Information Management Consultant (RDH) at International Organization for Migration’s (IOM)

Context:

The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Regional Office for Asia-Pacific (ROAP) and its partners use, produce, and monitor migration-related data for planning, policy-making and operational purposes. The Asia-Pacific Regional Data Hub (RDH) aspires to reference a comprehensive set of such data, including information on migration trends, stocks and flows in the Asia-Pacific region. The RDH aims to support evidence-based strategic and policy level discussion on migration through a combined set of initiatives including strengthening of regional primary and secondary data collection and analysis; increasing Information Management (IM) capacity across countries; providing technical support to ensure harmonization and interoperability of key methodologies and tools used to monitor population mobility; and the engagement of key stakeholders and governmental counterparts in migration dialogue and consultation.

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Coordinator, the direct supervision of the Regional Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Officer based in Bangkok, Thailand, and in close coordination with the RDH Information Management Officer (RDH IMO), the successful candidate will support the information management workstream and activities within the RDH.

Core Functions / Responsibilities:

1. Support the RDH IM team in planning and deploying IM systems and processes. Ensure the implementation of IOM data protection standards and good practices at all stages of systems development.
2. In close coordination with the RDH IMO, develop and improve data collection through ODK/KOBO forms ensuring that the full process from planning, development to deployment is done seamlessly.
3. In coordination with the RDH IM Officer, ensure accurate and reliable data is collected, stored, and submitted in a timely manner; train and support ROAP and Country Office staff in tasks related to data collection, surveys, and assessments. Support in the supervision of data collection processes and overall data management activities.
4. Support the RDH IM Officer in the timely preparation and generation of local and regional level information products, including but not limited to, analytical and statistical reports, displacement and migration profiles, maps and other relevant products, to ensure their highest possible quality, and support on information sharing and dissemination to all relevant channels.
5. Coordinate with the RDH Analysis and Research team in Data management, ensuring the data, used in RDH reports and research projects, is cleaned and stored. Identify the said dataset meta- data information and catalogue for easy retrieval and storage in RDH data warehouse.
6. In close coordination with the RDH Database Officer and the RDH Analysis and Research team, support in creating data workflows, , project checklists and manage project timelines to ensure timely delivery of the data to the data-warehouse and the data portal
7. Support RDH Coordinator and Project development team by extracting information for donor reporting and strategic documents relevant for the unit.
8. In coordination with the other RDH team member, Catalogue and update incoming data requests from the Regional and Country Offices to the RDH request tracking system
9. Identify gaps on data and information relevant to the programme implementation and contribute to the preparation of project proposals aiming to address such needs.
10. Represent RDH at Regional Information Management Working Group (IMWG) or initiatives that require participation in IM and data analysis.
11. Provide administrative support by managing and updating IOM ROAP common datasets such as Focal Points lists, Country presence lists, Email distribution lists, Annual leave calendar, Login credentials, Annual license subscriptions, Webinar calendar lists and RDH Workplan
12. Perform other duties as may be assigned. **