International Information Management Consultant, Juba, South Sudan (For Non-South Sudanese)

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Objective of Exercise/Task:

The aim of this task is to boost the Info Administration System for the South Sudan Youngster Safety Space of Duty (CP AoR) and the CP Part. Notably, the recruitment of a NOB in January 2023 has already led to important enhancements, corresponding to elevated accomplice compliance with reporting deadlines and improved understanding of reporting instruments, together with the 5W, State of affairs Studies, month-to-month narratives, and particular reporting obligations associated to the Sudan Disaster Response. The NOB’s involvement has ensured the lively participation of the AoR within the Humanitarian Response Planning course of. This has been achieved by collaborating within the Nationwide Evaluation Working Group and collaborating carefully to calculate Individuals in Want, Youngsters in Want, and CP AoR targets.

Nonetheless, there stays a necessity for additional enhancement of monitoring and reporting techniques inside the CP AoR and Youngster Safety part. That is necessitated by a number of components, together with the localization roadmap for the AoR, which requires the event of a localization dashboard. Moreover, there are elevated reporting expectations from donors, authorities businesses, and communities in gentle of the HRP 2024, which necessitates the creation of a dashboard to help program mapping and high quality assurance, showcasing the affect of prioritization efforts and highlighting program gaps.

Moreover, the Sudan Disaster Response requires the seize of case administration help for returnees and refugees by means of an improve to the Youngster Safety Info Administration System (CPIMS+). Moreover, with an anticipated enhance in Youngster Safety programming throughout the nation, there might be an increase within the variety of Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) reviews. Subsequently, plans are underway to introduce an MRM Info Administration System (MRMIMS+), and the IMO might be chargeable for integrating MRMIMS+ into the present CPIMS+.

Through the deployment, the advisor is predicted to conduct specialised trainings tailor-made to the wants of state-level coordinators and UNICEF companions within the area, with a concentrate on constructing their capability in local-specific contexts.

Predominant Duties and Obligations:

The IMO is tasked with enhancing the standard assurance processes associated to the CP AoR and UNICEF’s Youngster Safety program in South Sudan. To attain this, the IMO will undertake the next:

Info Administration System Enhancement:

• Improve the Monitoring Programs: Enhance the monitoring techniques for the CP AoR’s localization program, the CP AoR humanitarian response by growing localization and actions dashboards (together with help for refugees from South Sudan)

•Updating the CPIMS+ to incorporate the Sudan Disaster Response (returnees and refugees)

• Implement MRM Info Administration System: Introduce and oversee the implementation of the MRMIMS+ in South Sudan, guaranteeing its seamless integration with the present CPIMS+.

•To combine MRMIMS+ into present CP programme.  Lead the design, testing, and rollout of the CTFMR Interactive dashboard.

Knowledge Administration and Reporting:

•Help Month-to-month Reporting: Help in assembly month-to-month reporting necessities and develop visible reporting merchandise and techniques, aligning with donor necessities for evaluation and visualization. Be certain that reporting and monitoring adhere to high quality requirements.

•Present High quality Inputs: Supply high quality inputs for advert hoc state of affairs reviews (sitreps), response monitoring, mapping, and monitoring as requested.

•Put together Info Merchandise: Create and keep common data merchandise corresponding to State of affairs Studies (SitReps), displays, and overviews.

•Database Administration: Replace and handle databases utilized by Youngster Safety and CP AoR.

Capability Constructing and Coaching:

• Conduct coaching classes for UNICEF employees and CP AoR companions on each present and newly launched Info Administration (IM) instruments.

• Provoke state-level capability constructing initiatives to boost the IM expertise of native groups.

By fulfilling these obligations, the IMO will contribute to the efficient administration of knowledge, enabling higher decision-making and programmatic affect evaluation inside the Youngster Safety sector in South Sudan.

Scope of Work:

The IMO will play a pivotal position in enhancing UNICEF South Sudan’s data administration capabilities to help knowledgeable decision-making and enhance the well-being of youngsters. The scope of labor encompasses the next key areas: Firstly, the IMO might be chargeable for growing important data dashboards, together with the CP AOR localization dashboard and an exercise dashboard for real-time knowledge visualization. Secondly, the IMO will oversee the upgrading of the CPIMS+ to successfully seize knowledge associated to returnees and refugees receiving case administration companies. Thirdly, capability constructing might be a major focus, with the IMO conducting coaching for UNICEF employees and CP AOR companions on present and newly launched Info Administration instruments, together with initiating state-level capability constructing initiatives. Moreover, the IMO will lead the design, testing, and rollout of the Nation Taskforce for Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) Interactive dashboard as a part of the MRMIMS+, guaranteeing seamless integration into the present Youngster Safety program. Lastly, the IMO will oversee the environment friendly rollout of the MRMIMS+ system, guaranteeing high quality utilization and knowledge integrity. Geographically, the IMO might be based mostly on the UNICEF Nation Workplace in Juba, collaborating in conferences held at varied UN and non-UN compounds all through the capital metropolis. Moreover, the incumbent could also be required to journey to area areas inside South Sudan to offer help for data administration and danger evaluation expertise improvement for area groups, enabling knowledgeable native response decision-making. By enterprise these obligations, the IMO will contribute to sustaining data databases, analyzing dangers and knowledge, disseminating related merchandise, and supporting evidence-based response planning. This position will foster a deeper understanding of program affect, drive the event of modern methods, and promote the implementation of multi-sectoral packages aimed toward bettering the well-being of youngsters in South Sudan.

Produce high quality inputs, together with dashboard, SitReps, maps and infographics for normal and ad-hoc reporting necessities.  Produce advert hoc evaluation / data merchandise on outlined Youngster Safety pillars and cluster (CP AoR, Youth and Adolescents, MRM, EORE, System Strengthening, GBV and so forth).

-High quality reporting merchandise disseminated.

 -High quality IM merchandise / evaluation disseminated

Produce high quality inputs, together with dashboard, SitReps, maps and infographics for normal and ad-hoc reporting necessities.  Improve the CPIMS+ to seize returnees and refugees assisted by means of case administration companies.

-High quality reporting merchandise disseminated

Produce high quality inputs, together with dashboard, SitReps, maps and infographics for normal and ad-hoc reporting necessities. Develop CPAoR SSD localization and exercise dashboard. Combine MRMIMS+ (Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism Info Administration System) into present CP programme. Practice UNICEF and CPAoR’s companions by means of state stage capability constructing initiatives, on present and new IM instruments.

-High quality reporting merchandise disseminated.  Help to six CB initiatives.  Up to date CPIMS+.  Dashboard functioning and up to date.  MRM dashboard functioning and up to date.

Help to six CB initiatives.  Up to date CPIMS+.  Dashboard functioning and up to date.  MRM dashboard functioning and up to date.

Minimal {Qualifications} required:

• Grasp’s diploma or increased within the social sciences (i.e., sociology, psychology, political science, social coverage or economics and so forth), Worldwide Legislation, public well being, public coverage, public administration, worldwide improvement, or in an space related to UNICEF’s sectoral work.

Data/Experience/Abilities required:

• A minimal of eight (8) years of related UN/Humanitarian Sector expertise, on the nationwide and worldwide ranges, in programme planning, implementation, administration, monitoring and/or reporting is required.
• Expertise in Info Administration or Info Programs, GIS Info Applied sciences, Pc Science, Statistics, Social Sciences or one other topic space related to Info Administration or to the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group

IM technical information and expertise

• Knowledge planning expertise together with:
• Growing, or supporting the event of, and implementing an IM technique and knowledge assortment and evaluation plan.

Knowledge assortment expertise together with:

• Conducting SDR utilizing applicable platforms and instruments corresponding to DEEP (the humanitarian secondary knowledge assessment & evaluation platform), Excel or another related device
• Designing and implementing main knowledge assortment.

Knowledge processing expertise together with:

• Data of information safety greatest practices, requirements and protocols, laws and laws.
• Knowledge evaluation and administration expertise together with:
• Aggregating knowledge from a number of sources utilizing quite a lot of instruments corresponding to Excel, CSV, SQL, KoBo, APIs and so forth.
• Analysing knowledge to create data helpful for strategic decision-making,
• Creating and sustaining databases utilizing MS Excel, MS Entry or different databases.
• Confirmed expertise in utilizing GIS and map‐making packages, and in net design and software program improvement are an asset 
• Understands key technical points for the humanitarian sector sufficiently to have the ability to interact with sector members and perceive sector‐particular data administration wants. 
• Skill to translate planning-specifications into analytical and technical briefs for knowledge seize and evaluation, and vice versa for programming and exterior audiences.
• Skill to compile and holistically analyze numerous datasets.
• Expertise working in complicated emergencies and making use of evaluation to downside fixing in troublesome humanitarian responses
• Expertise in South Sudan is an asset.

 

Language Necessities:

•  Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Data of a further UN Language, particularly Arabic or French, is taken into account an asset

 

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Remarks:  

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