Background

UNFPA established a regional response hub in Amman, Jordan, to coordinate and provide technical and operational support to its offices in the Syrian Arab Republic and the neighbouring countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey. The UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub provides technical and operational support to country offices and coordinates with other sister UN agencies regional emergency offices. In light of the Whole of Syria (WOS) approach that the humanitarian community has embraced (that includes Syria and the cross border operations from Turkey and Jordan), the UNFPA Regional Syria Response Hub has also become the coordination and information management point for the WOS for UNFPA and for its mandate areas in Gender Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response (GBV AoR) and Reproductive Health (RH).

Purpose:

The humanitarian data and information management specialist will support the data and information management and quality assurance activities related to UNFPA’s response to the Syrian crisis.  The data specialist responsibilities will include information management functions of the Whole of Syria GBV AoR.

Education

• Advanced university degree in development, social sciences or related fields

• 5-7 years professional and substantive experience in programme development and/or implementation in development or humanitarian settings

Data Analysis

• Strong experience and knowledge of probability and non-probability sampling methodologies required
• Experience in primary data collection methods and tools required
• Experience and knowledge of GBV and SRH data desirable 
• Experience in qualitative analysis and mixed-method approaches desired 
• Strong experience and knowledge of descriptive, comparative and inferential analysis of quantitative data desired 
• Knowledge of participatory approaches an asset

Coordination

   Experience in coordinating Information Management activities with multiple offices and/or multiple sectors required

Mapping

• Experience and skills in operational / service mapping desired
• Experience with spatial analysis desired   

Visualization

• Strong experience and knowledge of producing charts and tables in excel is required
• Ability to manage static/dynamic PowerBI dashboards required
• Ability to produce high quality infographics an asset 

Software

• Advanced skills with pivot tables and functions in excel is essential
• Proficiency with Power Querry required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software applications such as word, PowerPoint, outlook  required
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerBI required
• Proficiency in G-Suite applications (Drive/Docs/Sheets/Mail) required 
• Proficiency in geospatial software ARC GIS/QGIS an asset
• Proficiency with qualitative data analysis software an asset (MAXQDA/NVIVO) 

Languages

Fluency in written and spoken English is essential

Working knowledge of Arabic an advantage