Ethiopia: Information Manager - P3 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

CANADEM is seeking individuals with previous relevant experience who are fluent in English and available for an immediate deployment to Ethiopia as a seconded expert with FAO for a 6 months contract.

FUNCTION PURPOSE

The Information Manager is one of the core El Nino Surge Response team members and plays a vital role in collecting, analysing, and sharing information that is important for the stakeholders to make informed (evidence based) strategic decisions on:

1. the needs of affected populations

2. the prioritization of these areas according to Food Security indicators

3. where there is a need for Food Security actors and to what degree

4. what are the key gaps in activity and need

5. what c apacity (human, material, financial) exists to be used in support of the identified prioritised response needs

The Information Manager therefore supports the Surge Response Team Leader by supporting with the data and information it requires to make programmatic decisions.

As such, the Information Manager needs to be able to liaise and communicate with many different types of people and agencies and act as a ‘bridge’ between decision makers and technical IM staff.

Fundamental to the job is the ability to present information in a way that is easily understood by the partner’s members. Sometimes this is through graphic me ans such a mapping but also through tables, charts, info graphs, and narrative writing. Other times it involves discussing the information directly with the decision makers to make important interpretations on the findings.

Key Responsibilities and Tasks

Report to the Surge Response Team Leader and respond to the El Nino Response Team needs for information;

Provide IM services for key decision-making. These services will include data collection, collation, analysis, dis semination processes relevant to the needs of the Response Team. This may require building additional and appropriate capacity through the training of additional staff and managing, organizing, and conducting these activities;

• Proactively gathering of information from other organizations/military which may be of use to the El Nino Response for informing decisions, including movement of population, potential camp locations, road networks;

Identify secondary data and information resources prior to deployment for rapid onset emergency response;

As appropriate, assist in the design of Food Security data collection forms, ensuring that the purpose and use of all data collected is clear, questions are simple, clear, collectable and easily collectable, highlighting where potential problems might arise; organize and manage the data input and initial an alysis and presentation of data for El Nino Response Team.

Create contact directories of Food Security/Agriculture humanitarian partners;

Who does What Where When (4W) database and derivative products, such as maps

Needs and gap identification for the sector; facilitating and agreeing boundaries / benchmarks to enable prioritisation within the sector;

Inventory of relevant common El Nino Response Teams / Sector data sets, including population data disaggregated by age and sex;

Development of simple, user-friendly emergency Food Security monitoring reporting formats in consultation with the local authorities, providers of Food Security assistance and other key stakeholders;

Data on the humanitarian requirements and contributions ( financial, material, human – as appropriate);

Maps of 4W, Food Security Gaps per location;

Ma pping of Food Security resources, needs and gaps as requested (support may be available by OCHA);

Liaise with OCHA and IM Focal Points in other El Nino Response Teams/Organisations – share information as appropriate and identify and gather information from other organisation which can inform Food Security response and preparedness decisions;

Any other tasks that may be required (within reason) to achieve the objective of this assignment.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

Degree-level qualification or equivalent. Preferably, the degree should be in a relevant field or discipline such as Food Security, Agriculture, geographic sciences, humanitarian affairs, political science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Architecture, or Communications although experience can replace qualifications.

Minimum of 5 years experience – experience in the field in emergency context is preferred.

Willingness and abilit y to work in difficult environments, in often stressful time-critical situations.

Ability to work in English required, with working-level proficiency in French.

Cultural and Gender awareness and sensitivity.

Technical Skill sets

Essential Technical Skills:

Strong knowledge of Ex cel and preferably MS Access or other databases.

Understanding of GIS/Cartographic outputs and ability to collect and organize data to support their production (potentially to be produced by others.

Ability to present information in understandable tables, charts and graphs.

Other Technical Skills that are considered desirable:

Ability to maintain and manage website content for the El Nino Drought Response< /FONT>

Data storage and file management expertise.

Assessment, Survey, and Monitoring and Evaluation expertise.

Communications and technical writing using both graphic and narrative presentations.

Information Technology and networking skills.

Experience in web design and programming.

Knowledge of ArcGIS or other mapping software an advantage.

Knowledge of Visual Basic/macros a plus.

If you see yourself in and have all of the above-mentioned skills, please register with CANADEM before contacting us. This can be done on our website at www.canadem.ca/register . Then send an email by latest on 17th of April at Midnight EST to pantiwa.naksomboon@CANADEM.ca with a with Subject Line: " Information Manager - P3 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia" together with an updated resume, date of availability and your current location and a phone number where we can reach you. Please also forward blank referee questionnaire that can be found at www.canadem.ca/rqf to two of your references (recent supervisors preferred). Full instructions on how to complete the forms are included in the document; also please send us any evaluation report that you may have about your field work. We will be considering applications as they are received.