Information Management Associate

OVERVIEW OF POSITION

This position is part of the Islamabad based team of the EU-funded Programme for Improved Nutrition in Sindh (PINS), nutrition specific project covering 10 districts.in Sindh. This is a consortium based project with three co-applicants (RSPN, PPHI and Concern Worldwide) and a range of other government partners.

This is a capital office based position responsible to work under the leadership of IM Manager and provide support in smooth operations of PINS in the districts through efficient data collection, processing and feeding in to the central data base system. This position will be supporting the process for planning and conducting workshops, sessions for rolling out information management processes at country level under the clear guidance of technical supervisor.

OBJECTIVES

Objective 1

To provide support gathering data and maintain active data base

Tasks & responsibilities

·         To support field IM teams in data cleaning  and data compilation.

·         Support in planning of researches and support in Analysis using different tools like SPSS,NIS ,ENA and MS Access.

·         To provide support in implementation of  project monitoring system in collaboration with MEAL team which includes trend analysis for program progress, effectiveness against stated indicators.

·         To provide support in generation of reports as per requirements of Action Against Hunger and donors.

Objective 2

Conduct analysis of data sets and archive data

Tasks & responsibilities

·         To provide support to field IM teams in program data archiving and develop spread sheets for other departments/organizational as per needs to track data and files.  

·         Strong Support in all ACF Nutrition Assessments e.g. SQUEAC, SMART, IYCF KAP Baseline, Endline, NCA in planning, formulation and execution stage.

·         visits to field  for monitoring in terms of stream lining data reporting quality and data reporting channel among field and office staff if needed.

Objective 3 (Gender)

To ensure inclusion across programming and within/by the team

Tasks & responsibilities

·          Support mission level qualification for gender marker;

·          Encourage inclusion within recruitment, training and promotion;

·          Ensure inclusion within programme planning, implementation and reporting;

·          Identify and mentor gender focal points in coordination with HR.

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIP

Internal

Under the guidance of

Senior IM Manager ,IM Manager

In coordination with

COP, IM officer, MEAL Co, Tech Program Manager

Line manager of

Nill

Technical manager of

Nill

External

NGO/ INGO

PINS partners, other organisations working in Sindh

Donors

EU, other potential donors

Government of Pakistan

AAP, Provincial counterparts

International

EU as required, ACF counterparts

Other

Research bodies

REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES

Internal National

To support in compilation of monthly reports for PINS and other provincial initiatives/projects;

To ensure timely data collection and compilation for central data base management.

To support in compilation of project life cycle documentation reports.

Internal Global

N/A

External

Interdepartmental reporting;

Required reports for GoP.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory

·         Bachelor's Degree in relevant field and/or relevant technical qualification Minimum 03 years of overall experience and 01 year in relevant field in development sector

·         Diploma in information management sciences or relevant degree.

·         Good written and verbal communication in English;

·         Computer sciences, IT management related qualification

·         Experience working in nutrition specific

·         Experience working within complex matrix based organizational structures;

·         Excellent interpersonal skills

·         Good resource and time management skills

·         Computer literate, knowledge of MS Word and Excel required

·         Experience working in Sindh

Preference

·         Urdu, English language skills;

·         Experience within a large national or international organization;

·         Experience working in development projects

·         Experience working closely with Government of Sindh.

COMPETENCIES

(1 being lowest, 4 being highest)

Team work (Level 3)

Organisation a nd planning (Level 3)

Analysis and resolution of problems and conflict (Level 2)

Adaptability and flexibility (Level 3)

Motivation (Level 3)

Resistance to pressure, and capacity to deal with difficult situations (Level 3)

Results orientation (Level 2)

Effective and synthetic Communication (Level 3)