Information Management Specialist (WASH & Education cluster coordination), (P-3), TA, 3 months, #00137453, Port Au Prince – Haiti

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For every child, the right to knowledge

Haiti is experiencing a complex and protracted humanitarian crisis, characterized by widespread insecurity, forced displacement, the progressive breakdown of essential services, and deteriorating living conditions. According to the 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), over 6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, with total funding requirements estimated at USD 684 million.

Within this context, both the WASH and Education Clusters play a central role in coordinating life-saving humanitarian assistance. The WASH Cluster aims to reach 1.4 million people with water, sanitation, and hygiene services in 2026 (estimated requirement: USD 72 million), while the Education Cluster targets approximately 1 million people with education services (estimated requirement: USD 62 million).
Children, women, internally displaced persons, and host communities are particularly affected, facing heightened risks of disease outbreaks, including cholera, reduced access to safe water, sanitation, and education, and increased protection concerns. Internal displacement continues to rise, with 1.45 million people currently displaced, while national and institutional capacities remain significantly weakened by ongoing political, economic, and security instability.

In this environment, the WASH and Education Clusters provide essential coordination to ensure a coherent, needs-based, and well-targeted humanitarian response. The scale, geographic spread, and rapidly evolving nature of the crisis require robust information management systems to support needs analysis, operational planning, response monitoring, and strategic decision-making at both national and sub-national levels.
In Haiti, the WASH Cluster has not been formally activated and functions as a sector aligned with cluster coordination principles, under the leadership of DINEPA with UNICEF as co‑lead. The Education Cluster, which is formally activated, is led by the Ministry of Education and co‑led by UNICEF.

To strengthen these functions, UNICEF is reinforcing the information management capacities of both clusters.

To learn more about UNICEF Haiti's programmes and impact, visit our website.

How can you make a difference?

As the Information Management Specialist, you will play a key role in strengthening evidence-based humanitarian coordination and decision-making across the WASH and Education Clusters. By managing, analyzing and disseminating critical information, you will support partners and stakeholders in identifying needs, prioritizing interventions and monitoring response efforts. Working closely with the WASH Cluster Coordinator, the Education Cluster Coordinator and the Chief of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, you will help ensure the availability of high-quality data and information products that enhance coordination, accountability and the effectiveness of humanitarian action for children and vulnerable communities in Haiti.

This position is advertised for a limited contract duration of 3 months.

Key functions and responsibilities:

1. Capacity building for National UNV Information Management Officers (30%)
2. Cluster Information Management Functions: WASH (50%) and Education (20%)

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToR TA Information Management Specialist WASH-Education Cluster P3.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Completed advanced university degree (Master`s or equivalent) in one of the following fields: Information Management, Information Systems, GIS Information Technologies, Computer Science, Statistics, Social Sciences or another subject area relevant to Information Management or to the WASH/Education Sector is required.
• Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant professional work experience in information management, data management, geographical information systems, assessments, situation analysis and/or PM&E within the United Nations and/or within NGO environment is required. Proven experience in designing and delivering capacity-building programmes for national staff or junior professionals in information management is required. Relevant work experience in humanitarian context is required. Extensive work experience outside of the humanitarian sector, which is relevant to this position, may be considered as a replacement for humanitarian experience.
• Skills: Demonstrating very strong information management skills in a professional context is essential. Strong analytical thinking and understanding of different types of indicators (baseline and output especially) is required. Good understanding of WASH interventions in humanitarian contexts, public health emergencies and role of each actor is required. Good understanding of humanitarian approach, humanitarian reform, transformative agenda and roles of each actor (Government, UNOCHA, Clusters, organizations) is essential. Basic understanding of Clusters in emergencies to be able to engage with cluster participants, understand their information management-specific needs and respond to those needs in a timely manner is required. Ability to build trust, maintain effective working relations, share ideas through information management networks and promote synergies with other clusters with a respect for diversity is required. Excellent diplomatic skills and the ability to establish excellent working relations with partners to collect information are required. Ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time while maintaining quality, performing well under pressure including within team setting is required. Excellent communication skills, including speaking and writing efficiently to transfer key messages to different audiences is required.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in French is required. Intermediate (working knowledge) of English is required.

Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian) or Haitian Creole is a desirable
• Experience working in the humanitarian coordination system and WASH cluster is considered an asset.
• Completed formal training in WASH/Education Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group Information Management, Cluster information management is considered as asset.
• Experience in a humanitarian context in Haiti is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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(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

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