Information Management (IM) Data Associate UNOCHA

Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationships:

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is 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 to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies; advocate the rights of people in need; promote preparedness and prevention and facilitate sustainable solutions.

Information management (IM) is a core component of a comprehensive support strategy for the humanitarian community.

To meet the increased requirements for coordination support, humanitarian advocacy and information, the IM Data and Visualization Analyst will support the Information Management Unit (IMU) to analyse and visualize relevant data (tabular, statistical, spatial etc.) to support an efficient and effective humanitarian response.

This job opening is being advertised for the position of Information Management Data Associate (GS6) located in the OCHA Maiduguri Office and reports to the Information Management Officer.

 

Responsibilities:

Under the general supervision of the Information Management Officer, the Information Management Data Associate will be responsible for the following duties:

1.    Provide support and update the following:
•    Contact lists.
•    Maintain Mail chimp regularly for information sharing.
•    Who does, what and where "3W."
•    Performance monitoring of the humanitarian response and situation
•    Monitor data on risk groups
•    Profiles of the coverage areas state and Local Government Areas
•    Working closely with IM Officers to analyze and present information in an appropriate format (e.g., summary reports, graphs, tables, maps, etc.)
2.    Provide support to the key humanitarian data in online databases, support the monitoring and maintenance of operational datasets (GIS, tabular, statistical, etc.); support the development of networks and partnerships to promote information sharing.

3.    Provide support with data collection from partners, analyze information, and support the development of reports and analytical products. Support with the uploading of documents on Nigeria Humanitarian Response Website.

4.    Support content on relevant corporate and operational web platforms and provide overall quality control for the platform, regular analytics, and ensure content is current, comprehensive and follows applicable metadata standards.

5.    Assist in the administration of user-profiles and access rights of web platforms and provide technical assistance/troubleshooting.

6.    Provide client support to partner organizations, including IM training and web page management.

7.    Provide IM support to prepare background papers, briefing kits, PowerPoint presentations, working documents, matrices, etc.

8.    Supports strategic and operational decision-making by processing and analyzing data and information and presenting it in the format most useful for analysis (e.g., reports, maps).

9.    Provide support with the collection, cleaning, consolidation, and documentation (metadata) of relevant spatial and not-spatial datasets in line with OCHA’s “Country Level Minimum Common Operational Datasets” and disseminate to humanitarian actors in the country.

10.    Assist with the preparation of baseline inventory of spatial and attribute datasets with regular update.

11.    Supports the advocacy, communication and reporting functions of the Office through the collection, processing, storage, and retrieval of documents, including images, of emergencies and vulnerability, as well as relief operations.

12.    Perform any other duties required by the IM Officer in connection     or as requested by the Head of IMU
 

Expected Demonstration of Competencies

Competencies

 

Communication:  Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors’ language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Creativity: Actively seeks to improve programmes or services; offers new and different options to solve problems or meet client needs; promotes and persuades others to consider new ideas; takes calculated risks on new and unusual ideas; thinks “outside the box”; takes an interest in new ideas and new ways of doing things; is not bound by current thinking or traditional approaches.

Planning and Organizing: Ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate, and monitor work. Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.

Client Orientation: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be “clients” and seeks to see things from clients’ point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients’ needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients’ environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Technological Awareness: Keeps abreast of available technology; understands applicability and limitation of technology to the work of the office; actively seeks to apply technology to appropriate tasks; shows willingness to learn new technology.

 

Required Skills and Experience:

Education:

Secondary education is required with a minimum of 6 years of relevant professional experience Arts, Computer science, Engineering and Social Sciences is required, or a university degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience.

Experience:   

• A minimum of six (06) years of relevant professional experience in the fields of activity concerning collection of data processing, database management, data analysis, or other related areas is required.
• Experience in computers skills, the internet/Web; in the use of applications or electronic management systems is desirable.
• Experience in the usage of office software packages (MS Word, Excel/Spreadsheets, etc. is desirable.

Language Requirements: 

• Fluency in oral and written English is required. 
• Knowledge of at least the local language is desirable.

 

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