Title: Information Management Coordinator
Location: Addis Ababa
Employment Category: G2
Reporting To: Country Director
Direct Reports: None
Start of Contract & Duration: 12 Months
Posting date: September 25, 2020
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
Objectives
Support Information Management activities for humanitarian agencies, including sharing of IM tools (databases, maps, 3Ws, websites, CODs etc), support establishing core set of information management standards for collecting, sharing and storing data.
Analyze information from different resources (assessments, 5ws etc) to support advocacy efforts and prioritization of areas Activities
Responsibilities:
Coordinating NGO Information Management Activities
- Support humanitarian agencies or humanitarian system to implement minimum standards for information management
- Ensuring that consistent and reliable humanitarian information is made available to the humanitarian agencies or humanitarian system
- Encourage the use of common information management templates and tools (websites, maps,)
- Analyze data collected by NGO and other agencies to identify gaps and information needs and to contribute to advocacy efforts
- Contribute to inter-cluster IM coordination led by OCHA by participating in the Inter Cluster Information Management Working Group.
- Liaise with other spatial information providers to identify information sources and gaps.
Supporting Assessment Activities
- Collect and disseminate information on planned and completed single and multi-agency assessments
- Facilitate the sharing of primary and secondary data collected through assessments.
- Support humanitarian agencies to carry out multi-sectoral rapid needs assessments in accordance with the agreed-upon standard operating procedures and methodology.
- Promote best practice in the use of information management standards and common indicators for assessments.
- Identify information gaps as well as needs for further analysis (geographic, sectoral, or other).
- Support the Assessment Working Group to plan, design and manage IM mechanisms for multi-cluster and inter-agency assessments.
Overarching
Promote partnerships with national authorities around assessment and information management.
Support IM and needs assessment training to humanitarian agencies.
Job Requirements
Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)
- At least 3-5 years of experience with an NGO or UN agency
- Experience in developing, managing information and using databases in humanitarian settings.
- Experience compiling information for external dissemination.
- Good understanding of monitoring and evaluation processes, including conducting assessments and surveys.
- Good experience in research and data/information management, information security as well as quality assurance techniques.
- Strong understanding of humanitarian, displacement and protection issues.
- Strong knowledge of Excel and preferably MS Access or other databases, SharePoint online, and other modern tools.
- Strong knowledge of data collection, analysis and visualization tools and techniques, such as; Kobo, Power-BI, PivotTables/charts, google forms, among others.
- Understanding of GIS and cartographic outputs, and the ability to collect and organise data to support production or maps and infographics.
- Understanding Humanitarian Mapping.
- Demonstrated skills in PC troubleshooting, software and hardware support, networking, data backup, creating data entry forms and generating database report.
Languages: (indicate fluency level)
Excellent skills in speaking, reading and writing English.
Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)
Relevant university degree or qualification in information systems,
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
- Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
- Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
- Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
- Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
- Demonstrating integrity: Acting in line with DRC’s vision and values
More Information
- Address Addis Ababa
- Experience Level Mid level
- Total Years Experience 0-5
- Qualification BA/BSc
