- Play a lead role in the design, development, management, and improvement of data management systems including databases and data collection tools and reporting mechanism, along with related process for data collection, cleaning, and verification.
- Strengthen the data workflow from all levels (national, regional, provincial and district) to ensure systematic collection of gender and age-disaggregated data, facilitate data entry and analysis.
- Consolidate data from field offices, partners and stakeholders and build a centralized database that allows comparability and compatibility and is available for timely analysis to support decision making.
- Prepare and disseminate campaign-based and periodic analytical reports to management, programme officers and implementing partners.
- Produce a road map for data use which can lead the team to evidence-based programming and decision making.
- Establish a robust data quality assurance mechanism to ensure that the data collected and used for decision-making are accurate and reliable.
- Design and roll out fit-for purpose and innovative monitoring checklists (Kobo or ODK based) to keep track of key perform indicators on periodic basis.
- Provide timely data/inputs for mid-year and end-year reviews, work planning process, situation reports, and donor reports.
- Generate and analyze the sectoral analytical reports and identify and report on response priorities, gaps and areas that need additional interventions to improve coverage as well as quality of service delivery.
- Develop user-friendly dashboards and infographics, utilizing innovative tools (such as PowerBI, Tableau, ArcGIS).
- Generate periodic trends analysis reports and produce results bulletins per themes as required by the programme needs.
- Streamline methods for sharing information, using mailing list, newsletters, dashboards, verbal feedback at programme meetings including dissemination to the affected communities as part of accountability to affected populations.
- Support the operationalization of the national and regional call centers so that information gathered from the call centers are timely documented, analyzed and disseminated to relevant stakeholders.
- In close collaboration with GPEI partners, assist in developing an M&E capacity-building strategy for UNICEF Polio staff, national partners, and institutions in the context of the IMEP or GPEI M&E plan.
- Collaborate to implement capacity-building strategies as a joint commitment with other developmental partners. Utilize a range of appropriate skills-building strategies, including self-learning, seminars and workshops, and practical experience so that UNICEF and partner staff have the basic knowledge and skills in understanding and applying new information management/data management policies, tools, and methods to fulfill their responsibilities.
- A university degree in social sciences, information management, international development, planning, evaluation, advanced statistical research or other related field to UNICEF programmes.
- Two years of relevant professional work experience in monitoring, evaluation, data analysis and information management.
- Professional expertise and experience in designing data collection tools and monitoring checklists, particularly using innovative software such as Kobo and ONA.
- Technical knowledge and experience in data/information management and analysis, managing large scale databases and using PowerBI, Tableau and ArcGIS in data analysis/visualization.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
Information Management Officer - Kabul, Afghanistan - United Nations Children's Fund
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The incumbent will work under the guidance and supervision of the M&E Manager, in close collaboration with the other team members in the Polio section as well as with the Programme Monitoring and Data section and the health section. This position is based in the Afghanistan Country Office in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Polio programme has useful, valid, and reliable information about children's and women's rights; the performance of UNICEF-supported projects, including their relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability, and in emergency contexts, their coverage, coordination, and coherence.
Apply innovations in data collection and analysis, ensuring monitoring tools and checklists are developed and rolled out to periodically track progress on key performance indicators and user-friendly dashboards and infographics are generated to inform programme adjustments and course corrections.
Strengthened national capacities for monitoring, evaluation, information management and research, with particular attention to the interest, concern, and participation of national, community, and civil society stakeholders.
Provide technical assistance to field offices and polio team in collecting, analyzing, and reporting key programme performance indicators and ensuring the documentation of best practices.
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