Job Opportunity at IOM

Position Title :

Information Management Consultant (RDH)

IOM

Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of
migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental
partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It
does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

The IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) in Bangkok, Thailand is covering
40 countries across the Asia and Pacific region. The key responsibility of the ROAP is to
formulate regional strategies and plans of action and to provide programmatic and
administrative support to the countries within the region.

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.

Required Qualifications and Experience
Education
• Completed Master’s degree from an accredited academic institution preferably in
Computer Science, Media or Social Sciences or any discipline related to Information
Management from an accredited academic institution with three years of experience. Or
• University degree in the above fields with five years of relevant professional experience.

Experience
• Experience in Information Management; emergency humanitarian operations;
management and coordination of information flows; data management including
collection, storing, processing, and analyzing data to generate information products
• Experience in Migration research or research in general is an advantage.

• Experience in data visualization and information design skills
• Experience with handling confidential and sensitive data.

Skills

• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of using Microsoft Excel for cleaning, preparing, and
transforming raw data for data analysis and visualization projects
• Knowledge in GIS, R programming, Adobe suite, Power BI and/or Power Query is an
advantage
• Knowledge of the latest technological developments in information technology and
information system
• Ability to assist the creation of IM-related technical requirements and Standard Operating
Procedures
• Demonstrated team building and information management skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of information processes such as data collection, analysis,
visualization, and reporting


Languages
Fluency in English language (oral and written) is required.

At a glance

Company: International Organization for Migration(IOM)

Posted Date: 12/17/2022

Deadline Date: 02/09/2023

Target Field :

Computer Science, Information Management, and Information and Communications Technologies

Employment Type : Full Time

Location : Home-based

About Company

Phone: +66 2 343 9400

Website: http://www.iom.int

Email : ROBangkok@iom.int

How to Apply

Interested candidates can submit their applications via e-mail to
ROBangkokHR@iom.int . Please include the reference code: ROBKK-CFA 22-014 followed
by your full name in the subject line.