Information Management Officer

Context

• UNICEF in the State of Palestine works to uphold the rights of children to access services and protection, from early childhood through to adolescence. Our objective is to ensure that every child in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, irrespective of background or circumstance, has an equal chance to fulfil their potential.
• UNICEF aim to significantly increase mobilization of supplies, which requires a rapid scale-up in logistics operations on the ground. A robust information management system will be essential to enhance control and visibility over supply and logistics operations.
• Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Supply and Logistics, and in close collaboration with supply and logistics operations in Gaza, this role supports the monitoring of performance measurements and management results within the UNICEF supply chain. This includes ensuring accurate and cohesive methodologies and calculations, actively monitoring key supply chain segments, and contributing to the provision of required statutory reports and statistics. The role also ensures data accuracy for supply and logistics results through the coordination of inputs, validation of information, and the use of consistent and documented working approaches and tools.

Task description

• Prepare the Procurement status reports including the sales orders status summaries, required actions and key messages for supply and logistics management.
• Coordination of inputs and validation of information to ensure consistency in reporting.
• Preparation of data, analysis and intelligence to support activities like programme supply demand planning.
• Availability of relevant reports through provision of information and analysis based on supply chain data by working with relevant team members and/or generating the information and analysis via available tools and data sources, such as UNICEF’s ERP.
• Maintain the SoP Supply Plan, ensuring its accurate reflection on the SoP emergency dashboard. Facilitating the generation of effective key messages and summaries.
• Any other duty might be required by the supervisor.

Skills and experience

• Supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly related technical fields is required. Experience with humanitarian sector and emergencies a strong advantage. Health supply chain management experience an advantage.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of Arabic is an advantage.
• Ability to persuade and influence, negotiate to obtain agreement, promote ideas.
• Ability to network and establish good relations with staff, partners and government.
• Strong overall knowledge and understanding of UNICEF programmes, financial and legal aspects of supply chain issues, ethics and risk management of supply chain operations.
• Solid understanding of logistics including transport and warehouse management

Relevant experience

• 3 years

Languages

• Arabic, Level: Mother tongue, Required
• English, Level: Fluent, Required

Source: https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1780606187958528