Information Management Officer, Temporary Appointment, NO-B, Whole of Syria, Amman, MENARO

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For each little one, safety

Syria stays a posh humanitarian and safety emergency characterised by over 12 years of ongoing hostilities and their long-term penalties on kids and their households. The nation nonetheless has the most important variety of internally displaced folks on the earth: 6.8 million folks, and the best variety of folks in want because the starting of the disaster. Humanitarian and financial indicators proceed to deteriorate, primary companies are collapsing, and an ongoing cholera outbreak and up to date earthquake climatic shocks compound an already dire scenario. On account of these challenges, in 2023, 15.3 million folks would require humanitarian help, together with 2.1 million IDPs dwelling in last-resort IDP websites, with wants that maintain growing throughout all sectors.

How are you going to make a distinction?

The Data Administration Officer (IMO) is a core Cluster Coordination crew member of the WASH and Training Cluster and Youngster Safety Space of Accountability.  The aim of this put up is to handle the gathering, evaluation, and sharing of data that’s vital for the WASH, CP, and Training members within the Complete of Syria to make knowledgeable, evidence-based, strategic selections. 

The IMO stories to the IM Specialist and works intently with Complete of Syria WASH, Training, and CP AoR Coordinators. 

As an advocate for kids, the important thing duties and obligations for the IMO are as follows:

Basic

• Present IM companies to cluster for key decision-making.  These companies will embody knowledge assortment, evaluation, presentation, and dissemination processes related to the wants of the WASH, CP AoR, and Training Clusters, together with sustaining 4Ws and maps and infographics manufacturing. 
• Innovation, data administration, and capability constructing of cluster members on data administration.

Information Gathering, Instruments, and Course of

• Proactively gathering data from cluster companions, authorities authorities, and native civil society organizations which can be of use to the Cluster for informing selections, together with violations in opposition to kids knowledge and wishes assessments. 
• Determine secondary knowledge and knowledge sources as a part of the HNO improvement. Preserve an up to date cluster of secondary knowledge evaluation sheets.
• Adapt acceptable current IM instruments together with these obtainable in-country (together with from different clusters) and world stage and make the most of them in disseminating data amongst cluster companions.
• Determine boundaries to data assortment, evaluation, and sharing and work with the cluster coordinator to develop acceptable supportive methods to mitigate them.  This could  embody convincing businesses of the aim and significance of gathering and sharing knowledge/data by offering a well timed, added-value service to all stakeholders

Wants Evaluation

• Wants Evaluation: as acceptable, design knowledge assortment instruments, making certain that the aim and use of all knowledge collected are clear, questions are easy, clear, collectible, and simply collatable, highlighting the place potential issues may come up; arrange and handle the information enter and preliminary evaluation and presentation of information for the sector/cluster; Lead on complaining evaluation outcomes from all companions and analyze the data popping out of this evaluation in reader-friendly instruments.
• Lead on Inter-Cluster assessments and Multi Sectorial Wants Assessments with ISG.

Monitoring

• Handle the (4Ws) database and by-product merchandise, corresponding to maps and dashboards
• Determine Wants and gaps for the sector;
• Stock of related widespread Cluster knowledge units, together with inhabitants knowledge disaggregated by age and intercourse;
• Handle knowledge on the humanitarian necessities and contributions ( monetary, materials, human as acceptable)

Dissemination and Entry to Data for Stakeholders

• Handle stock of related paperwork on the humanitarian scenario, i.e. mission stories, assessments, evaluations, and many others;
• Develop easy and efficient strategies to share data appropriately (ie not all stakeholders have entry to the identical kind of data techniques) utilizing the Web, e-mail teams, laborious copies, verbal suggestions at cluster coordination conferences, and dissemination to affected communities as a part of accountability to affected populations; contemplate translation into native languages as acceptable. 

Data Administration Intra and Inter-Cluster Liaison

• Liaise with OCHA and IM Focal Factors in different sectors/clusters – share data as acceptable and establish and collect data from different sectors/clusters which may inform sector response and preparedness selections
• Work with OCHA to determine the techniques and processes wanted for efficient data sharing with cluster companions associated to inter-cluster coordination
• Liaise with native and nationwide authorities on knowledge – notably to evaluate and entry current data
• Liaise with UNICEF Monitoring and Analysis consultants to collect and share data – particularly for background knowledge and sources of data

Coaching and capability constructing of cluster companions

• Promote and assist IM coaching and capability constructing of the three HUBs coordination groups, cluster companions, humanitarian personnel, and capability constructing of humanitarian companions, as required.

 For extra data on the particular technical experience wanted, kindly go to the beneath JD.

To qualify as a Champion for each little one you’ll have: 

• College diploma, ideally at a sophisticated stage in knowledge administration, Geography, Sociology, or different related Social Science area related to data administration.
• A minimal of 1 yr of progressively accountable skilled expertise in knowledge evaluation data administration, administration of databases, and geographic sciences is required.
• Fluency in English and Arabic (verbal and written) is required.

Technical Competencies:

• Sturdy understanding of logical framework method and several types of indicators (baseline and output particularly), a primary understanding of the venture cycle administration (particularly monitoring and analysis steps).
• Good understanding of the IASC, humanitarian method, humanitarian reform, transformative agenda, and roles of every humanitarian actor, UNOCHA, Clusters, and organizations.
• Proactively set up and keep working relations share concepts via data administration networks and promote synergies with different organizations.
• Diplomatic expertise and skill to determine glorious working relations with companions to gather data.
• Capability to carry out a number of duties in a well timed method with a deal with high quality.
• Wonderful data of MS Excel or MS Entry; confirmed technical experience for managing knowledge seize and storage, analyzing various datasets, and presenting data in comprehensible maps, tables, charts, graphs, and stories; data of creating and managing primary web sites; confirmed expertise in utilizing map-making packages, knowledge visualizing (e.g. Tableau, Energy BI, GIS software program), internet design and software program improvement are an asset.

For each Youngster, you show…

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Core Competencies

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages Individuals (2)
• Demonstrates Self Consciousness and Moral Consciousness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to realize impactful outcomes (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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