Eligibility Criteria

• Master’s degree or higher in the social sciences (i.e., sociology, psychology, political science, social policy or economics etc), International Law, public health, public policy, public administration, international development, or in an area relevant to UNICEF’s sectoral work.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant UN/Humanitarian Sector experience, at the national and international levels, in programme planning, implementation, management, monitoring and/or reporting is required.
• Experience in Information Management or Information Systems, GIS Information Technologies, Computer Science, Statistics, Social Sciences or another subject area relevant to Information Management or to the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group
• IM technical knowledge and skills
• Developing, or supporting the development of, and implementing an IM strategy and data collection and analysis plan.
• Data collection skills including:
• Conducting SDR using appropriate platforms and tools such as DEEP (the humanitarian secondary data review & analysis platform), Excel or any other relevant tool
• Designing and implementing primary data collection.
• Knowledge of data protection best practices, standards and protocols, regulations and legislation.
• Aggregating data from multiple sources using a variety of tools such as Excel, CSV, SQL, KoBo, APIs etc.
• Analysing data to create information useful for strategic decision-making,
• Creating and maintaining databases using MS Excel, MS Access or other databases.
• Proven skills in using GIS and map‐making packages, and in web design and software development are an asset
• Understands key technical issues for the humanitarian sector sufficiently to be able to engage with sector participants and understand sector‐specific information management needs.
• Ability to translate planning-specifications into analytical and technical briefs for data capture and analysis, and vice versa for programming and external audiences.
• Ability to compile and holistically analyze diverse datasets.
• Experience working in complex emergencies and applying analysis to problem solving in difficult humanitarian responses
• Experience in South Sudan is an asset.