Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Mon, 8 Sep 2014
Job type: Contract
Location:
Mali
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months
The role
The Information Manager Co-lead is a core member of Education Sector Working group/ Cluster Coordination team and will support the Working group/Cluster Coordinator to fulfill the Education Cluster’s mission to:
- provide leadership in emergency and crisis response and recovery;
- work in partnership to ensure continued access to quality and relevant education;
- ensure evidence-based actions, gap-filling and sound coordination; and
- enhance accountability, predictability and effectiveness of emergency education actions
The Information Manager Co-lead will play a vital role in collecting, analyzing, and sharing information that is important for the cluster stakeholders to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions on:
- The needs of affected populations;
- The prioritization of these needs;
- What are the key gaps in activities to meet prioritized needs;
- What capacity (human, material, financial) exists to be used in support of the identified prioritized response needs.
Qualifications and experience
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent in relevant field such as: education, geographic sciences, humanitarian affairs, political science, information technology, information systems, engineering or communications
- Experience in information management, knowledge management or a related field
- At least two-year’s combined field and headquarters experience in a relevant humanitarian international organization(s) (e.g. UN agencies, INGOs, IOs, Donors, IFRC or ICRC)
- Experience of working in complex emergencies
- Fluency in English and French
- Good knowledge of the UN system and NGO humanitarian community.
- Knowledge of education-related technical guidelines, standards, and indicators, particularly the INEE Minimum Standards
- Experience of humanitarian needs assessments, surveys, and monitoring and evaluation
- Proven statistical analytic skills
- Experience in website content management
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to work with many different functions from high level decision makers to technical specialists to IT experts.
- Able to manage and work in or with a multidisciplinary team of IM practitioners and provide leadership and guidance for IM operations
- Ability to guide technical staff
- Strong knowledge of MS Excel and preferably MS Access or other databases
- Understanding of GIS and map making processes and ability to collect and organize data to support their production
- Ability to present information in understandable tables, charts and graphs
- Data capture, storage/file management and analysis and report generation
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: asobossi.85950.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com
Information Manager, Co-Lead Education Cluster
Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Wed, 30 Jul 2014Job Details:
Organisation: Save the Children - International
Deadline Mon, 8 Sep 2014
Job type: Contract
Location: Mali
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.
Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Contract length: 12 months
The role
The Information Manager Co-lead is a core member of Education Sector Working group/ Cluster Coordination team and will support the Working group/Cluster Coordinator to fulfill the Education Cluster’s mission to:
The Information Manager Co-lead will play a vital role in collecting, analyzing, and sharing information that is important for the cluster stakeholders to make informed, evidence-based, strategic decisions on:
Qualifications and experience
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: asobossi.85950.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com