Information Management Officer (Logistics Cluster) SC8 | Dnipro, Ukraine
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Career Opportunities: Information Management Officer (Logistics Cluster) SC8 | Dnipro, Ukraine
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🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 422618
📢 Job Title: Information Management Officer (Logistics Cluster)
📌Type of Contract: Service Contract
➡️ Unit / Division: Supply Chain Unit / WFP Ukraine
📍 Duty Station: Dnipro, Ukraine (with frequent missions)
➡️ Duration: 12 months (renewable)
⏰ Closing date: 20 February, midnight (Ukraine Time)
About WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
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What will you do in this position?
As part of the Logistics Cluster team, the Information Management Associate is responsible for the collection, processing, and dissemination of data and information, to support building a common situation awareness of supply chain operations, limitations, and challenges, and promote the sharing of information, analysis and logistics capacities when/where appropriate.
Why work with us?
The war in Ukraine has left an estimated one in three families without enough food, rising to one in two in some areas of the East and South. More than 6 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 6 million have left the country. Many of those who remain have lost their livelihoods, especially in areas close to the front lines. Millions who fled their homes to the country’s West are preparing for long-term internal displacement. Many who have returned to liberated areas around the capital, Kyiv, are struggling to rebuild their lives, having run out of money or found their homes reduced to rubble.
WFP is quickly scaling up to support 4.7 million people per month inside Ukraine, using a flexible mix of food and cash assistance. We support people wherever they are, including in areas close to the front line. WFP also supports humanitarian organisation in Ukraine, by leading the Logistics Cluster and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, and by co-leading the Food Security Cluster.
This is an opportunity for an exciting and challenging Information Management role in a multi-cultural, hardworking, fun and interdisciplinary team. In addition, we offer:
➡️ Meaningful and impactful careers:
Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve
➡️ Continuous learning and training:
We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers
➡️ Multicultural and stimulating work environment:
We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger
How can you make a difference?
In this position you will have to:
- Play a lead role in the design, development, management, and improvement of data management systems including databases and spreadsheets, along with related data collection, cleaning, and verification process definition.
- Collect, compile, analyze, and report on various primary and secondary data sources and organize the structural record keeping and archive in an orderly manner.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the Information Management Strategy.
- Act as the focal point for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating logistical information, in close coordination with logistics and information personnel of other UN organizations, NGOs, private sector, and other relevant stakeholders involved in the humanitarian response, and national authorities.
- Support strategic and operational decision-making by processing and analyzing data and information and presenting it in the format most useful for analysis (e.g. reports, maps, presentations).
- Liaise with Logistics Cluster partners, other cluster members, and national counterparts to gather information for the compilation and production of products, ensuring that challenges and concerns relating to logistics are clearly represented.
- Inform relevant stakeholders on commodity tracking reporting procedures and use Microsoft Excel to generate tables, charts, and reports based on the Relief Item Tracking Application (RITA) data, to illustrate cargo flow as entered into the system.
- Actively contribute to the Logistics Cluster country operation page, to ensure it is updated, and manage the mailing list if and when required.
- Produce Logistics Cluster maps/products/reports/snapshots/meeting minutes, in Logistics Cluster product formats or specific formats as required within the operation. Ensure Global Logistics Cluster Information Management standards and tools are used and applied.
- When required, coordinate closely with OCHA and the other clusters to ensure updated logistical information is disseminated to all focal points as necessary.
- Work with partners in the field, assessing their information requirements and support with training, and guidance.
- Establish and maintain internal information sharing mechanisms, documentation formats, and assessment formats, centrally stored, according to Logistics Cluster guidelines and standards.
- When required, curate the accurate translation of information from Ukrainian to English or vice versa.
- Maintain a service-mindset approach, recognize and assess the sensitivity of information obtained. Respect the confidential nature of sources of information where relevant.
To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will need to have…
Education and Experience:
- University degree in economics, statistics, social sciences, international relations, communications, supply chain management, Humanitarian Project management or related field;
- At least one year of professional experience in an international context including: responsibility in information management, communications and/or reporting roles; experience with reporting/tracking systems, data base creation, data analysis, data management. Previous experience in emergencies is a plus.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills; high attention to detail and proofreading ability; skills of using social media in a professional context.
- Technical skills: Proficient in MS Office package, particularly in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Demonstrated ability in data acquisition and knowledge of Access or other database tools is a great advantage. Demonstrated ability in acquiring, wrangling, structuring, and visualizing unstructured and structured data with BI platforms like Power BI or Tableau is a distinct advantage.
Languages: Fluency in both English and Ukrainian languages.
Before you apply…
WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting an inclusive work environment in which diversity is valued and where no form of discrimination is tolerated. We aim to achieve parity in our teams in Ukraine. Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
NOTE: the position is open to Ukrainian nationals and persons eligible to work in Ukraine.
