ABOUT THE COMPANY:

UNICEF was created with a distinct purpose in mind: to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path. We advocate for measures to give children the best start in life, because proper care at the youngest age forms the strongest foundation for a person’s future

JOB SUMMARY

Whether the cluster approach is activated or not, UNICEF plays a crucial role in global and country-level interagency coordination for its areas of programmatic responsibility. As Cluster Lead Agency (CLA) for Nutrition, WASH, Education (co-led), and Child Protection Area of Responsibility (AoR) within the Protection Cluster, UNICEF is committed to fulfill the core functions defined by the IASC when the clusters are activated or when UNICEF is asked to support sectoral coordination.

A well-run AoR/ Cluster/Sector coordination team, including Information Management (IM), is a formal deliverable of the Cluster Lead Agency and is part of the agency’s work.

The IM Officer (supporting CP AoR and Education Clusters) is a core member of both coordination teams.

Responsibilities

Data Collection and Maintenance:

• Acquire and clean data from primary or secondary sources and maintain databases/data systems.
• Provide technical advice on how data can be utilized to improve decision making within the knowledge domain.
• Research approaches and explore methods that will lead to innovative data products.
• Track and report on progress regarding department specific data initiative
• Assist in the exploration, identification, and acquisition of data sources to determine their suitability for use in decision making and advancing the goals of the organization.

• Enable broader use of data sources by applying quality methods to structure, clean, format, parse, and standardize for analytical use.

Information Management & Analytics:

• Develop process improvement mechanisms for data analytics for DRR and Emergency Preparedness and response.

• Document requirements, background information and methodology used for data analysis.
• Develop reports, dashboards, or other tools to effectively summarize findings and convey information to management.
• Assists in promoting the use of data science solutions through capacity building and the
development of products, tools and processes to extend the capabilities Emergency and DRR section and Field focal points.

• Contributes to the design and develops customized visualization and presentation products to reveal the findings of analysis the section, suitable for all forms of production to include briefings, reports, documentation to oversight bodies, interactive interfaces, and publication quality outputs.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns, using statistical methods to identify relevant features and variables in structured sources of information and data.
• Work in close coordination with the PME team to ensure emergency and non-emergency information management and analytics processes are coherent and complementary.

Innovation, Knowledge Management & Capacity Building:

• Establishes a close working relationship with key internal stakeholders to leverage the use of data science methods to support their programmatic areas with solutions that assist them in accomplishing CCC mandate.
• Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring, and documentation of Emergency Preparedness Response and DRR action research and innovation (technical or systems).
• Assist in the preparation of learning/knowledge products, covering innovative approaches and good practices, to support overall knowledge management development.
• Assist in creating and delivering learning opportunities for UNICEF Emergency staff, to ensure Sections and Field teams remain up to date with latest developments.
• Participate as a resource person in capacity building initiatives to enhance the emergency information competencies of internal stakeholders and key government, academia, and CSO partners.

Information reports and dissemination:

• Support the formulation of Emergency Situation Reports ensuring adequate integration of relevant data and information in a timely and effective manner.
• Work in close coordination with the PME.

Requirements

• University degree in computer science, data science, analytics, statistics, information management, systems engineering, public administration, management, or related field.
• A minimum One year of relevant professional work experience in information management, applied analytics, business intelligence, statistics, project management, progamme planning or management.
• Experience in using data to advance strategies and decision-making is required.
• Experience with self-service analytics and data visualization applications (MS PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau or similar), or business intelligence tools (SAP Business Objects, etc.) is required.
• Experience in Advanced Excel and Powerpoint is required.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills.
• Specialized training/experience in emergency response management highly desirable.
• Experience in a UN organization, Humanitarian organizations or similar is an asset.
• Fluency in Spanish an working knowledge of English is required…

Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French or Russian) is an asset.

REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: