Country: Turkey
Closing date: 22 Feb 2018
Job Title Information Management Officer (IMO)
Job Code GSS
Department Communications and Programs Development
Report to Communications and Programs Development Coordinator
Number of Reports None
Job Grade G3
Job Purpose
To ensure that information required to support humanitarian operations is collected, organized and distributed to all stakeholders. IMOs can deploy as both generalists and geographic information system (GIS) experts. Database building and maintenance are furthermore among typical IMP tasks.
Key Responsibilities
§ Implement and regularly update the Information Management Strategy and the Dissemination Plan for all information management related products produced by the relevant sector.
§ Design necessary data collection forms, ensuring that the purpose and use of data collected is clear and that questions are simple, clear and collectable.
§ Organize and manage data input from data collection forms and conduct initial analysis of the data.
§ Based on the data collected, conduct needs and gap identification for the relevant sector
§ Proactively gather information from relevant cluster partners, UN agencies and other organizations which may be of use to the employing agency or cluster for informing decisions
§ Develop an information-sharing platform as a web-portal.
§ Perform advisory and technical assignments in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
§ Locate GIS datasets and/or GIS contacts from various agencies, countries, cities and explicit districts.
§ Organize and maintain GIS data in accordance with the relevant agency data management protocols.
§ Update 4W matrix with information and data from the relevant sector.
§ Identify appropriate secondary data and information resources.
§ Provide information management services to support population data management activities including
§ population estimation, information flows from established systems, movement tracking, standard setting/promotion
§ and dissemination.
Note: the above-mentioned key responsibilities/accountabilities are illustrative ones. Other future responsibilities/accountabilities may be assigned to the job depending on the department organizational chart.
Qualification (Education/Work Experience)
Essential:
§ Diploma degree, university degree.
§ A minimum of 3-years international humanitarian field experience
§ Excellent in English (Speaking and Writing)
A.Desirable:
§ Advanced degree.
§ 4 years international humanitarian field experience.
Core & Managerial Competencies
A.Core Competencies:
§ Communication
§ Teamwork
§ Planning and organizing
§ Accountability
§ Creativity
§ Stakeholders orientation
§ Commitment to continuous learning
§ Technological Awareness.
B.Technical Competencies:
§ Professional technical experience matching the above-mentioned duties and responsibilities.
§ A very good knowledge in statistical, visualizing, and analyzing software’s “SPSS, Power BI, Excel, etc...”
§ Knowledge and understanding of the complexity related to refugee and IDP situations
§ Good understanding of the humanitarian crisis and response in Syria
§ Programming languages knowledge is preferable
How to apply:
IhsanRD shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs.
Interested applicants should submit their applications before the application closing date 22.02.2017 and must include the following:
- A curriculum vitae.
- The contact details for two references (one of them should be a current employer.)
You can submit your CV as the link below:
https://www.ihsanrd.org/job/information-management-officer-imo/
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Unsuccessful applications will neither be acknowledged nor returned. Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
