and development of information management tools and platforms to OCHA staff and humanitarian partners: advocate for the use of data standards and common platforms. and for the open exchange of information.

Support assessment and needs analysis activities, including humanitarian needs overview, secondary data reviews, preliminary scenario definitions and multi-cluster initial rapid assessments; provide advice on assessment design to ensure data quality; manage platforms and tools that support data collection and analysis such as KoBo Toolbox and Open Data Kit (ODK).

Organize. design and carry out the evaluation and analysis of location specific datasets through meaningful statistical techniques: participate in the development and revision of data standards (e.g., the Humanitarian Exchange Language) and advise on the application of these standards into local systems and processes; participate in the development, implementation, and management of new indicators. together with its accompanying data, to be included in a Common Humanitarian Database.

Design, develop and manage databases, spreadsheets, and other data tools: understand. document, and ensure the quality of high-value humanitarian data for accuracy. consistency and comparability: consolidate operational information on a regular schedule to support analysis.

Develop and maintain spatial baseline and operational datasets in accordance with relevant standards and guidance; produce and update high quality map products and on-line services; maintain a repository of spatial data and ensure that the data are documented and accessible to all humanitarian partners through local and/or online services. 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

Business Direction & Strategy – Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDP’s objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks and opportunities, linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions. Ability to leverage learning from a variety of sources to anticipate and respond to future trends; to demonstrate foresight in order to model what future developments and possible ways forward look like for UNDP.

Business Direction & Strategy -System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Direction & Strategy -Effective Decision Making: Ability to take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in line with one’s authority, area of expertise and resources.

Business Management – Result-based Management: Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable results

Digital & Innovation – Data Analysis : Ability to extract, analyse and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making

Digital & Innovation – Digital product design: Ability to design digital products which are user centered, intuitive, functional and achieve desired outcomes

Digital & Innovation – Digital learning & development: Knowledge of digital learning methods and ability to design and develop digital learning programmes.

Digital & Innovation – Tech literacy : Ability to apply new digital tools or adapting their original use to create new insights, fresh perspectives or develop solutions. Understand the potential as well as the limitations of certain technological developments; being able to identify how technology can add value when it’s used as a “”means to an end””

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in information management, information systems, social science, or related field.
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in information management, information systems, web management, data management. geographic information systems & mapping, data visualization, or other related area is required.
• Experience managing information for disaster response or complex emergencies is required.
• Experience providing information management related services within the UN Common System or other comparable international organization is desirable.
• Experience providing information managing services for field missions (deployments to emergencies, peace keeping operations or sudden onsets) is desirable.

Language:

• Proficiency in English. Working knowledge of other UN language desirable. Knowledge of languages spoken in the Pacific is an advantage.