Information Management Officer, P-2, TA (364 days), #119392, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh #552009

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

With UNICEF Bangladesh you are at the centre of the change you want to see.

In one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices in the world, you will be working with dynamic colleagues who have helped deliver remarkable results for children: Net enrolment in primary education rose from 61 per cent in 1987 to 98 per cent in 2019. Stunting fell from 42 per cent in 2013 to 28 per cent in 2019. Fully vaccinated children increased from 52 per cent in 2001 to 84 per cent in 2019.

Join us as we go the next mile for the nearly 60 million children in Bangladesh, including half a million Rohingya refugee children.

In a country undergoing rapid economic and demographic transition, be part of tackling malnutrition and stagnant wasting. Help protect children from child marriage, child labour and violence. Support the country to invest more in health and education, and to extend safe water to the children who are furthest left behind.

For every child, knowledge.

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Education Manager, Cox’s Bazar Field Office, and close collaboration with planning, monitoring and reporting Section, responsible to support a coordinated approach to information management and assessment activities for an accountable, needs-driven and effective response.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Support visualization, collection, quality assurance and maintenance of primary data and information elements, in Education in Emergency (EiE) context and UNICEF EiE response, that are required internally and externally to support decision-making.

2. Identify secondary data and information resources relevant for and prior to deployment for rapid onset EiE response.

3. Liaise with UNICEF M&E Section and Education Sector Information Manager to gather and share information – especially for background data and sources of information in-country.

4. Maintain and update GIS data set and produce Cartography and infographics as requested by the section.

5. Assist in strategic and operational decision-making by coordinating the processing and analysis of data and presenting it in the format most useful for analysis (e.g. reports, maps) using latest data visualisation and mapping technologies.

6. Liaise with IM Education sector Focal Point and share information as appropriate and identify and gather information which can inform UNICEF Education section response and preparedness decisions.

7. Assist in structured development and dissemination of UNICEF information products and services (e.g. reports, data and maps) through internally and to external partners (ISCG, donors, UN agencies, government): for example, hard copy, email list and websites.

8. Work in close collaboration with communication team to provide update contents on the UNICEF website, twitter and humanitarian products;

9. Promote and support capacity building of UNICEF staff, sector partners, Government personnel as required on information managements and simple mapping with M&E section.

10. Maintain and strengthen regular reporting from Education Section to Education Sector (ie. Sector Updates, Sit Rep and Sector Monitoring Tools).

11. Develop and maintain information products highlighting the needs, response and remaining gaps in the UNICEF Education response (ie. Dashboards).

12. Support the development and analysis of needs assessment and monitoring programmes.

13. Any other duties as may be requested by Chief of Field Office, Chief of Education and Education Manager/Team Leader in Cox’s Bazar.

For detailed job responsibilities, please access JD below:

TOR IMO P2 CXB.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

A university degree in one of the following fields is required: social science, statistics, information management, economics or another relevant technical field.

A minimum of two years’ experience in data or statistical field which may be in an international context or humanitarian or development situation. Experience with data sharing, data management and data analysis to support policy formulation and implementation.

Desirable:

Knowledge of national and international statistical systems; knowledge of international protection, human rights and international humanitarian law; experience in data collection and analysis in field situations; knowledge of GIS and geospatial systems and techniques.

Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset. Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of local language (Bengali) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.