Information Management Officer

CANADEM

Job Type

Full Time

Location

Somalia

Description :

Organization: CANADEM
Country: Somalia
Closing date: 07 Mar 2017

CANADEM is seeking seasoned professionals with previous relevant experience with information management who are available for an immediate deployment to Mogadishu, Somalia as a seconded expert with OCHA for a 5 month contract.

Position Title: Information Management Officer

Duration: 5 months
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Position Grade: P3

Brief description of emergency outbreak/upsurge and the consequences for OCHA:

Somalia is in the grip of an intense drought, induced by two consecutive seasons of poor rainfall. In tlie worst affected areas, inadequate rainfall and lack of water has wiped out crops and killed livestock, while communities are being forced to sell their assets, and borrow food and money to survive. The humanitarian situation has rapidly deteriorated and renewed famine is a strong possibility in 2017, only six years after a devastating famine led to the death of more than a quarter million people – half of them children. Out of 12.3 million Somalis, over half (6.2 million) are now in need of humanitarian assistance, up from five million in September, Of these nearly 3 million need urgent life-saving assistance, another drastic increase from 1.1 million six months ago. Displacement, malnutrition and drought-related diseases are all on the rise. Some 363,000 acutely malnourished children need urgent nutrition support, including life-saving treatment for more than 71,000 severely malnourished children. The total case load for one year will be 944,000 acutely malnourished children, including 185,000 severely so. School children are dropping out due to the drought, Children and women are also more at risk of violence and abuse during such times. The drought is already exacerbating competition for resources such as water and increasing possibilities of local tensions. Drought-related distress migration from rural areas to towns, other regions or into Ethiopia in search of life-saving and livelihood opportunities is higher than in 2011. Already over 3,000 Somalis have crossed the border into Ethiopia,

The Humanitarian Country Team has launched a famine prevention plan covering January to June seeking $825 million to reach 5.5 million people with life-saving assistance.

OCHA’s role and key challenges:

OCHA Somalia’s main IM role is to provide quality information and information products to support decision making within the humanitarian coordination structures in place, at the national, state level and international level. Presently, OCHA does not have IM presence in the field and inevitably, this affects the timeliness of IM support that can be offered to field operations, This affects operations negatively as the fluidity of the crisis requires response in very short timeframes or in real time* which is proving to be difficult with current staff limitations. The humanitarian community has come to expect key IM products from OCHA, although we are in a position to produce most of them, the nature of the drought crisis is such that more products are being demanded by the humanitarian community and it is becoming very difficult to meet that demand because of the lack of adequate staffing. The communication with the field offices is not very reliable, which makes it very difficult to offer remote IM support from Nairobi.

Main partners and stakeholders in the field:

Currently OCHA Somalia collects information through Cluster coordinators, Cluster IMOs and the OCHA Somalia field team. The OCHA IM unit also supports the information management needs of the HC, HCT and ICCQ to help decision-making processes. In absence of strong government systems, OCHA IM is one of the few agency-led sources of credible information that is necessary inform appropriate decision making.

Travel within country/region required?

The IMO may be required to travel within the country and to Nairobi. The office will make budget provisions to cover the travel costs.

Details on security situation/structure and staff well-being (e.g. security level, living conditions?);

Mogadishu is a High Risk level duty station. All areas to travel on mission are also currently considered High Risk level, with the exception of Awdal region in “Somaliland” which is medium. Accommodation in Mogadishu at the MIA and in all other location is MOSS/MORSS compliant. Deployment to Mogadishu requires a four-day SSAFE training organized by DSS in Nairobi. More detailed information will be made available upon arrival.

Main tasks and duties to be executed:

· Manage the information management needs of the Operations Centre in Mogadishu

· Gather, dissect and analyze multi-thematic data related to the drought situation through the various units in OCHA, field offices, Clusters and Government Counterparts;

· Produce quality maps and reports on “who does what where” 3Ws. Provides support on information
management products;

· Identify relevant multi sectoral datasets and conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis using various spatial/temporal/graphical analysis tools.

· Priorities and compile information to design and produce snapshots and other infographics in line with OGHA guidelines;

· Contribute to designing templates for infographics products;

· Contribute to automatizing maps and other regular infographic products;

· Support in updating contents and for basic trouble shooting in humanitarianresponse.info and OCHA country website;

· Where necessary, conduct Inter Cluster Information Management Coordination meetings and address needs of information sharing;

· Coordinate with clusters and field offices to collect credible data to deepen analysis

· Suggest and support coordination mechanisms to cater to the needs of the larger humanitarian community

Specific Required Skills (languages, experience, etc)
• Proficiency in MS Excel, ArcGIS and Adobe Suite;
• Experience in producing the “3 W – who does what where” products;
• Speaks and writes English clearly and effectively;
• Ability to rapidly analyze and integrate diverse data fi’om varied sources;
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and ability to lise sound judgment in applying technical expertise to resolve a wide range of complex issues/problems;
• Identifies the need for follow up-actions on client requirements and feedback;
• Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed;
• Exercises sound judgment in identifying priority issues from information received;
« Comprehensive knowledge of and exposure to a wide range of humanitarian issues and emergency relief; conceptual and strategic analytical capacity;
• Very good knowledge of institutional mandates, policies and guidelines.
• Demonstrates flexibility, adaptability and willingness to support crisis activities as required;
• Ability to work under extreme pressure, on occasion in a highly stressful environment

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