INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER

Start date: ASAP
Job Location: Remote (100%) with potential international travels
Modality: Full-time

Relief Applications – https://reliefapplications.org/ – is a European company serving the international humanitarian and development sectors. We provide a variety of innovative services bringing humanitarian work and cutting-edge technology to disseminate new IT tools and significantly improve the efficiency of humanitarian organisations.

We are looking for motivated people to join the team, bring new ideas and turn them into beautiful, yet robust tools. We believe great IT tools will change the way we help those affected by natural and man-made disasters.

ABOUT THE JOB
At Relief Applications you will join a multinational team, where you will be part of the innovation task force, imagining and creating cutting edge solutions to change how we help those affected by disasters.
Working as an Information Management Officer, part of the Humanitarian Consulting Team, you will take part in a full solution development lifecycle understanding partners needs and translating them into actionable data solutions. Relief Applications always develops several projects simultaneously which requires the ability to adapt to new skills & tools quickly.
Relief Applications is the official partner promoting the use of oort – https://www.oortcloud.tech/ – in the humanitarian sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES
● Participate in the implementation of the IM and MEAL strategy, together with the humanitarian consulting team;
● Assess and analyse partners-client pre-existing IM systems, tools and data sets;
● Question and understand partners-client requirements and constraints and translate them into concrete data solutions;
● Set up solutions using different data collection and visualisation tools (such as KoboToolbox, PowerBi, Stata ect.) based on partner-clients requirements and constraints;
● Designs, develops and manages data sets;
● Facilitate mobile data collection, from development and data management;
● Create and share data visualisations;
● Provide training to relevant partners-client to improve allow ownership of IM systems and tools, as well as to enhance data management;
● Generate and produce reliable, accessible, relevant, and timely information;
● Provide maps and graphics/infographics that aid forward planning, reducing overlaps as well as impact analysis;
● Ensure timely, consistent, and accurate documentation of data to help turn data into useful content for vulnerable populations;

● Provide regular updates to the team on relevant topics and trends and support the editorial processes to turn data trends into engaging content for target audiences;
● Contribute to enhancement and implementation of data collection and data analysis tools developed by Relief Applications (example: OORT – https://www.oortcloud.tech/)
● Support the project lead with other tasks as and when needed;

PROFILE REQUESTED

Education
● Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Management,
Computer Science, GIS, Disaster Management or any other equivalent field.
● At least 2 years of working experience with IM in a multicultural environment.

Skills
● English required – French highly recommended
● Strong computer literacy skills with advanced skills in MS Excel and statistical analysis.
● Strong knowledge of mobile data collection tools (KoboToolbox, ODK, XLS Form)
● Strong knowledge of data visualisation (PowerBi, Tableau, GIS tools)
● Skills in database management, web-based technology
● Understanding of Humanitarian MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability and Learning)
needs and constraints
● Capacity to develop a training package or user guideline dedicated to IM system as a whole
or focusing on IT tools or steps – adapted to a various of audience type
● Ability to implement complex and participatory projects.
● Ability to work under minimum supervision with drive and initiative.

Experience
● At least 1 year of working experience in the humanitarian sector
● Working experience with IM in a multicultural environment
● Experience with handling confidential data is a plus