Knowledge and Information Management United Nations Children's Fund Experience: 2 years of relevant work experience Brasilia, Brazil Apply By: 18-08-2024

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UNICEF is the UN agency with the greatest capillarity in Brazil with a total of 9 field offices with longstanding partnerships with over 1,924 municipalities in the Amazon region. UNICEF Office in Roraima has been positioned for humanitarian action and leading the field’s migration response.

The offices in Manaus and Belém lead other emergency responses in the Amazon region. UNICEF is well positioned to provide timely and context-specific program and humanitarian support in vulnerable geographical areas, including remote locations. In Roraima, Brazil´s most Indigenous state, UNICEF has been leading the process of involving and strengthening local Indigenous organizations to cope and integrate Indigenous migrants and refugees and working on the humanitarian development nexus.  UNICEF has supported the participatory process led by the indigenous organizations to develop of Governance Plan for the Indigenous territories of São Marcos and Surumú, directly affected by the migration flow. Emergency response and recovery hav been provided for droughts and floods, including in the southern region.

Working closely with host communities, local organizations, and key stakeholders has been a priority for UNICEF to strengthen public policies and prepare for emergencies. UNICEF participates in the Response for Venezuelans (R4V) platform and is part of Information Management (IM) working groups at the local and national levels. A Humanitarian Performance Monitoring System has been developed and dashboards produced to follow main indicators. Periodic situation analysis supports decision making and the planning process. Knowledge has been generated on the characteristics of the population in need and monthly migration trends in the last 4 years of the humanitarian response. The consultant will also count on Community mobilizers as part of the Community Mobilisation with Adolescent Participation Strategy (CMAPS) for data on affected communities in Roraima. As the strategy will be under evaluation the consultant is expected to understand the evaluation findings as well as providing crucial data for the evaluators.

SCOPE OF WORK

• The Knowledge and Information Management (KIM) consultant reports to the Emergency Manager and has a direct link with the Emergency Technical Team (ETT), receiving technical guidance from the Humanitarian Affairs Officer and support from the Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation team in Brasília.
• The KIM consultant provides technical support in information management, data visualization and knowledge management for UNICEF to make evidence-based and strategic decisions. He/she works closely with other team members (national and local) and partners to capture, organize, share, and use knowledge for improved organizational performance towards development and humanitarian results for children.

In particular, the KIM is responsible for:

• gathering data on the scale, scope, and coverage of the emergency responses;
• analyzing assessments data on the needs of affected populations, and timely sharing information with programme areas;
• identify trends and key gaps in needs and response;
• support reporting with up-to-date data and overall figures.

Three travels are expected to happen:

• one to Brasília and two to Boa Vista, including Pacaraima, to give capacity building sessions on the tools developed and give support on CMAPS Evaluation.

DELIVERABLES

Result 1:  Knowledge management

Activities:

• Support the development of Knowledge Management tools to document and visualize knowledge developed within the emergency context, especially in migration response, also considering Indigenous contexts and other emergencies;
• Support UNICEF personnel in quality assurance and clearances prior to dissemination;
• Work closely and collaboratively with UNICEF personnel to ensure the usage of acquired knowledge to improve programme performance, including evaluations.
• Document all steps taken, the Humanitarian Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) configuration, as well as other systems developed, including access information, passwords and all necessary data for allowing further refactoring.

Result 2: Information Management

Activities:

• Provide clear and concise data visualization products (maps, dashboards, infographics) to UNICEF and partners;
• Support UNICEF with situation analysis on the Venezuelan migration and other emergency related contexts in Brazil, in accordance with official data sources, including information disaggregation by age, gender, ethnicity, disabilities, and vulnerabilities;
• Develop and maintain catalogues of Information Management products, including maps and assessments;
• Participate in local and national Information Management Working Groups and internal section meetings;
• Respond to data visualization requests, in accordance with the Emergency Manager, including delivery of products to support advocacy and resource mobilization efforts, related to any emergencies and humanitarian-development nexus initiatives.

Result 3: Reporting support

Activities:

• Support the development of effective methods and platforms to standardize and share information in accordance with UNICEF guidelines;
• Maintain a frequent communication schedule with management;
• Support timely information analysis for the preparation of progress reports;
• Support the preparation of donor reports.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Statistics, Business Administration, Political Science, International Relations, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography or another relevant field;
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in information management, humanitarian action or disaster preparedness is required. Additional years of experience is an asset;
• Relevant experience in programme development in human rights in Emergency related areas in a UN system agency or organization;
• Experience with Indigenous organizations and work in Indigenous communities is a strong asset;
• Excellent communication, team work and coordination skills, including the capacity to deliver results with tight deadlines;
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage;

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

• Fluency in Portuguese and English is required. Working knowledge of Spanish will be considered as an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/574549

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