Reflecting the unique nature of the Ethiopian context, the Child Protection AoR and Gender-Based Violence AoR work together within the Protection cluster to coordinate the response of CP and GBV partners addressing the needs of emergency-affected Ethiopians, especially the most vulnerable women and children, in non-refugee contexts. The IASC Generic Terms of Reference for Cluster/Sector Leads at the Country Level include a requirement for ensuring appropriate Information Management (IM) for an effective and coordinated cluster response. Information management is also essential to support to a number of cluster core functions, including:
Purpose: Technical support in Amhara region to ensure that up-to-date information necessary for effective child protection and gender based violence programming and coordination ( for both UNICEF response and (AoR) is collected, used, stored and shared, in line with relevant standards and with national guidelines.
Core function:
1.To support service delivery through developing mechanisms to eliminate duplication of service delivery;
2.To inform strategic decision-making by Preparing needs assessments and analysis of gaps (across and within sectors, using information management tools as needed) to inform the setting of priorities;
3. Formulating priorities on the basis of analysis of needs and on-going response; and
4. Monitoring and reporting on activities and needs by measuring progress against the cluster strategy and agreed results.
UNICEF is scaling up its Child Protection and GBV programs in Amhara in partnership with NGOs and government partners.
The CP/GBV AoR in Amhara requires more dedicated support to ensure ongoing reporting on results for children, including through training/mentoring to existing and new CP and GBV partners on the 4Ws and 5Ws tools, the Child Protection Assessments and information analysis. Such information and analysis form the foundation for evidence-based advocacy and strategic programming, as well as justification for renewed resource mobilization in the sector. The CP/GBV AoR in Amhara has about 15 partners (10 UN+ NGOs and more than 5 government sectors) who need to be supported on IM management and the 4/5Ws by the IM consultant.
Title: Information Management Officer for UNICEF CPIE response and the Child Protection (CP) and Gender Based Violence (GBV) Areas of Responsibility (AoRs) in Amhara
Duty Station: Bahirdar – working on roving basis to emergency affected woredas
Duration:1 year
Reporting to: Child Protection Specialist in Amhara Field Office , with technical links to the National CP AOR in CO
Justification:
The IM Officer will provide technical support to ensure that up-to-date information necessary for effective child protection and GBV programming and coordination is collected, used, stored and shared, in line with relevant standards and national guidelines. The IM Officer will support both UNICEF response and Child
Protection and GBV AoRs to make informed, evidence-based strategic and programmatic decisions on the basis of the collected and analysed information on: the scale/scope and coverage of the child protection and GBV responses at woreda, zonal, regional level and the needs of affected populations found within host communities, camps and people living in their residential areas where devastating war occurred.
The deployment of Third-Party Informational Management Consultants linked to affected areas will provide technical support to the implementation, monitoring and reporting of UNICEF’s commitment to AOR coordination leadership, in line with the Global CP AOR Child Protection Minimum Standards and UNICEF’s Core Commitments for Children for Child Protection.
Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:
Under the direct supervision of the Child Protection Specialist in Amhara field office and with the technical support of the national IM officer, the consultant is responsible for the following key areas:
Provide technical support and quality assurance to the collection, use, storage and sharing of information related to UNICEF’s response and the CP/GBV AoR activities, results and resources in Amhara Region.
Maintain periodic and ad-hoc reporting on CP and GBV related activities from AoR members, including through the 4Ws,5Ws and monthly SitRep.
Build the capacity of the AoR members in the use of the CP and GBV monitoring and reporting tools and related analysis.
Captures CP-GBV AoR meeting minutes and share to members and federal CP-GBV AoR.
Monitor the coverage and complementarity of Child Protection and GBV activities and identify any gaps and duplication, including through the regular updating of dashboards and visual mapping.
Support prioritization of areas according to CP/GBV AoR programme indicators based on analysis of data including from 4/5 Ws and Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) and inform on the key gaps in needs and response.
Provide IM updates and reporting (including financial tracking/Periodic Monitoring Report) at the regional coordination forums (including for weekly regional situation reports), to the national and regional CP and GBV AoR Coordinators, and to UNICEF’s Emergency and child protection sections, as required.
Update and manage the resource documents on CP and GBV, including keeping an up to date database with updated CP and GBV AoR regional documents, including referral pathways.
Keep the contact list updated of CP/GBV AoRs members for Amhara coordination hubs.
Support regular and effective communication and information exchange between the regional, subregional (zone and woreda) and federal AoRs.
Support mapping of CP-GBV response services underway by CP-GBV AoR members and other partners disaggregated by location, service type, and resources availability by partner.
Serve as a Child Protection Information management focal point for the region.
Develop tracking mechanisms for periodic internal and external reports on AoR response against regional response planning, targets and indicators, and provide analysis of data for monitoring and reporting, ensuring data consistency, alignment of targets and indicators and with a focus on results for children, women and girls.
Conduct analysis of child protection and GBV quantitative data and findings of Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) and other relevant information and data source, and provide relevant information for AoR and UNICEF consumption and reports.
Participate in and contribute to UN and other stakeholders technical working groups related to information management and statistical methodologies for data collection and representation relevant to Child Protection and GBV in Amhara.
Undertake other relevant tasks as directed by his/ her supervisor, the CP and GBV AoR coordinators at national level, or UNICEF Child Protection and Section
The consultant will send monthly reports to his/her supervisor based on deliverables and submit a final written report.
The consultant will be paid monthly on delivery of monthly report.
Job Requirement
Expected background and Experience:
University degree (BA) is essential, at an advanced level is preferable, in a subject area relevant to information management
Extensive work experience relevant to Child Protection and Gender based Violence in emergencies may be considered as a replacement for formal qualifications for an advanced level
Experience and/or training in cluster /Area of Responsibility information management is desirable
At least 4 years progressively responsible humanitarian work experience with UN and/or NGO, including information management in the first phase of a major emergency response relevant to the cluster/Area of Responsibiity
Experience working with excel and the collection of data for 5W analysis essential
Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for humanitarian experience.
Excellent writing skills in English
Core Competencies:
Strong understanding of logical framework approach and different types of indicators (baseline and output especially), basic understanding of the project cycle management (especially monitoring and evaluation steps)
Good understanding of the humanitarian approach, humanitarian reform, transformative agenda and roles of each humanitarian actor (Government, UNOCHA, Clusters, organizations)
Basic understanding of child protection in emergencies to be able to engage with AoR participants; understand their sector-specific information management needs and respond to those needs in a timely manner
Proactively establish and maintain working relations, and share ideas through information management networks and promote synergies with other clusters
Diplomatic skills and able to establish excellent working relations with partners in order to collect information
Understanding of the data and information cycle
Facilitation and capacity building skills
Ability to perform several tasks in a timely manner with a focus on quality
Communicate key messages to different audiences
Technical Competencies:
Proven technical expertise managing data and information cycle: from data collection (e.g. ‘Who does What, Where, When and for Whom?’), storage, and analysis for diverse datasets (e.g. datasets on needs, situation, response, coordination, funding, etc.), as well as presenting information in understandable, effective and visually appealing tables, charts, graphs, maps, visuals and reports (such as snapshots, dashboards, W analysis, gap analysis, etc)
Advanced knowledge of the data cycle (data collection, data analysis, data interpretation and data visualization) especially for assessment and for output monitoring purposes
Ability to actively support assessment processes
High proficiency in MS word, especially formatting documents, formatting shapes and text boxes, formatting graphs, etc. in order to create high-quality visuals for cluster members, donors and other humanitarian actors
Knowledge of Adobe Suite (especially Illustrator and In Design) Power BI and Tableau
Proven skills in using GIS and map-making packages, and in web design and software development
High proficiency in GIS and map-making packages (such as Quantum GIS, Arc GIS, etc.)
Understanding of how to manage websites (e.g. UNOCHA’s Humanitarian Response platform) and content management systems