INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER (Lake Chad Basin) 225 views1 applications


Organisation Background:

Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.

INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.

The Organisation has grown from innovative start-up to become a globally recognised charity and a valuable component of the humanitarian safety coordination system.

Today the Organisation provides daily support to more than 850 NGOs in twelve of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for performance, principles & professionalism.

INSO Lake Chad Basin Regional Office:

Since becoming registered in Nigeria in 2016, INSO has developed a strong regional approach, supporting NGOs working on the Lake Chad Basin Crisis from all neighbouring countries. The coordination office, which is based in Abuja, oversees two operational offices in Maiduguri, Nigeria and in Maroua, Cameroon. Another sub-office in the Diffa region of Niger is expected to open during the first quarter 2018.

We currently seeking an experienced humanitarian professional to join our team in the Lake Chad Basin Regional Office as an Information Management Officer.

Job Summary:

The primary aim of the position is to develop high quality data visualization products including maps and graphs, effectively manage INSO’s database as well as the registration process of INSO’s partners.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in GIS and Information Management, with inquisitive and detail oriented, and have significant experience building and leading high performing teams.

Major Responsibilities:

GIS activities

  • Identify map information needs and sources in collaboration with the Research & Analysis and Operations teams.
  • Collect geographical data for analysis and presentation.
  • Produce high quality maps, graphs and other products to support INSO’s analysis and facilitate NGOs’ understanding of the conflict.
  • Provide GIS-relevant inputs on field missions intended to gather data for INSO outputs, including maps.

Incident Database Management

  • Ensure that information contained in the LCB’s Incident Database is correctly categorized, promptly updated and of easy access to its users.
  • Monitor the accuracy and quality of data collected by Field Offices.

Registration

  • Monitor the registration and update of INSO-registered partners through INSO’s Partners Portal (IPP).

Management

  • Supervise and support the Information Officer (national position).

Technical Support

  • Closely work with Research, Operations and Training departments in order to understand and respond to their needs.
  • Train Information Officer, the Assistant Safety Advisor or any other position with data-entry responsibilities on Database Management.
  • Manage and regularly update Sharepoint folders with relevant materials.
  • Elaborate materials for advertising INSO services under the guidance of the correspondent departments.

Mandatory Requirements:

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in GIS, Geography, Information Systems or relevant field.
  • Fluency in English (Written and Spoken).
  • 3-5 years of experience in GIS and data visualization in a similar humanitarian organization and context.
  • Extensive experience with ArcGIS for data management and manipulation, strong ArcGIS technical skills including creating topologically correct shapefiles and geodatabases.
  • Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to GIS and the management of information in crises contexts.
  • Strong cartographic skills, including the development of templates and adherence to cartographic standards are highly desirable.
  • Extensive experience with Excel, Access and Foxpro.
  • Familiarity with QGIS and online-geoservices (such as Carto.com) highly is desirable.
  • Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator.

Preferred Requirements:

  • Fluency in French (Written and Spoken).
  • Experience in security and/or political mapping.
  • Knowledge of analytical software (Tableau, SPSS, PowerBI).
  • Prior knowledge of the Lake Chad Basin region context ia an asset, working experience in this region a plus.
  • Working experience with humanitarian organizations, particularly with NGOs.
  • Staff management experience.

Key Personal Competences:

  • Ability to identify issues, analyse and participate in the resolution of issues/problems.
  • Excellent communication, organizational and managerial skills.
  • Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles and practices.
  • Ability to work effectively and efficiently unsupervised.
  • Strong work ethic and capacity to take responsibility for his/her own actions.
  • Meeting of tight deadlines, with the availability to work during weekends if necessary.
  • The holder must safeguard the access of information by unauthorized parties.

Terms & Conditions: 12-month contract with expected start date 01 June 2018, €4550 per month salary, 4 days annual leave per month and 3 days of R&R every 3 months, global medical coverage, AD&D coverage.

How to apply:

Interested applicants are requested to send the following to [email protected] and reference “INSO IMO, Lake Chad Basin” in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

  • Cover Letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, any preferred characteristics, your motivation for applying, and what you hope to bring to INSO (1-page maximum).
  • Updated CV (2 pages maximum).
  • 3 to 4 position relevant map examples created by the applying candidate in the past.

Please do not send any additional information (such as copies of certificates, copies of diplomas, other writing samples, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 2MB if possible.

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The International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts.INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.ContextContemporary armed conflict poses unprecedented challenges to humanitarian organisations in delivering aid to vulnerable populations.Whereas in the context of international armed conflicts aid workers are attributed formally recognised protection under international humanitarian law; today the changing nature of conflicts and the proliferation of non-state armed groups often mean that this assurance is no longer guaranteed.Across the globe, aid workers are subject to violent attacks with 2 - 4 deaths per week worldwide.While many NGOs take individual measures to mitigate the risks, coordinated action between agencies - seen by many as the more important requirement -  has lagged behind with no common system at field level prior to 2011.INSO was designed to fill this gap and today provides the humanitarian sector with a globally standardised mechanism for establishing and operating such platforms wherever they are needed.Humanitarian AccessHumanitarian access is the ability of NGOs to reach populations in need as well as the ability of those populations to reach the aid and protection they need. It is a complex and ever changing dynamic involving a host of considerations and challenges.INSO works to support the first side of this equation - NGOs accessing populations in need - by improving situational awareness and enabling humanitarians to make more evidence-based access decisions.Of course, situational awareness alone does not create humanitarian access - and can do the opposite - but where NGOs are seeking to expand access high quality, relevant and up to date safety information has been shown to play a vital role in the process.AccountabilityAny co-operation mechanism is only as good as the participation it enjoys from its members, which is why all INSO platforms are started and monitored by the humanitarian communities they serve through a voluntary Advisory Board.Each Advisory Board represents the NGO community towards INSO in that country and holds concrete powers to set the services and monitor INSO's performance in delivering them.This simple yet highly effective mechanism guarantees transparency, participation and accountability even as the context changes.Internally, INSO ensures the confidential management of information and registration processes and provides a comprehensive internal policy environment that guarantees accountability and protects against risk.ImpactSince 2011, INSO has revolutionized the humanitarian safety coordination sector by introducing a robust and high quality field safety platform model that has been deployed in some of the world’s most high-risk settings.The strong focus on humanitarian principles and exclusive NGO-only membership criteria have caused INSO to become generally accepted as a standard component of modern humanitarian response offering independent frontline reporting and coordination services that save lives, strengthen operational practice and enable humanitarian access.

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0 USD Nigeria CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week International NGO Safety Organisation – INSO

Organisation Background:

Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.

INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.

The Organisation has grown from innovative start-up to become a globally recognised charity and a valuable component of the humanitarian safety coordination system.

Today the Organisation provides daily support to more than 850 NGOs in twelve of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for performance, principles & professionalism.

INSO Lake Chad Basin Regional Office:

Since becoming registered in Nigeria in 2016, INSO has developed a strong regional approach, supporting NGOs working on the Lake Chad Basin Crisis from all neighbouring countries. The coordination office, which is based in Abuja, oversees two operational offices in Maiduguri, Nigeria and in Maroua, Cameroon. Another sub-office in the Diffa region of Niger is expected to open during the first quarter 2018.

We currently seeking an experienced humanitarian professional to join our team in the Lake Chad Basin Regional Office as an Information Management Officer.

Job Summary:

The primary aim of the position is to develop high quality data visualization products including maps and graphs, effectively manage INSO’s database as well as the registration process of INSO’s partners.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in GIS and Information Management, with inquisitive and detail oriented, and have significant experience building and leading high performing teams.

Major Responsibilities:

GIS activities

  • Identify map information needs and sources in collaboration with the Research & Analysis and Operations teams.
  • Collect geographical data for analysis and presentation.
  • Produce high quality maps, graphs and other products to support INSO’s analysis and facilitate NGOs’ understanding of the conflict.
  • Provide GIS-relevant inputs on field missions intended to gather data for INSO outputs, including maps.

Incident Database Management

  • Ensure that information contained in the LCB’s Incident Database is correctly categorized, promptly updated and of easy access to its users.
  • Monitor the accuracy and quality of data collected by Field Offices.

Registration

  • Monitor the registration and update of INSO-registered partners through INSO’s Partners Portal (IPP).

Management

  • Supervise and support the Information Officer (national position).

Technical Support

  • Closely work with Research, Operations and Training departments in order to understand and respond to their needs.
  • Train Information Officer, the Assistant Safety Advisor or any other position with data-entry responsibilities on Database Management.
  • Manage and regularly update Sharepoint folders with relevant materials.
  • Elaborate materials for advertising INSO services under the guidance of the correspondent departments.

Mandatory Requirements:

  • Master’s degree or equivalent in GIS, Geography, Information Systems or relevant field.
  • Fluency in English (Written and Spoken).
  • 3-5 years of experience in GIS and data visualization in a similar humanitarian organization and context.
  • Extensive experience with ArcGIS for data management and manipulation, strong ArcGIS technical skills including creating topologically correct shapefiles and geodatabases.
  • Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to GIS and the management of information in crises contexts.
  • Strong cartographic skills, including the development of templates and adherence to cartographic standards are highly desirable.
  • Extensive experience with Excel, Access and Foxpro.
  • Familiarity with QGIS and online-geoservices (such as Carto.com) highly is desirable.
  • Knowledge of Adobe Illustrator.

Preferred Requirements:

  • Fluency in French (Written and Spoken).
  • Experience in security and/or political mapping.
  • Knowledge of analytical software (Tableau, SPSS, PowerBI).
  • Prior knowledge of the Lake Chad Basin region context ia an asset, working experience in this region a plus.
  • Working experience with humanitarian organizations, particularly with NGOs.
  • Staff management experience.

Key Personal Competences:

  • Ability to identify issues, analyse and participate in the resolution of issues/problems.
  • Excellent communication, organizational and managerial skills.
  • Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles and practices.
  • Ability to work effectively and efficiently unsupervised.
  • Strong work ethic and capacity to take responsibility for his/her own actions.
  • Meeting of tight deadlines, with the availability to work during weekends if necessary.
  • The holder must safeguard the access of information by unauthorized parties.

Terms & Conditions: 12-month contract with expected start date 01 June 2018, €4550 per month salary, 4 days annual leave per month and 3 days of R&R every 3 months, global medical coverage, AD&D coverage.

How to apply:

Interested applicants are requested to send the following to [email protected] and reference “INSO IMO, Lake Chad Basin” in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

  • Cover Letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, any preferred characteristics, your motivation for applying, and what you hope to bring to INSO (1-page maximum).
  • Updated CV (2 pages maximum).
  • 3 to 4 position relevant map examples created by the applying candidate in the past.

Please do not send any additional information (such as copies of certificates, copies of diplomas, other writing samples, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 2MB if possible.

2018-05-01

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