National Programme Data and Reporting Officer

Overview

Support IOM Iraq’s multi-sector programmes by coordinating programme data collection and reporting across emergency and development portfolios.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to establishing and monitoring a system to collect, consolidate, and clean programme data.
• Work closely with Programme Managers and M&E/IMS focal points to facilitate timely and accurate data submission.
• Establish routines for data validation and apply data protection standards.
• Support administering programme data and information management systems and databases.
• Coordinate with IMS staff to maintain programme data platforms and troubleshoot issues.
• Track the performance of project and programme indicators and suggest corrective actions.
• Coordinate the preparation of mission-wide reports and data inputs for institutional requirements.
• Compile, analyze, and present all required programmatic data by deadlines.
• Contribute to the establishment of IOM Iraq project target datasets to produce summary people reach, trends and infographics.
• Work with IMS Staff to develop dashboards or other visualization products.
• Provide technical guidance to project staff on data collection methodologies, use of data tools, and reporting standards.
• Conduct trainings for field teams on data entry, use of mobile data collection (Kobo/IMS), and data quality control.
• Promote standardized data collection tools and share best practices.
• Comply with IOM data protection policies in managing project targets individual identifiable data and confidential information.
• Maintain confidentiality and proper data access controls.
• Implement regular data backup and archiving procedures.
• Liaise with the Monitoring & Evaluation and IMS colleagues to contribute to assessments and evaluations.
• Support any information management initiatives or roll-out of new corporate tools.
• Keep abreast of developments in IOM’s Evaluation and Monitoring and Results-based Management (RBM) functions.
• Support coordination of collecting data for the mission’s key program indicators.
• Ensure data verification and compilation.
• Coordinate circulation to partners and documentation.
• Regularly update and share the programme database and dashboard with programme team.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Required Experience

• At least five years of relevant professional experience if holding a bachelor’s degree in programme data management, analysis and reporting in a humanitarian or development context.
• Proven experience coordinating data collection from multiple projects or field locations, ensuring data integrity and timeliness.
• Technical proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Access.
• Experience with data analysis or visualization software (e.g. SQL databases, Power BI) and mobile data collection tools (Kobo) is required.
• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation frameworks and results-based reporting.
• Prior work experience with IOM or UN agencies, or in the Iraqi context, is an advantage.
• Proven experience in data collection tool preparation, data collection, analysis and reporting in a humanitarian or development context is an advantage.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, statistics, information management, data science, social sciences or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or University degree in the above fields with two years of relevant professional experience in the development and implementation of M&E and AAP frameworks.

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