Information Management Officer / Jordanian Only

PRESENTATION OF HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial international aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Humanity & Inclusion is a not-for-profit organization with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission.

For more details on the association: http://www.hi.org/

MISSION CONTEXT

The Syrian crisis is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the last 20 years. According to the latest UN figures, about 13.5 million people are currently affected by the crisis in Syria, including about 6.5 million IDPs, while over 4 million Syrians have sought refuge in neighbouring countries or in Europe. The current humanitarian response only provides a patchy and partial coverage of the growing humanitarian needs. Five years after the beginning of the crisis, the number of injured persons in Syria keeps rising, with a severe lack of rehabilitative care and psychosocial support. In hard-to-reach areas and/or areas of new displacement, local populations and IDPs are in need of emergency assistance in terms of food, household essential items, and other basic needs. The inclusion of the most vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, in the humanitarian response remains a major concern.

HI is managing a remote humanitarian program from three hubs in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, along four main pillars:

1. Support to health partners (hospitals, care houses, rehabilitation centers, local NGOs) for the provision of comprehensive rehabilitation services (physical rehabilitation, psychosocial support and/or prosthetics and orthotics) through training, technical supervisions and donations of rehabilitation material and/or equipment;
2. Provision of basic needs kits – Food baskets, Household Essential Items and Hygiene kits – in one-shot distributions to people who experience a sudden degradation of their living conditions due to renewed conflict, displacement and/or exclusion from humanitarian assistance;
3. Education to the risks and effects caused by conventional weapons (including mines, Explosive Remnants of War and Small Arms Light Weapons) and urgent marking of hazardous areas;
4. Training and technical support to other humanitarian actors on the inclusion of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable persons in the humanitarian response.

The current intervention is based on a mix of remote management of national teams and remote partnerships with local structures and organisations. HI has implemented some direct management programs in the past and is looking for ways to launch more in the coming months.

OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

The IM Officer ensures the use of data management tools on the project(s) and/or in the geographical area(s) of intervention to which he/she is assigned, as defined in the data management system framework established by the IM specialist or otherwise by the Regional/Standalone MEAL Manager. He or she controls the quality of the different data transiting the system, carries out basic analysis and extract needed data and reports.

Hierarchical & Functional links:

• Line manager: MEAL Manager

MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

1 : Operational implementation

Responsibility 1: Contributes to the development of tools

• Participates in the development of data collection forms (paper or mobile data collection (MDC));
• Creates the corresponding databases;
• Carries out tests on the input and extraction of data.

Responsibility 2: Supervises (or carries out) data inputting

• Trains and supports the teams responsible for inputting data from paper forms into the database (in the case of paper data collection) or the field teams in charge of the day-to-day use of MDC tools when available;
• Ensures that the data in the database is up-to-date or regularly synchronised;
• Inputs data, if the organisation requires.

Responsibility 3: Carries our data processing and cleaning

• Centralises information and compiles the updated version of the database;
• Sets up and runs a regular series of tests to check the quality of the data and identify potential errors;
• Takes appropriate action to correct or neutralise identified errors;
• Develops mechanisms to automate quality testing as much as possible;
• Performs regular or on-demand data extractions;
• Puts simple calculations in place on the database to perform first level analyses or prepares more complex analyses.

Responsibility 4: Archives the databases

• During the course of the project, makes regular backups and archives the intermediate versions of the databases;
• At the end of the project, prepares and archives the final version of the databases and deletes the intermediary versions in the different storage spaces.

Responsibility 5: Identiffes measures to improve data quality

• In conjunction with the project teams and the MEAL teams, proposes measures to improve data quality.
• Monitors and alerts if errors occur during a data collection exercise so that corrective action can be taken and future errors limited.

Mission 2: Emergency preparedness and response

• Contributes to the program’s emergency preparedness actions and, in an emergency, adapts his or her working methods to contribute to an effective humanitarian approach by HI.

REQUIREMENTS

– Qualifications: Degree in computer science specializing in data management / information management

Experience: minimum 2 years

Language:

– Arabic and English mandatory (oral and written)

JOB CONDITIONS

– Remuneration: 972JOD

– Duration/ Type of contract: Six months renewable – based on a timeline project.

– Benefits: 60 JOD transportation allowance

HI is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages women and persons with disability to apply.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. HI also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying the job, applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.