Information Management Officer (Education) - 364 Days, Kabul

About the role

UNICEF is recruiting an Information Management Officer (Education) for the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development (ACBAR) in Kabul. The postholder supports the information management function of the sub-national Cluster Working Group so that the cluster can respond effectively and in a timely way throughout the Humanitarian Programme Cycle. The position is a two-year term (364 days).

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate with other IM officers, take part in IM working groups and represent the cluster in inter-cluster IM coordination.
• Implement an IM strategy and data collection and analysis plan, including secondary data reviews, primary data collection and questionnaire design.
• Process, analyse and turn data into quality information products, and share them through appropriate channels.
• Support needs assessment and analysis, including estimating People in Need and collecting economic and market data.
• Contribute to strategic response planning, partner mapping and response monitoring.
• Monitor and analyse the cluster's financial situation, support financial reporting on the Financial Tracking Service and provide data for resource mobilisation.
• Maintain a monitoring plan and databases, including a 3/4/5Ws response monitoring database, and support periodic monitoring reports.
• Take part in the annual cluster coordination performance monitoring (CCPM) and sectoral evaluations.
• Ensure accountability to affected people, including age, child protection, disability, gender, GBV and HIV and AIDS, and follow child safeguarding and PSEA policies.
• Strengthen local and national capacity through an IM capacity assessment and development plan.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Management, Information Systems, Geography, Computer Science, Statistics, Social Science, GIS, Information Technology or a related field.
• Two years of relevant experience in education, M&E, response, information management, data analysis, needs assessment, monitoring and reporting, GIS, response planning, accountability to affected populations or capacity building.
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of Dari and Pashto is desirable.
• An advanced degree, formal training in cluster information management, and experience in humanitarian coordination and fragile settings are assets.

Required skills

• Information management, data collection, data analysis and data processing
• MS Excel and MS Power BI
• ArcGIS