Information Management Officer at INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an independent, no-profit organization which, through its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively answer the needs of people in serious crises situations, mainly in the world's poorest regions, who are suffering, deprived of rights, dignity and essentials goods. It maintains a flexible operating structure. The head office in Italy coordinates, supports and monitors the planned activities in the countries of intervention carried out by decentralised offices. The statutory bodies of INTERSOS, are: the Members Assembly, the Council, the Society for Auditing and Certification of Accounts. Intersos, established in 1992, is recognised by the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the European Commission and the principal UN agencies; it is privileged to hold an advisory status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). OUR MISSION • To give an immediate response in humanitarian crises by bringing emergency relief to the victims of armed conflict, drought, famine, the presence of landmines or unexploded devices, and other disaster situations. • At the same time as providing primary emergency relief, to also begin working to promote a return to normal living conditions, the resumption of dialogue and the strengthening of peace, reconstruction and growth. • To stimulate, encourage and involve Italian society in helping to develop and spread the existing culture of solidarity and international justice. TRAINING INTERSOS also offers training courses aimed to provide knowledge and practical skills regarding humanitarian emergencies and assistance. INTERSOS training courses are designed for both beginners and experts in order to offer the appropriate content to the right target. For more information follow the link: http://intersos.org/trainings JOIN US INTERSOS is always looking for committed staff. Take a look to our website http://intersos.org/en/join-us Specialties Humanitarian Interventions, Protection, Education, WASH, Shelter, Health&Nutrition, Food Security

Job Purpose

• The position holder will be responsible for develop and maintain information management (IM) strategy and tools in accordance with INTERSOS standards IM Approach (covering Data Collection, Data Storing, Data Analysis, Data Reporting and Sharing, Data Archiving), to improve data management and quality, and promote internal and external communications.
• Create operational data management systems to enable effective collection, management, analysis of data, in compliance with quality standards and data protection/data sharing policies and protocols.

Responsibilties

• Develop data collection, data management and data visualisation tools and procedures, in accordance with INTERSOS standard approach, and in close collaboration with the MEAL and the Programmes department
• Ensure regular update and quality of programmes’ DB, guaranteeing data protection protocols are respected and internal sharing is conform with INTERSOS IM requirements
• Support Programmes and MEAL staff in conducting assessments, by developing ad hoc surveys, forms and other tools as needed, and by providing capacity building to the field teams
• Proactively gather information from other clusters, organisations and partners on relevant areas of concern and interest for the mission
• Clean, aggregate, compile, and analyse projects’ datasets, ensuring quality and accuracy of final data
• Produce visual materials with relevant project data to support communications and reporting, and to enhance internal communication both within the mission and between the mission and HQ, in collaboration with the Communication department
• Build the capacity of other team members on the use of online data collection and data management tools
• Regularly train field teams in the use of data collection tools
• Provide technical guidance to MEAL and programme staffs of IM tools on and its correct use
• Prepare quarterly, monthly and weekly reports of activities, in line with MEAL and programmes requirements
• Liaise with technical IM staffs of other organisations and participate in meetings and
• activities by coordinating bodies/clusters, under the supervision of the MEAL Coordinator or MEAL Manager
• Strictly follow the internal procedures and guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Any additional tasks in support of project, programme or Mission’s information management as assigned by the Line manager.

Position Requirements
Education:

• B.Sc Degree / HND qualification in relevant field (Information Management, Analysis, Statistics or other related area).

Professional experience:

• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant professional experience of providing information management support in humanitarian context
• Proven and demonstrable knowledge and experience in statistics, data analysis and/or information managementogical, chemical pathological and microbiological analysis.

Professional requirements:

• Ability to use a logical and structured approach to collate, manage and synthesise both qualitative and quantitative information
• Reporting skills, experience with monitoring tools and systems, different data collection methodologies and analysis
• Excellent skills in visualisation of data and information (Google Data Studio, MS Power BI, etc.)
• Advanced spreadsheet skills (Excel, Google Sheet) and experience with analytical software packages is an asset.

Personal requirements:

• Diplomatic skills in networking
• Ability to deal with a varied, demanding, often conflicting and rapidly changing workload
• Stress management
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles
• Advance skills in GIS
• Basic kills in SPSS, STATA, R.
• Attention to detail and dedication to duty.

Languages:

• Knowledge and fluency in English and local languages (Hausa and Kanuri) will be an asset.

Method of Application