• Country: Nairobi, Kenya
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A
• Organization: UNHCR
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-30

Duties
– Assist in operationalizing country-specific common data standards and promoting them with partners.
– Assist in compiling and aggregating 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.
– May be required to collect GIS data, update maps and undertake field trips to project sites.
– May be required to participate in Needs Assessment processes, specifically in data collection, processing/collation and data exploration.
– Liaise with partners and represent UNHCR in meetings related to the functions.
– Decide on appropriate resolution to data management problems and escalate issues to the supervisor if incident cannot be resolved.

– 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.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G5 – 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education
Not applicable

Certificates and/or Licenses
Information Technology, Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences
Operational Data management Learning Programme
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Experience with handling confidential data and demonstrated understanding of different data collection methodologies.

Desirable
Successful participation in the Operational Data management Learning Programme.
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.
Experience with HTML, PHP, ASP and/or Java is an asset.
Ability to formulate IM-related technical requirements and Operating Procedures.

Functional Skills
DM-Data collection methodologies
IM-Epi Info Software
IT-Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
IM-Information Management (related technical requirements & Operating Procedures)
IM-Statistics Analysis
IT-Microsoft Excel
(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.

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