Overview
The Information Management Officer will support data collection, processing, and analysis within the UNICEF Colombia Country Office, contributing to the roll-out of a new monitoring system and the integration of data from multiple sources for reporting and accountability.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the design, development, and management of databases, spreadsheets, systems and other data tools.
- Compile qualitative and quantitative information and coordinate activities between all sector stakeholders.
- Contribute to the design, enhancement and integration of information management systems and monitoring tools.
- Support the development, testing, enhancement and maintenance of modules and new functionalities within UNICEF Information Management and field monitoring systems.
- Support the development, roll-out and maintenance of data collection and reporting tools.
- Ensure timely and standardized data collection from UNICEF Sections, Field Offices and implementing partners.
- Apply data validation and quality assurance mechanisms.
- Maintain and update centralized reporting databases.
- Support the generation of analytical outputs and structured reports.
- Contribute to the roll-out and quality assurance of real-time field monitoring systems.
- Provide technical support to UNICEF staff and implementing partners on progress reporting, results tracking, intervention mapping and use of information management tools.
- Support Field Offices and partners in the collection, processing and management of data.
- Contribute to the development of guidelines, SOPs, documentation and user manuals related to data collection, reporting and information management systems, and deliver training sessions.
- Conduct field missions to provide hands-on technical support for IM systems, reporting tools and data quality processes.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 1 year of relevant professional experience with management information systems and/or planning and monitoring in large organizations or at country level.
- Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in data collection, data analysis as well as preparing reports and presentations using GIS and other visualization tools.
- Field work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered an asset.
- Relevant experience in program/project planning and monitoring in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
- Experience of working with data and statistics, e.g households and panel surveys, large datasets is considered as an asset.
- Experience in applying methodology of Monitoring & Evaluation theories, standards and models, quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, validity/reliability testing of data, data analysis and interpretation, and statistical inference methods is considered an asset.
Qualifications
A University degree in a relevant field or discipline such as Geospatial Sciences or GIS, Information Management, Information Technology, Information Systems, Statistics, Computer science, Engineering or other close areas.
