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Job Title:   Assistant Information  Management  Officer  (No Experience UN Data Jobs)

Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Job Summary: Under the close supervision of Education head at UNHCR Representation Office in Uganda, The Assistant Information Management Officer will be based at the Ministry of Education and Sports’s Education Response Plan (ERP) Secretariat Office in Kampala. S/he will provide technical support to support MoES and UNHCR education teams but will also be required to undertake frequent missions to the field to support the District Local Governments in the 12 Refugee Hosting Districts (RHD) and Kampala City Council (KCCA) to provide systems strengthening support.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  The key roles and responsibilities of the staff shall include;

• Support the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), UNHCR, District Local Government (DLG) in the analysis of  data and information, and perform quality and consistency control of education data.
• Collect, compile, aggregate and analyze data and information elements required to produce standardized information products and implement data/information collection plans for baseline and context-specific data.
• Assist in training staff involved in data and information management activities including data collection and entry.
• Support the EMIS roll-out processes and ensure refugees and host Community children are enrolled in EMIS and school based information routinely updates.
• Provide technical information Management support to Needs Assessment processes, specifically in data collection, processing/ collation and analysis.
• Liaise with partners and represent ERP secretariat in meetings related to functions and share updates promptly.
• Undertake field mission to Track and monitor the implementation progress of ERP related activities in RHD, Kampala City Council (KCCA) and other areas upon request
• Perform any other duties as required.

Accountability

• MOES and UNHCR have reliable data on refugees and national learner enrolment across the refugee hosting district and the Urban.
• Trends and patterns of data entered in the EMIS are analyzed and reported to supervisors for interpretation, recommendation/decision.
• Standard and ad hoc reports and data products are produced.
• Technical support provided to MoES, DLG, UNHCR, partners and schools.
• Participation of Education Working Group Engagements and Task teams.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant Information Management Officer job vacancy should have relevant qualifications

Functional Skills

• DM-Data collection methodologies
• DM-Data Management
• IM-Statistics Analysis
• DM-Data Interoperability
• DM-Data science methodologies

Competencies: Accountability, Analytical thinking, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Judgement & decision making, Organizational awareness, Planning & organizing, Teamwork & collaboration, Technological awareness

Note:

• UNHCR is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from qualified candidates regardless of disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, color or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, training or any other fees).

How to Apply:




All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 17th July 2024

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