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UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

UNFPA Myanmar is seeking to hire an Information Management (IM) Officer to support the CO in strengthening the IM components of the programme and interagency

coordination. 

The humanitarian situation in Myanmar has deteriorated with widespread conflict and displacement. As of December 2024, there are more than 3.5 million IDPs in Myanmar, and according to the 2025 Myanmar Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, 19.9 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. 

The current situation in Myanmar has required the scale up of UNFPA’s humanitarian programming as well as inter-agency coordination. As a lead for GBV AoR as well as

MHPSS Working Group, UNFPA requires the IM function in place to ensure data collection, analysis, reporting and communication for efficient and effective inter agency coordination. 

In addition to supporting the inter-agency IM work, the national consultant is also expected to support the CO for its humanitarian preparedness and response work, working closely with the M & E team.

The Position:

The IM Officer will work under the direct supervision of Coordination Specialist, GBV & MHPSS and work closely with GEWE programme colleagues, GBV AoR Co Coordinators, MHPSS Working Group Co-Chair and members. The consultant will prepare a monthly work plan to be approved by his/her supervisor and submit a monthly progress report by the first week of each month for the previous month.

Scope of Work:

 The IM Officer will undertake a range of activities to enhance the Information Management function of the GBV AoR and MHPSS Working Group as well as its humanitarian programme.

Key Tasks and Deliverables:

• Provide IM services to GBV AoR and MHPSS Working Group for key decision making. These services will include data collection, collation, analysis, and dissemination processes relevant to the needs of the AoR/Working Group. This may require building additional and appropriate capacity through the training of the partners.
• Proactively gather information from AoR partners and relevant stakeholders which could inform decisions, advocacy and programming. 
• Identify secondary data and information resources as appropriate.
• Adapt appropriate existing IM tools including those available in-country (including from other clusters) and global level.
• As appropriate, design data collection forms, ensuring that the purpose and use of all data collected is clear, questions are simple, clear, and easily collectable.
  
  Organize and manage the data input and initial analysis and presentation of data for the AoR/Working Group.
• Maintain AoR/Working Group contact list/mailing list as well as websites/online platforms. 
• Support quarterly 5Ws reporting and its data analysis.
• Contribute to the Humanitarian Programme Cycle process, supporting the AoR coordinator.
• Document GBV AoR and MHPSS WG meeting minutes, ensure proper documentation of the monthly meeting related documents.
• Coordinate with the inter-agency interpretation support for the simultaneous interpretation during the meeting and translation of relevant documents.
• Liaise with OCHA and IM Focal Points in other clusters/AoRs.
• Share information as appropriate and identify and gather information from other clusters which can inform GBV programming and coordination decisions. 
• Liaise with UNFPA programme staff to gather and share information, especially for background data and sources of information in-country.
• Promote and support capacity building of other UNFPA staff, Cluster/AoRs partners, and humanitarian staff as required.
• Working closely with the UNFPA M&E team, supporting information management, data collection and analysis and reporting of humanitarian programmes/projects.
• Perform any other duties assigned by UNFPA.

Duration and working schedule:

Full-time for 10 months. The extension of the contract will be subject to the funding availability. 

Place where services are to be delivered:

The consultant will be based in the UNFPA Yangon office. The consultant may travel to different field locations, subject to the needs and security situation.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

• Advanced university degree in information technology, public health, population, demography and/or other related social science discipline.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Up to 2 years of experience in information technology, information management systems and/or monitoring and evaluation for humanitarian
  
  operations;
• Demonstrated capacity to analyse data/statistics for humanitarian operations
• Good understanding of issues related to confidentiality, data safety and other ethical concerns related to the sharing of sensitive data between humanitarian
  
  agencies;
• Advanced excel skills (e.g. pivot tables, functions etc.);
• Experience in a humanitarian inter-agency coordination role related to the information management is an advantage; 

Languages: 

• Proficiency in English and Myanmar languages.
  
   

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.