Country: Indonesia
Closing date: 10 Dec 2019
Please note that this vacancy is for talent pool
Organizational Context
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian network, reaching 150 million people each year through its 190 members of National Societies. The organization acts before, during and after disasters, crises and health emergences in order to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people. IFRC’s work is guided by seven Fundamental Principles (humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality) and by Strategy 2020, which voices the organization’s collective vision and determination to move forward in tackling the major challenges that presently confront humanity.
As one of the five decentralized parts of the IFRC Secretariat, the Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO) leads the support to National Societies of 38 countries – including Bangladesh – through eight Country Offices and five Country Cluster Support Teams.
The assigned person will be base in TO BE CONFIRM depending of location of operation.
Job Purpose
The Information Management Officer’s (IMO) task is to support the operation by ensuring the high-quality collection, collation, analysis and dissemination of operational information.
Working in close collaboration with PMI the IMO will support and enhance PMI’s information systems, seeking a long term sustainable solution for recording response data. The IMO will provide an invaluable interface between PMI and IFRC reporting and enable the effective use of operational data for decision making by all.
Duties and Responsibilities
Working together with the IFRC team and PMI, the IM Officer will:
- Work to enhance the existing IM capacity of affected PMI branches.
- Improve and streamline current data recording and reporting systems.
- Enhance the analysis and data visualisation capacity of existing PMI staff.
- Provide workshops and trainings on the use of mobile data collection tools.
- Ensure a more complete adoption of mobile data collection tools within the response, and in preparation for future responses.
- Provide IM technical support to the sectors Relief, CTP Health, WASH and Shelter, as required.
- Make data available to operation teams in the field to enable better data-driven decision making.
- Support the reporting of response numbers to Jakarta and Regional Office.
- Ensure appropriate data protection policies are adhered to.
- Improve assessment tools and the use of data after collection.
- Provide an interface between PMI and IFRC reporting frameworks.
- Support longer term monitoring systems, in partnership with PMER.
- Coordinate and engage with other agencies and report to OCHA, as appropriate.
Job Requirements
- Relevant degree (minimum Bachelor’s degree) or equivalent experience in Information Management or Disaster Management or Project Management
- Minimum 3 years of prior professional experience in the development and use of GIS, database systems, data visualisation and other information management tools and mechanisms
- Experience in using mobile data collection tools, such as Kobo or ODK, for data gathering in the field
- Experience in working in an international humanitarian environment are preferred
- Experience in networking and communicating with different stakeholders such as government, UN, NGOs and other organisations are preferred
- Experience within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are preferred
- Excellent professional communications skills, both verbal and written in both English
- Strong organizational skills, methodological and logical approach to tasks and problem solving
- Good presentation, facilitation and note-taking skills
- Ability to organize, analyse and synthesise large amounts of information
- Ability to manage complex and sensitive relationships with partner organisations
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Sound knowledge of data collecting tools (e.g. Kobo, ODK, Magpi), reporting tools (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau) and GIS software (QGIS)
- Good command of written and spoken English are preferred
- Fluent in written and spoken Bahasa
How to apply:
Please submit your application letter addressing the above qualifications and experience with your curriculum vitae to: Indonesia.HRD@ifrc.org
Please indicate on the subject heading: Information Management Officer- Surge