Information Management Officer, NO-B, Temporary Appointment (364 days), #00119974, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh #549582 (For Bangladeshi nationals only)

The Information Management Officer provides professional, technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programs/projects within the Country Program from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing, and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate program development, implementation, and program progress monitoring, evaluating, and reporting of results.

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Purpose of Assignment:

The Information Management Officer (Nutrition) will report to the Nutrition Manager for supervision. The Officer provides professional, technical, operational, and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programs/projects within the Country Program from development planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing, and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate program development, implementation, and program progress monitoring, evaluating, and reporting of results. The incumbent will collect and organize data from the UNICEF supported as well as other Nutrition sites on coverage and programing results and produce and share information on the response, showing results, gaps, and trends. Network with UNICEF Implementing Partners (IPs) and other Nutrition Sector partners to encourage to disseminate  information as per need.

Major duties and responsibilities:

1. Support for program development and planning
2. Program management, monitoring, and delivery of results
3. Technical and operational support to program implementation
4. Networking and partnership building
5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

For details please refer to the attached TOR: 

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

• A University Degree or higher in Public Health/Nutrition, Information Technology, Information Management, Computer Sciences, or any related field. Additional training/background in database management and statistics is an asset.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in Information Management, data analysis or similar activities in a developing country is required. This includes experience in conveying technical information through different information products, including through presenting information on maps, dashboards, and useable matrices.
• Advanced knowledge and expertise in Excel, database management, GIS mapping, Real-Time Monitoring and mobile data collection tools will be preferred.
• Experience in working on health/nutrition information systems, working in a humanitarian context, project development in a UN system agency or organization, previous working in the public health or nutrition field, and experience in facilitating training will be preferred.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language 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:

Competencies

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

To view our competency framework, please visit 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.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Internal candidates may be given preference over external candidates. The term "Internal" refers to all staff members with fixed term, continuing or permanent appointments.

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

The complete vacancy announcements can be reviewed via UNICEF Careers website at https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/listing/ 

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.