Information Management Officer (Education Cluster) at United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Juba, South Sudan

Purpose of the job: Under the overall direction and guidance of the Education Manager/ Specialist, the IM Officer (Education Cluster) will manage the IM function of the Cluster/ Sector/ Working Group at the national and sub-national level. They are responsible for ensuring IM processes effectively contribute to a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the Cluster 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, the IM Officer (Education Cluster) is responsible for managing the collection, analysis and sharing of information that is essential for the national and sub-national Cluster participants to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions.

Eligibility Criteria

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 Cluster/ 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 1 year 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.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English and the official UN language of the duty station are required. Knowledge of other official UN languages is considered an asset.