Information Management Officer

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Description

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The Information Management Officer is a core Cluster/Sector Coordination team member. The purpose of this position is to implement, manage and provide technical capacity support and information management systems for the Nutrition Cluster in Sudan. This include managing the collection, analysis, storage and sharing of important information with nutrition cluster participants and stakeholder to make informed (evidence-based) strategic decisions. This will be done through the synthesis of nutrition information and preparation of reports, creation/updating of national and subnational level dashboards, early warning and early action analysis at various levels, preparing updates for regular and strategic sector meetings at national and sub national levels.

Responsibilities

• Support evidence-based advocacy and resource mobilization by providing accurate, relevant, and timely data, information, and information products.
•  Develop and maintain catalogs of IM and data products, including maps and assessments.
• Promote and provide training and capacity building activities to the Nutrition Cluster/sector partners on existing and new tools, reporting, use of the IM outputs, etc. 
• Support sub national coordinators and IMOs in conducting monthly analysis and interpretation of nutrition data and other contextual information that might be collected in the hub/states
• updating the nutrition sector webpage on the humanitarian relief web managed by OCHA regularly
• Represent the nutrition Sector/cluster in the Information Working Group coordinated by OCHA
• Prepare ad hoc data collection tools, analyse, and respond timely to partners and stakeholders’ data and information requests as needed
• Participate and support the implementation of annual cluster coordination performance monitoring (CCPM) exercise and annual review and work plan
• Follow up nutrition sector partners reporting on AAP, analyses the implementation based on agreed tools and indicators and update partners through nutrition sector/cluster forum.
• Adhere to child safeguarding and PSEA policies including procedures for challenging and reporting incidents and ensure other members of the IM team comply.
• Support other IM needs that align with CLARE II recommendations
• Perform any other IM related activity as might arise.
• Support in updating Nutrition Cluster/Sector partners capacity mapping, 4Ws, partners funding status and any other IM products.
•  Prepare admissions trends to guide in identifying and flagging sites where nutrition situation is rapidly evolving for timely actions
• Conduct triangulation analysis and convergency of responses based on data and information from other sectors/clusters such as Health, WASH, Food Security and Livelihood etc,
• Support in preparing and conducting monitoring of the malnutrition risk factors based on framework that will be agreed by nutrition sector partners, map how they are evolving and impacting nutrition
• Actively participate in the development of the nutrition sector/cluster HNRP as well as the nutrition sector annual work plan as it might arise.
• Prepare deliverables and inputs/products and submit to OCHA as part of the nutrition sector/cluster obligations to the HPC reporting cycle and tools.
• In collaboration with partners conduct nutrition data quality analysis at both national and sub national level and prepare plan to address data quality gaps identified.
• Contribute to and support consolidation of sector quarterly bulletins, sitreps and regular information updates, including nutrition assessments related updates

Education:

A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Information Management or Information Systems, GIS Information Technologies, Computer Science, Statistics, Social Sciences or another subject area relevant to Information Management or to the Cluster Working Group. Formal training in Cluster Working Group Information Management or an advanced university degree are considered an added advantage.

Work Experience:

A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in information management, data management, geographical information systems, assessments, situation analysis and/or PM&E with the UN and/or NGO is required. Experience in demonstrating strong information management skills in a professional context is essential for this post.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/581293

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