Generic Vacancy Announcement - Information Management Officer, NOB, TA, Sana'a, Yemen CO, MENA

Under the overall direction and guidance of the Cluster Coordinator, you will manage the IM function of the Cluster at the national level. You will be responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by Cluster members that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, you will be responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for the national Cluster participants to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions and for ensuring they are adequately coordinating with the national level.

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In the 1970s UNICEF established presence in Yemen to respond to the urgent needs of children in the poorest country in the Middle East. In 1991, Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and it was enacted immediately.  Since then, the country has been making steady progress for children until it plunged into a brutal conflict in 2015 but even before that, Yemen needed large amounts of humanitarian assistance.

In collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations and community partners, UNICEF is working in all the governorates in Yemen to respond to the needs of children throughout the country with a continuum of services to help children survive and grow to their full potential through the following programmes: Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Basic Education, and Child protection.

For more on our work in Yemen, please visit our website: https://www.unicef.org/yemen/

How can you make a difference?

Under the overall direction and guidance of the Cluster Coordinator, you will manage the IM function of the Cluster at the national level. You will be responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by Cluster members that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In their effort to enable an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, you will be responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for the national Cluster participants to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions and for ensuring they are adequately coordinating with the national level.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

You will be responsible for supporting the information management function to enable the effective functioning of the Cluster at national level, and the achievement of the core cluster functions, throughout the Humanitarian Programme Cycle in order to facilitate a timely and effective Cluster response.

• Coordination and representation.
• IM function support.
• Needs assessment and analysis.
• Strategic response planning.
• Resource mobilization.
• Implementation and monitoring.
• Operational peer review and evaluation.
• Accountability to affected people.
• Strengthen national and local capacity.

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 IM Officer Level 2_General TA Request form.pdf

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

Education: 

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Information Management or Information Systems, GIS Information Technologies, Computer Science, Statistics, Social Sciences, or another subject area relevant to Information Management or to the AoR/ Sector/ Working Group.
• Formal training in AoR/ Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group Information Management or an advanced university degree are considered an added advantage.

Experience: 

• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in information management, data management, geographical information systems, assessments, situation analysis and/or PM&E with the UN and/or NGO is required.
• Experience in demonstrating strong information management skills in a professional context is essential for this post.
• Experience in a humanitarian context is required.
• Experience working in the humanitarian coordination system is considered an asset.
• Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector which is relevant to this post may be considered in lieu of humanitarian experience.
• Experience in designing and creating static and data dynamic visualizations and dashboards is considered as an asset.
• Experience in using MS Power BI, Tableau, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and MS Office is considered as an advantage.
• Experience in using GIS and map-making packages such as ArcGIS, MapInfo, QGIS, and the Adbobe creative suite, storing, publishing and disseminating products through various channels such as Power BI’s online service is an asset.                                   

Language Proficiency:

• Fluency in English & Arabic is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter Here

Competencies required for this post are...

 Core Competencies (For Staff without Supervisory Responsibilities)

• 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)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: Here

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply and please take a look at some of our entitlements for our female staff members:  Female Entitlements Edited2.jpg

While UNICEF seeks to recruit the best talent in the Yemeni labor market to be able to deliver the best possible services for the children in Yemen, we would like to make it clear that we never use any third party in any of the recruitment processes for all junior and senior positions advertised. All received applications are treated with high level of transparency and professionalism. Only applicants whose profiles meet the advertised job requirements will be considered and only within the announced deadline.

في حين تسعى اليونيسف لإستقطاب أفضل الكوادر في السوق اليمنية لتتمكن من تقديم أفضل خدمة للأطفال في اليمن، تود التنويه إلى أنها لا تستعين بأي شخص أو جهة (قد يقدم نفسهـ/ـا) كوسيط أو طرف ثالث في أي من عمليات التوظيف وفيما يخص جميع الوظائف، باستثناء الإعلان عبر وسائل الإعلام والمواقع الإليكترونية. إن اليونيسف، منظمة الطفولة، تعمل بمستوى عال من الشفافية والمهنية. ولا يتم التواصل إلا مع المتقدمين الذين توافقت مؤهلاتهم وخبراتهم مع الوظائف المعلن عنها والتي تقدموا لها في الموعد المعلن..

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. A diverse and inclusive workforce is part of UNICEF’s DNA | UNICEF Careers, irrespective of their race\ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a Compensation, benefits and wellbeing | UNICEF Careers including parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for job candidates and personnel with disabilities | UNICEF Careers, UNCIEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

“UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles”.

Remarks:

The VA is open to all (internal and external candidates)

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted in advance to the next stage of the selection process.

The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer. 

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