Information Management Officer, NO-1, TA, 4 months, #00137712, Caracas – Venezuela, LACR

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For every child, the right to a future

UNICEF has been in Venezuela since 1967, but it was not until 1991 that the first Country Programme, the framework document for its cooperation with national stakeholders, was signed so as to improve the situation for children and adolescents and to make progress regarding compliance with their rights.

The complex economic and social situation in Venezuela over the past few years has led to great difficulties for children and adolescents, especially the most vulnerable ones, in terms of having their rights to education, health care, nutrition, participation, and all-round protection recognized.

As a result, UNICEF has intensified its presence and support for young people in Venezuela in order to meet the rising demands in terms of health care, nutrition, education, protection and access to water, hygiene, and sanitation.

Today, UNICEF has presence with facilities in Caracas, Zulia, Bolívar, and Táchira.

Please read more about us here: UNICEF | Venezuela

How can you make a difference?

Under the overall direction and guidance of the designated Cluster/AoR Coordinator, the IM Officer will manage the IM function at the national level as well as provide support to all subnational coordination groups as agreed with the Cluster Coordinators. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster/Sector/ Working Groups accountable to those affected by the emergency. In their efforts to enable an efficient and effective response to humanitarian needs, the IM Officer is part of the Cluster Coordination team. It is responsible for managing the collection, analysis, and sharing of information essential for the national Cluster/Sector/ Working Groups participants to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions and ensure they are adequately coordinated at the national level.

Join our team to lead information management at the national level and strengthen Cluster/Sector/Working Group coordination, ensuring evidence-based strategic decision-making and a timely, effective humanitarian response.

Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:

1. Coordination and representation
2. IM function support
3. Needs assessment and analysis
4. Strategic response planning
5. Resource mobilization
6. Implementation and monitoring
7. Operational peer review and evaluation
8. Accountability to affected people
9. Strengthen national and local capacity

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: JD_IM Officer_NOA.pdf

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Completed First Level 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 AoR/Cluster/Sector/ Working Group.
• Work Experience: A minimum of 1 year 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. Experience in a humanitarian context is required.
• Skills: Knowledge of humanitarian principles, standards, and guideline, including cluster approach, is required. Ability to develop and implement information management (IM) strategies and plans, and to gather and action feedback on IM processes and products, is required. Strong data-related skills, including data collection, processing, analysis, and management, are required. Ability to design static and data dynamic visualizations and dashboards using MS Power BI, Tableau, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and MS Office is required. Ability to create maps using GIS and map-making tools is required. Website management skills are required.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in Spanish is required. Intermediate (working knowledge) of English is required.

Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French or Russian) is an advantage.
• Proficiency in English is desirable.
• Formal training in AoR/ Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group Information Management or an advanced university degree is an added advantage.
• Experience working in the humanitarian coordination system and/or experience working in the UN is considered an asset.
• Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector relevant to this post may be considered in lieu of humanitarian expertise.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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Remarks:

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