Information Management Specialist – National contract

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading protection agency with a mandate to protect, advocate and promote durable solutions for displacement affected populations.

DRC has been operating in Ukraine since 2014, currently DRC employs over 650 staff in Ukraine and will continue significant scale-up in 2024 to implement emergency response in the Protection, Livelihoods, Shelter/NFIs and Humanitarian Disarmament and Peacebuilding (humanitarian mine action) sectors, using direct interventions, support to duty bearers and civil society organizations (CSOs), and partnerships with CSOs. DRC will continue and adapt its durable solutions portfolio to the evolving context.

DRC is currently looking for an Information Management Specialist in Kyiv.

Overall purpose of the role

DRC Ukraine develop a web application designed to manage program data nationwide. The application handles a large and intricate dataset, sourced primarily from approximately 100 KoboToolbox forms automatically stored in a SQL database, along with data from external APIs. The application comprises various components for updating, transforming, displaying, and analyzing this dataset. It ensures data protection by restricting access to authorized individuals, facilitating activities tracking, analysis, and reporting. This link showcases a feature developed within the application: https://infoportal-ua.drc.ngo/dashboard/protection-monitoring

The objective for the position is mainly to support the development of this application.

Geographic scope: Country (Ukraine)

This role has a country focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. The role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing country activities.

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Implement the features and user interfaces like dashboards and databases.
• Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems that drive complex web applications.
• Collaborate with other departments to improve the product on their feedback.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.
• Developing scripts to update or migrate existing dataset to ensure consistency.
• Conduct data analysis and identify pertinent variables, trends, and patterns providing valuable insights for informed decision-making.

Reports to: MEAL Manager

Technical Supervisor: Information Management Coordinator

Roles reporting to this position: no direct reports

About you

To be successful in this role as an Information Management Specialist we expect you to have Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience and 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.

Moreover, we expect you to have:

• Experience with Typescript, including concepts like generic, asynchronous and functional programming
• Experience with React, experience with RESTful APIs and optimizing front end performance.
• Advanced English proficiency.

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
• Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
• Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: Open ended following the successful completion of an initial 3-month probation period
Band: G non-management – level 2
Duty Station: Kyiv
Start date: As soon as possible

This position is open to national applicants. Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment; please refer to www.drc.ngo under Vacancies.