Information Management Specialist, (P3), (Temporary Appointment -Open to non Sudanese) Port Sudan, Sudan

• Country: Port Sudan, Sudan
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A
• Organization: UNICEF
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-02-02

How can you make a difference?

Given the scale and the impact of the ongoing conflict, there are greater and urgent demands for data, information and analysis in the CP AOR.  Parallel to the recent conflicts, Sudan communities are simultaneously hit with an on-going climate related events including heavy rain and floods.  The humanitarian response requires high Information Management (IM) capacity with the operationalization of the inter-agency approach.  The IM Specialist will support the CP AoR to make informed evidence based strategic decisions at the field level on: i) the scale/scope and coverage by the child protection partners; ii) responses to the ongoing crisis, as necessary; iii) the needs of affected populations; iv) prioritization of areas according to cluster indicators, as specified in the Flash Updates and Flash Appeal as well as the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP); v) what the key gaps in needs and response are; and vi) what capacity (human, material, financial) is required.

The Sudan-CPAoR IM Specialist will provide technical guidance to the CP AoR and UNICEF programming partners.  She/he will contribute towards generating an overall emergency situation analysis and response coverage in the area of child protection.  The IM Specialist will ensure consistent capacity strengthening of the CP AoR and UNICEF programming to obtain timely and accurate information about the needs, plans and crisis response.

. Key function, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks

1. Information Management for the CP AOR in the coordination structure:

• Lead gap analyses at Sudan level for the CP AOR based upon agreed data sources, including through verification and support for information disaggregated by age and sex, vulnerable groups and severity scale locations.
• Lead the development and regular revision of UNICEF and Inter-Agency Information Management tools related to the CP AOR.
• Coordinate closely with other IMOs belonging to the protection cluster and other clusters located either remotely or in person, and ensure complementarity, harmonization and compatibility in the collection of information, format and the products that are used.
• Always ensure the security of data and observe the Information Sharing and Confidentiality Protocols.
• Contribute to UNICEF and Inter-Agency Information Management discussions including for data collection, quality assurance and clearance prior to dissemination, at field level as necessary.
• Represent the CP AOR in the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group IMOs activities and Support field level coordination functions as requested by the Coordinators.

2. Data Collection, Compilation and Analysis

• Provide continuous support to the child protection monitoring working group and generate regular information products highlighting the humanitarian situation and current needs to support decision making, advocacy and resource mobilization efforts.

• Lead the data collection and reporting from partners in the emergency response tool and generate comprehensive documents in a way that is easily understood by various decision makers (maps, dashboards, infographics and resource analyses).

• Undertake Mapping including 4Ws/5Ws, Needs and Gaps analysis, Services and Infrastructure at field level, as required.
• Support inter-cluster efforts in generating Cross Sectoral Assessment Needs, Service Mapping, Rapid Assessments, Sitreps and Situation Analysis.
• Lead and maintain the suspension and relocation tool in coordination with the Protection cluster IMO.
• Strengthen Child Protection Cluster members capacity in data collection, monitoring, reporting and analysis.

Perform any other IM related activity as might arise.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  Education:

• Master’s degree or relevant combination of qualifications and experience, in information management or associated disciplines (computer sciences, geography/GIS, engineering, sciences).

  Advanced knowledge of Excel, Access, Oracle and MySQL database applications as well as GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS, Google earth Pro. Basic Java and VB scripting) and social media management is an asset

   Experience :

• Five (5) years of relevant experience in Information Management, GIS, data analysis or similar activities in humanitarian context. Experience in Sudan response or similar context is an asset.

  Experience in conveying technical information and managing information and presenting in form of maps, useable matrices, as needed. Experience in facilitating training is an asset.

  Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of other languages is considered an asset, particularly the language of the duty station (Arabic).

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