The DRC is one of ten countries that account for 60% of the global burden of wasting in children under 5 years old. The national prevalence of wasting has decreased significantly from 13% in 2001 to 6.5% in 2018 with 2.0% for the severe form. At the provincial level, 12 out of 26 provinces have the severe form above 2% (emergency threshold). The provinces of Ituri (6.1%) and North Ubangui (6.1%) have very high prevalences of severe wasting. In 2023, an estimated 2.6 million people will suffer from Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM), including 1.3 million children under five affected by SAM (HRP, 2023). This alarming situation has been aggravated by the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous regional conflicts and has accentuated the suffering and vulnerability of the population,

• The nutrition program in the DRC benefits from the support of several partners, including UNICEF under the leadership of the Government through its national nutrition program “PRONANUT”. UNICEF's technical and financial contribution is aligned with the 2016-2020 national multi-sector nutrition strategic plan, which has been extended until the end of 2023. The challenges facing the nutrition program in the DRC are severalfold. orders namely: (i) the non-existence of a multi-sectoral coordination of Nutrition with no supra-sectoral institutional anchoring, (ii) the programmatic balkanization with a vision rather project than program including a weak coordination and overlaps of the implementation implementation of nutrition interventions,
• UNICEF's Global Nutrition Strategy 2020-2030 aims, by 2030, to protect and promote diets, services and practices that support optimal nutrition, growth and development for all children, teenagers and women. One of the key outcomes of this strategy is to strengthen strategic partnership, data management, knowledge and to conduct effective advocacy and mobilize funding for nutrition. Achieving this 6 th result requires good management of data and information as well as the generation of evidence (routine data, studies, surveys, monitoring, surveillance, causal analysis, etc.).
• UNICEF is supporting the government to strengthen the DIHS2 (District Health Information System) so that it is the only effective and efficient database in the country for the management of nutrition data within the health system, including aspects of the nutrition supply chain. This migration faces several organizational and programmatic challenges (qualified, competent and committed human resources).
• But, it is also necessary to develop and strengthen the monitoring of nutrition data in other systems (food systems, education system, water and hygiene and sanitation system, social protection system) because UNICEF must work strategically with these systems. to improve the nutritional status of populations.
• It is in this context that UNICEF, in support of the government, is launching the notice for the recruitment of a post of National Officer, level B, manager of multi-sectoral nutrition data in the various systems involved in nutrition (food systems, health system, education system, water and hygiene and sanitation system, social protection system) in the DRC.
• Given the complexity of the nutrition situation in the DRC and the diversity of nutrition interventions implemented, UNICEF must be able to have: (i) solid nutrition information at regular intervals in the different systems, ( ii) an estimate of progress towards achieving the results of the various nutrition program areas, (iii) the analysis of the coverage of interventions as well as gaps or gaps in the nutrition sector throughout the country , (iv) solid innovations in terms of database management to accelerate results and achieve the objectives of these three previous pillars.
• How can you make a difference for UNICEF in the DRC?
• The role of the IMO is to provide technical support to the Nutrition Section in maintaining an efficient, interactive nutrition data and information management system by contributing to tool design, analysis and reporting of quality as well as visual aids (maps, dashboard, factsheet, briefing note, etc.).
• He will work under the administrative supervision of the Nutrition Specialist NOC (Governance and coordination in Nutrition, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation) of the Nutrition section.

TASKS AND EXPECTED RESULTS

The IMO will perform the following specific tasks:

• Design (bases, tools, maps, etc.) and ensure the proper management (collection, encoding, analysis and dissemination) of nutrition data within UNICEF's Multisectoral Nutrition Information System (SINUT) including the processing of acute malnutrition including the feedback of programmatic and supply data, the prevention of different forms of malnutrition in different systems, surveillance, surveys, studies and emergencies;
• Support the staff of the Nutrition section of the field offices, the Nutrition cluster if necessary and the partners in the management and coordination of nutrition data (collection tools, and consolidation, etc.), with a view to gradually building up skills and knowledge in information management;
• Produce regular (punctual, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual) reports and visual aids (maps, dashboard, factsheets) of results using available data and templates;
• Research and analyze information to contribute and facilitate the development, design and preparation of the nutrition program;
• Contribute to the preparation of technical reports, documentation and communication with rights holders, donors and government.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The IMO in charge of Information Management within the Nutrition section will have the following roles and responsibilities:

Systems development  : In close collaboration with the Nutrition specialist (Governance and coordination in Nutrition, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation)

• Work with the specialists responsible for the units (Prevention and Treatment of Acute Malnutrition) and UNICEF partners to set up evaluation, monitoring and reporting processes;
• Maintain and develop information management systems (activity information, databases etc.) to help collect and analyze data from UNICEF emergency programs, including tracking input sales reporting therapeutics;
• Assist in the development and quality assurance of data collection systems with UNICEF staff and partners;
• Develop technical specifications for the Activity Info database to meet emerging needs of UNICEF emergency programs;
• Coordinate with existing data collection systems used by UNICEF;

Capacity building and support:

• Train nutrition section staff and partners in the use of Information Management Systems;
• Provide technical support and advice to UNICEF staff and partners on Information Management issues;

Information management products:

• Provide strategic thinking on information management products for the Nutrition section, including assessment reports, analytical reports and maps;
• Update nutrition section program websites or pages hosted by UNICEF;

Monitoring and quality assurance:

• Contribute to the monitoring of the performance and impact of the programs of the Emergency Section as well as the Groups for which UNICEF is responsible in the DRC;
• Contribute to UNICEF reporting requirements for end users (rights holders, donors and government);

Information management coordination:

• Coordinate with other information management stakeholders (e.g. other UN agencies and government) to ensure complementarity and, where necessary, interoperability of data with other relevant systems ;
• Represent UNICEF in a coordination forum relating to information management;

GIS:

• Produce maps on the themes followed by the Nutrition section of UNICEF;
• Develop templates, catalogs and a style guide for the cards produced;

To qualify as a champion for every child, you must:

The administrator in charge of information management should have the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree (Bac. + 5) in Information Management or a related field;
• At least two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in the field of Information and Data Management System for a Humanitarian Agency (preferably in the United Nations and in particular at UNICEF), particularly in connection with the field of Nutrition, statistical analysis, information technology and IT for data management;
• Previous experience managing information from significant projects;
• Extensive experience in the implementation of Management Information systems for end users, and technical knowledge in the development of such systems;
• Good knowledge and expertise of the nutrition program and interventions in the DRC and of the sectors/systems involved in nutrition;
• Work experience or good knowledge of Cluster information management (including Nutrition) and in emergency situations;
• Good knowledge and expertise in GIS (Information Management System) including the production of geographical location maps and computer graphics with Arc Gis, QGIS, Google Earth, Inkscape and Adobe Illustrator;
• Knowledge and expertise in Rapid Pro (free and open source software) which allows users to easily create and adapt mobile applications to collect real-time data through short message service (SMS) and others communication channels;
• Appropriate proficiency in programming with the following languages ​​and tools is an important asset: Microsoft Power BI DAX language, Microsoft Automate, Google Data Studio, Microsoft Office Access, Excel, Visual Basic for Application, Visual Basic, VB Script, ASP.NET, MySQL , SQL, Oracle, JavaScript, XML, HTML, PHP, ExtJs/GXT, C# and ActivityInfo;
• Good knowledge and experience of the following software: Microsoft, SQL Server, Google Web Toolkit, PowerBI, Tableau Desktop, Adobe illustrator, DHIS2, InfoMed, Kobotoolbox/ODK, ONA, SPSS, Epi Info 6;
• Strong analytical skills and ability to handle complex issues;
• Be well organized and have good ability to plan work rationally;
• Work experience or knowledge of emergency situations is considered an asset;
• Knowledge of UNICEF procedures is an asset;
• Good knowledge of nutrition surveys including the SMART methodology (Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions);
• Excellent command of French and a good knowledge of English would be an asset
• Proven ability to work in a multicultural environment and to establish harmonious and effective working relationships, both inside and outside the organization;
• Previous experience in the DRC or with UNICEF would be an asset;

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/562845/information-management-officer-nob-ta-kinshasa