Nutrition Cluster Senior Information Management Officer- National- Damascus

GRADE: 3

CONTRACT LENGTH:

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently(e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting the country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

SCI is seeking a senior Information Management Officer (IMO) to join the Humanitarian Program Cycle team. This position supports the response in Syria. The senior IMO will be responsible for improving the timeliness and comprehensiveness of 4Ws reporting representing the NC in the Syria Information Management and Assessment (STIMA)working group providing IM-related input for the sub-hubs and suggesting and executing measures to improve the collection analysis dissemination and management of other information relevant to the NC.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

On behalf of Save the Children the purpose of this post is to manage the collection analysis and sharing of information that allowsclusterLead Agency Partners and thenationalCoordinators to make informed evidence-based strategic decisions; and to enable the NC to perform its core functions.

Reports to:Education cluster CO-Coordinator

Staff reporting to this post:N/A

Budget Responsibilities:None

Role Dimensions

Role requires contacts with multiple partners and stakeholders from NGOs and local CSOs to gather validate and analyse data.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Information Management to supportNC Coordination Functions (based on Humanitarian Programme Cycle and cluster core functions supporting service delivery contributing to HC/HCT strategic decision-making developingNC strategies monitoring and evaluating performance advocacy build national capacity in preparedness and response).

Support service delivery and monitor and evaluate performance:

• The senior IMO will facilitate the submission of timely accurate and comprehensive data by NC partners. This will include training sessions for partners as well as ad hoc support to individual partners. The senior IMO will be responsible for receiving monthly submissions cleaning submissions and following up with partners when necessary. The senior IMO will share 4Ws with relevant stakeholders (OCHA NC members) and represent the NC in relevant working groups (particularly the STIMA group) clusters or at other meetings.
• Train partners to enhance their information management and reporting capacity collecting their inputs consolidating and cleaning data.
• Engage in the regular coordination meetings at the sub-national level and national level to keep abreast of the changing situations on the ground and build a relationship with partners
• Support with translation as may be required.

Reporting and Outputs:

• The senior IMO will be responsible for preparing and submitting relevant reports particularly monthly 4W reports. This will include building upon and updating the 4Ws dashboard/bulletin.
• The senior IMO will also review reporting templates assessment questionnaires and other information collection or management tools.
• The senior IMO will suggest and implement relevant improvements in coordination with data collection partners to increase the NCs understanding of the location and severity of nutrition needs as well as gaps in nutrition programming

Support NC Participation in HPC

• The senior IMO will support the NCs participation in the SCHF and HPC. This will include support for the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) which might involve input on indicators for the Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) relevant support on the sectoral calculation of People in Need (PiN) and sub-district severity scores etc. and curation of data required for the HNO and/or the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP).

Inform strategic decision making and plan and implement a Nutrition Sector strategy

• Working with theNCCoordinator and the Strategic Advisory Group develop and implement a strategy to keep abreast of Nutrition cluster needs with a specific focus on the needs of marginalized children including those with disabilities those hard to reach and those discriminated by gender or other issues;
• Maintain an up-to-date secondary data tracker by collecting and analysing reports articles and other Nutrition-related data;
• Coordinate primary data collections/ needs assessments to inform sector response planning;
• Lead the revision and use of the contextualized Joint Nutrition Needs Assessment;
• Provide training to partners on using the assessment tools as needed;
• Lead the NC assessment and learning WG

Build national capacity in preparedness and contingency planning

• Develop and implement tools to assess partners preparedness and response capacity

Support robust advocacy

• Support the Cluster advocacy efforts by contributing to the creation of visuals graphs dashboards and reports that highlight Nutrition in Emergencies needs of children including the most marginalized and hard-to-reach ones.

Other

Conduct any other duties assigned by the supervisors

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding code of conduct health and safety equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Display neutrality and act as the representative of all Education cluster members.
• Develop and maintain a strong and positive relationship with the Strategic Advisory Committee (SAG).
• Develop and maintain a strong and positive relationship withEC partners in the country and colleagues at regional and global levels.

BEHAVIOURS (Competencies and Values in Practice)

Leading and Inspiring Others (leading and inspiring others delivering results)

Engaging (Networking communicating with impact working effectively with others)

Thinking (Problem-solving and decision making applying technical and professional expertise)

Pro-active approach

Accountability:

• The IMO is accountable to the Save the Children Co-Coordinator who will in turn ensure that the post holder is provided with all necessary support and guidance and that any issues that arise relating to double-hatting are addressed
• Nutrition cluster participants who will in turn ensure that they deliver on their agreed minimum commitments (see IASCReference Module for Cluster Coordination at Country Level July 2015)
• Nutrition cluster coordination team members who will in turn support the post holder in line with their terms of reference
• Inter-cluster Group Coordination bodies established by the HCT/UNOCHA
• Affected populations and children through agreed mechanisms
• Accountability to the country representative cluster participants coordination team members and inter-cluster coordination bodies will be expressed in regular review meetings.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and the Nutrition cluster embedded in the Cluster Strategy and Humanitarian Response Plans
• Future orientated thinks strategically and represents Nutrition cluster ambitious goals to Others engaging and motivating others to contribute to these goals

Collaboration:

• Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength and makes a specific effort to engage and build the capacity of local partners
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with Cluster Partners and a wide range of stakeholders from Humanitarian actors Government counterparts and donors.
• Approachable good listener easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions to Nutrition cluster identified needs by identifying individual organizations innovations and supporting experience sharing amongst cluster partners

Integrity:

• Honest encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

University degree inin relevant discipline (computer science engineering mathematics statistics economics data science nutrition research or other relevant fieldor evidence of nutrition data management and analysis experience

• Formal training in cluster/IM coordination (Global Education Cluster Core 1 of the Core Coordination Skills Training) is desirable.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of experience in data collection and conducting data analysis either as part of designing and implementing monitoring evaluation and learning (MEL) or data management systems preferably in an INGO.
• Strong preference for previous experience in nutrition and/or humanitarian programs
• Computer literacy and competency in use: Microsoft Office software including some advanced skill with Microsoft Excel and other contemparay statistica managnement softwares.
• Experience with PowerBi or other data visualization tools preferred
• Experience applying relevant interagency humanitarian frameworks and standards in nutrition in Emergencies.
• Good organizational and planning skills including ability to manage a number of urgent priorities which arise in humanitarian coordination.
• Ability to independently and proactively work as a team member with minimum day-to-day oversight

Skills:

• Good interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrable ability to work across different stakeholders taking part in the nutrition cluster.
• A high level of written and spoken English/Arabic

Knowledge

• Ability to develop and utilize appropriate methods and tools to support high quality data collection and analysis.
• Proven skills in transforming data to information which is impactful and accessible to different audiences and communicates to all stakeholders the intended purpose of the data collection.
• Capacity to communicate this information across a number of different channels and media.

Other:

• Demonstrated commitment toHumanitarian Principlesand thePrinciples of Partnership
• Commitment to uphold an inclusive approach to the work of the nutrition Sector; further an understanding of the four humanitarian principles as well as conflict sensitivity and do no harm approaches.
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

Desirable:

• Previous experience with the humanitarian program cycle and/or within humanitarian coordination structures.
• Knowledge of nutrition in emergencies specifically conducting research or monitoring and evaluation.
• Previous leadership in designing and managing data collection efforts across a range of partner organizations
• Website development and management including some level of coding skills
• Ability to operate InDesign and Illustrator;
• Ability to operate Power BI;
• Ability to operate KoBo Toolbox;

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process which includes rigorous background checks reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.