Full Time
Posted 4 years ago
Job Title: Information Management Officer
Job Number: 533750
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Work Type: Temporary Appointment
Purpose of the Assignment
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- A well-run cluster with Information Management is a formal deliverable of the Cluster Lead Agency and forms a part of the agency’s work.
- The Information Management Officer is a core Cluster Coordination team member. The purpose of this post is to manage the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is important for the Cluster participants to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions.
Major Responsibilities
- Respond to the Cluster participants’ needs for information
- Adapt existing in-country information management approaches for collecting, analysing and reporting Cluster activities and resources, and identifying information gaps
- Establish and maintain information databases that consolidate, analyse and report / disseminate information critical to decision making
- Maintain monthly reporting from Cluster participants, including 5Ws (‘Who does What, Where, When and for Whom?’ databases)
- Support the estimation of spatial and temporal gaps, overlaps and coverage of Cluster activities and projects.
- Work with Cluster / participants to identify information gaps at national and sub-national levels and propose ways to bridge those gaps
- Work with the OCHA Information Management Specialist to develop appropriate supportive strategies
- Use GIS for map production and geographic data management
- Adopt and promote the use of global standards for information management for inter-operability
- Manage flows of information and dissemination in an appropriate way, including website management
- Manage an inventory of relevant documents on the humanitarian situation
- Support the development and analysis of needs assessment and monitoring programmes
- Provide information management leadership in assessments and monitoring, including joint assessments and training
- Lead on the preparation of SitRep inputs with emphasis on Cluster plans, targets and achievements
- Develop and strengthen information management capacity through the training of Cluster members
Qualifications, Experience and Competencies Required
Education:
- University degree in a subject area relevant to Information Management is required.
- Extensive work experience relevant to the post with a university degree in any other discipline may be considered as a replacement for a university degree in information management.
- Formal training in cluster information management is an advantage.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of professional work experience in information management preferably with NGOs / INGOs and / or the UN is required. Experience in major emergency response relevant to the cluster is highly desirable.
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Deadline: August 28, 2020
Job Features
Job Category | Manager |
Deadline | 28th August, 2020 |