REACH Information Management Officer (IMO)

Position:                            REACH Information Management Officer

Department                      Projects

Contract duration:          6 months (renewable based on fund)

Location:                           Deir Albalah

Starting Date                    ASAP

I-Background on ACTED

ACTED is an international NGO registered in France. ACTED’s vocation is to support vulnerable populations affected by wars, natural disasters and/or economic and social crises, and to accompany them in building a better future. ACTED started its activities in the occupied Palestinian territory in May 2007, through food security interventions in the West Bank and then in Gaza. ACTED is currently implementing projects funded among others by ECHO, OCHA, EU Member States and EuropeAid, which aim to protect vulnerable households in the West Bank and Gaza and to strengthen civil society actors across the occupied Palestinian territory.

About REACH

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise. IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organisations have a strong complementarity formalised in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support in its fields of intervention.

II-Country Profile

The REACH/IMPACT IMO will the focal point of information management activities in the NES Sites and Settlements Working Group (SSWG) where s/he will be under the supervision of the SSWG Coordinator in Country, the REACH Camps and Displacement Unit Lead in Amman and of IMPACT’s HQ in Geneva. The IMO will work in close collaboration with the REACH/IMPACT team in-country, but will be responsible for their own task management, inclusive of necessary preparation, implementation and follow-up with the REACH OPT CFP.

The IMO will be hosted by ACTED and will fall under the responsibility of ACTED’s Area Coordinator and his/her delegates, making use of REACH office spaces. S/he will fully abide to ACTED’s Security, HR, Administration and Logistics rules and regulations.

III-Responsibilities

1. Information Management (IM) systems management

• Conduct IM diagnoses to help identify areas and means of improvement to support the core coordination functions of the WG.
• Ensure that the coordination team has access to robust systems for file storage and e-mail. Set up online file repositories for WG documents to facilitate file management and internal information sharing across the coordination team and the partners, accounting for the level of sensitivity of information.
• Expand and maintain the WG’s current internal and external communication systems.
• Develop a WG style guide, and ensure all products and outputs produced are in line with this style guide.
• Produce regular ongoing SSWG information products, and assess the need for the development of new information products, including reports, dashboards, maps and additional ad hoc products.
• Develop and/or operationalise and enhance NES-specific common data standards together with relevant WG or sectors and promote the standards with partners.

2.Strategic Planning 

• Assist in the implementation and operationalisation of the strategy for NES through lateral relations;.
• Support the coordinator in defining strategic objectives/indicators and priority activities based upon needs and challenges of the CCCM sector in NES, and track progress towards reaching these objectives.
• Ensure linkages between needs assessment and 4Ws to facilitate humanitarian response prioritisation (activities / geographical location / groups).
• Conduct site visits to keep the working group coordination abreast with on-the-ground situation in sites;

3.Data collection, analysis and dissemination of findings

• Identify and gather relevant secondary data on a regular basis, conduct ongoing analysis and identify information gaps.
• Lead the development of appropriate methodologies, indicators, tools and analytical frameworks to gather primary data.
• Plan and coordinate data collection, define coverage, rationalise partners’ contributions to avoid overlapping, and make sure that data is collected within agreed deadlines.
• Lead data analysis and output production, including drafting of assessment factsheets, reports and other relevant information products.
• Support effective dissemination of assessment findings, by producing media content, delivering presentations, promoting ad hoc events.

4.Implement monitoring and gap analysis

• Support the development of the SSWG’s response monitoring plan, including a series of indicators aimed at measuring progress of the response.
• Define a detailed analysis plan covering each indicator of the monitoring plan, clarifying the type, frequency and outputs of the analysis that should be made.
• Compile, aggregate and analyse data and information elements required to produce standardised information products and implement or support data/information collection plans for baseline and context-specific data.
• Support and leverage geographic data for map production and use in geographic information systems (GIS).
• Share data with partner agencies and maintain information management products (contact list, activity reporting, operational presence, gap analysis and factsheets) at agreed frequencies and in relevant languages..

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V- Qualifications:

• University Degree in a related field;
• At least three-years experience of information management;
• Advanced level of English language
• Ability to use GIS software (QGIS, ArcPRO, etc.);
• Ability to use at least one dashboard platform (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.)
• Good command of using GPS devices/programs for data collection (e.g. KoBo Collect)
• Good command of using computer programs (MS Office Suite, particularly Excel and Word).
• Flexibility and adaptability are essential, as well as the ability to plan, take initiative and organize work independently.

V-Submission of applications

Interested candidates are invited to apply by clicking on the below link later than September 25th, 2024 to: 

REACH Information Management Officer (IMO)

The selection committee will review all applications as they are received. All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described above, and those unable to meet these requirements will not be considered. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. No telephone inquiries will be received.

“Due to the emergency situation and the need for the position , this job might be filled before the end of the vacancy announcement”