Knowledge Management Officer

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Mission and objectives

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 fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

Context

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. Equity accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations. Within the Rohingya refugee response, UNICEF leads the Nutrition and WASH Sectors, and the Child Protection Sub-Sector, and co- leads the Education Sector with Save the Children. The aim of the sector approach is to strengthen system-wide preparedness and technical capacity to respond to humanitarian emergencies and provide clear leadership and accountability within the respective areas

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Sector/Sub-Sector Coordinator or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV Knowledge Management Officer will: • Identify and document lessons learned, best practices and innovations (‘knowledge’) from across the sector response to the Rohingya crisis using written documentation, as well as photo and video as appropriate. • Organize forums and platforms for sector partners to share knowledge amongst themselves, as well as with other sectors bilaterally or multilaterally. • Identify and develop mechanisms to share knowledge generated from the Rohingya crisis across UNICEF at the country, regional and global levels. • Connect with the global cluster to identify opportunities to disseminate knowledge generated from the Rohingya crisis to other humanitarian contexts, and to bring knowledge generated from other emergencies to the Rohingya crisis. • Develop new and innovative ways to share knowledge and information amongst sector partners. • Ensure knowledge and information generated by the sector are stored in a safe and effective, and, where required confidential, manner. • In coordination with the information management officer, support the collection, validation, analysis and dissemination of data from sector partners. • Develop situation reports and other information and knowledge products to support the work of the sector. • In coordination with the information management officer, support for data visualization including products to support advocacy, resource mobilization efforts, referral pathways, IEC material, etc. • Prepare and maintain catalogues of IM and data products for the humanitarian response. Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. Results/Expected Outputs: • As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: • Improved quality of the humanitarian response within Cox’s Bazar as well as contributing to global best practices.