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Background
Pakistan has become the epicentre of climate change, ranking among the top 10 countries most vulnerable to natural disasters, including floods, glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF), droughts, and others. These climate-induced disasters in Pakistan have caused fatalities, loss of livelihood and livestock, and damaged and destroyed public and private infrastructure across the country, often with significant humanitarian consequences that require adequate emergency response preparedness.
Most recently, in 2022 major floods affected around 33 million people and left 20.6 million in need of lifesaving assistance, half of whom were children. In total, 7.9 million people were displaced, while at least 664,000 individuals were placed into relief camps and informal sites. OCHA has been scaling up its operations in Pakistan focusing on its key functions of coordination, information management, resource mobilization and advocacy.
OCHA has been scaling up its operations and produces several information products and services including data collection and coordination, infographics, dashboard and other products which inform the humanitarian community in their response to the humanitarian situation in the country. To respond to the organization, need, OCHA is seeking an Information Management Officer to assist in the production and delivery of Information Management products and services. She/He will be part of the Information Management Unit and reporting to the Head of the Information Management Unit. The National Information Management Officer (NOA) works in close collaboration with the OCHA coordination staff and other UN agencies staff to ensure consistent service delivery.
Under the supervision of the Head of the Information Management Unit, the National Information Management Officer (NOA) will be expected to support the implementation and maintenance of OCHA’s global Information Management Strategy and the following functions:
Summary of Key Functions
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the Head of the Information Management Information unit, the incumbent is expected to play a critical supportive role in ensuring the primary objectives of OCHA Pakistan are met. This can be done by contributing to the following functions:
Directly involving Information Management (IM) and IM coordination activities of OCHA Pakistan by using various and effective communication channels. Main responsibilities under this function are:
Implementation of data management and data analysis activities to improve situational awareness and support evidence-based planning and operations for OCHA Pakistan. Main responsibilities under this function are:
Developing maps and other spatial products for OCHA Pakistan (including online maps) by using geographical information systems (GIS) and other tools to analyze and present spatial data. Main responsibilities under this function are:
Develop advanced products and documents for OCHA Pakistan that take complex data presenting in a format that’s easy to understand and tailored for a specific audience. Main responsibilities under this function are:
Organizing the corporate web tools (including ReliefWeb Response, Humanitarian Data Exchange) response to make the information, data and products of OCHA Pakistan easy to find and use. When needed, create dashboards and other Business Intelligence (BI) tools to present data in ready-to-use forms. The main responsibilities under this function are:
The key results have an impact on the overall coordination of humanitarian and emergency assistance. The root causes of the humanitarian/emergencies are appreciated, ensuring that strong and effective responses are mounted. This facilitates operational agencies in succeeding in their core objectives, building strong partnerships with relevant parties, and the achievement of OCHA’s objectives.
Competencies
Core Competencies:
People Management (Insert below standard sentence if the position has direct reports.)
Cross-Functional & Technical Competencies:
Results-Based Programme Development and Management – Contributes into results through primary research and analysis:
Building Strategic Partnerships – Maintaining a network of contacts:
Innovation and Marketing New Approaches – Enhancing processes or products:
Resource Mobilization – Providing inputs to resource mobilization strategy:
Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing – Basic research and analysis:
Global Leadership and Advocacy for OCHA’s Goals – Preparing information for global advocacy:
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Experience:
Language:
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