Information Management Lead in Denver, Colorado

By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year
and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to
be part of the world’s largest humanitarian network?
Join us-Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Job Description:
WHY CHOOSE US?
As one of the nation’s premier humanitarian organizations, the American
Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States
and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world.
When you join our team, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission,
and you can help save lives every day. If you share our passion for helping
people, join us in this excellent career opportunity. Work where your career
is a force for good.

We are committed to the diversity of our workforce and to delivering our
programs and services in a culturally competent manner reflecting the
communities we serve. Our work environment is collaborative, respectful,
and inclusive with a focus on building ally ship and a culture of belonging
that empowers all team members. Come to learn, grow, and succeed while
sharing your passion for making a difference.

The Red Cross supports a variety of cultural and community resource groups for
employees and volunteers. From the Ability Network, our Asian American &
Pacific Islander Resource Group, the Latino Resource Group, and Red Cross
PRIDE, to the Umoja African American Resource Group, our Veterans+
Resource Group, and the Women’s Resource Group, these networks provide
connections, mentoring and help give voice to important concerns and opinions.

At the American Red Cross, your uniqueness can shine!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The American Red Cross International Services Department seeks to prevent and
alleviate human suffering around the world by responding to disasters,
building safer, more resilient communities, and educating future
humanitarians. The American Red Cross continues to deepen and expand its
international programming while also working to strengthen the global Red
Cross Red Crescent Network in order to deliver critical assistance to some of
the most vulnerable communities in the world.

The Information Management team is looking for a full time Information
Management Lead to support our data initiatives. The Information Management
Lead will foster a data culture, assist in making data more accessible,
and support the integration of data with our preparedness, response, and
recovery programs. The position will be responsible for supporting data
analysis and visualization projects, as well as leading on learning and
development for information management technical competencies, to prepare
individuals and organizations to responsibly and effectively used data for
improved decision-making. This position is 100% remote.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD
Create visualizations and establish workflows for analyzing a variety of
primary and secondary datasets.
Identify and leverage opportunities to scale up the use of existing tools and
practices.
Identify opportunities to engage volunteers in workflows or technological
solutions for improved and efficient data collection, management and
analysis, and visualization.
Travel to project sites to train volunteers and project members on data topics
and support country teams and National Society partners to develop data use
strategies.
Build use-cases and user-friendly documentation for integrating open-source or
data management projects.
Advise on partner data platforms projects to improve data use and information
flows for national societies in response operations.
Provide extensive technical support to data management projects in response to
recovery environments. Identify, design, and implement data collection,
management, and reporting systems. Conduct research on existing learning
materials towards the identified information management technical competencies
to rovide gap analyses and support prioritization of content development.
Document and share best practices, job aids, and tutorials on topics along
the information management life cycle.
Support development of training pathways and materials for deployable roster
members in information management in response.
Deploy to disaster responses on limited notice, for up to one month, as an
information management delegate at least once a year.
Other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field (information
systems, computer science, GIS, IT).
Master’s in international studies, business management, public
administration or relevant field preferred
4 years of relevant working experience in disaster response and/or the
design, implementation, and monitoring of humanitarian assistance programs.
4 years of relevant working experience translating requests to the appropriate
information service or product and tailoring to appropriate audiences.
Demonstrated operational experience and understanding of information
management and applications across various sectors such as Cash and Voucher
Assistance, Community Engagement and Accountability, and general
decision-making. Knowledge in beneficiary management systems and tools in
response operations is helpful.
Strong understanding of data collection, management and analysis, and
experience with monitoring and evaluation tools and principles.
Ability to tackle problems under a variety of circumstances and adapt to
dynamic situations, especially in high-stress and fast changing environments.
Able to support organizations in identifying technical requirements and
establishing data and information flows for improved decision-making.
Experience conducting research to locate and obtain existing, relevant data.
Proven ability to work as an active team member but independently, with…