VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Information Management Officer
THE ORGANIZATION:
Handicap International is an independent and impartial international aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.
Handicap International is a not-for-profit organisation with no religious or political affiliation. It operates as a federation made up of a network of associations that provide it with human and financial resources, manage its projects and implement its actions and social mission. For more details on the association: http://www.handicap-international.fr/en/s/index.html
OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION:
The Information Management Officer ensures the use of data management tools on the project(s) and/or in the geographical area(s) of intervention to which he/she is assigned, as defined in the data management system framework established by the Senior IM Officer or otherwise by the Regional/Standalone MEAL Manager. He or she controls the quality of the different data transiting the system.
REPONSIBILITIES:
Mission 1: Operational implementation
Responsibility 1: Contributes to the development of tools
Participates in the development of data collection forms (paper or mobile data collection (MDC));
Creates the corresponding databases;
Carries out tests on the input and extraction of data.
Responsibility 2: Supervises (or carries out) data inputting
• Trains and supports the teams responsible for inputting data from paper forms into the database (in the case of paper data collection) or the field teams in charge of the day-to-day use of MDC tools when available;
• Ensures that the data in the database is up-to-date or regularly synchronised;
• Inputs data, if the organisation requires.
Responsibility 3: Carries our data processing and cleaning
Centralises information and compiles the updated version of the database;
Sets up and runs a regular series of tests to check the quality of the data and identify potential errors;
Takes appropriate action to correct or neutralise identified errors;
Develops mechanisms to automate quality testing as much as possible;
Performs regular or on-demand data extractions;
Puts simple calculations in place on the database to perform first level analyses or prepares more complex analyses.
Responsibility 4: Archives the databases
During the course of the project, makes regular backups and archives the intermediate versions of the databases;
At the end of the project, prepares and archives the final version of the databases and deletes the intermediary versions in the different storage spaces.
Responsibility 5: Identifies measures to improve data quality
In conjunction with the project teams and the MEAL teams, proposes measures to improve data quality.
Monitors and alerts if errors occur during a data collection exercise so that corrective action can be taken and future errors limited.
Mission 2: Emergency preparedness and response
Contributes to the programme’s emergency preparedness actions and, in an emergency, adapts his or her working methods to contribute to an effective humanitarian approach by HI.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE will have:
1) Bachelor’s degree in IT or Computer Science.
2) 2 years of experience in information management.
3) Analytical skills and Advanced Excel.
Initial contract will be for a period of one year renewable and the position is based in Cairo
Handicap International is an equal opportunity employer.
It welcomes applications from persons with disabilities and is ready to provide reasonable accommodation for their specific needs.
Closing date: 14/03/2023
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application should include updated resume. Incomplete applications received after the deadline will be disregarded.
Please address all applications through email to: recruitment@egypt.hi.org
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:
HI workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in HI Code of conduct. In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.
DISABILITY INCLUSION:
The candidate or his/her representative must let the HR representative know that s/he needs an adjustment or change at the test and the interview for a reason related to a medical condition by sending a request for accommodation at the email mentioned above or by phone: +20(0)1 09 995 3135
How to apply
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application should include updated resume. Incomplete applications received after the deadline will be disregarded.
Please address all applications through email to: recruitment@egypt.hi.org