Overview
This role focuses on improving disaster information management systems and platforms for the National Institute for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction (INGD) in Mozambique. The objective is to enhance data visualization, analysis, and capacity for real-time understanding of disaster impacts.
Key Responsibilities
- Improve and strengthen the process to collect and review data and continue developing INGD data visualization products (snapshots/Dashboard), including data entry and flow.
- Support the development of response data dashboard.
- As needed, propose changes/adjustments to collection/review/visualization products for its improvement to avoid/minimize errors.
- Design and recommend new INGD snapshots (including sector, displacement, needs assessment snapshots) using data visualization platforms (e.g. tableau, power BI or others that INGD has access to). This should include an interactive geospatial visualization of disaster impact data.
- Re-test the functioning of the designed platform and its readiness for utilization.
- Provide training to INGD information officers and sector emergency focal points at central and provincial levels on the use of the designed platform.
- Support needs assessment processes, including review of existing tools for data collection and analysis.
- Support the integration and alignment of information captured from existing needs assessment tools to data entry and new data visualization products.
- Explore the linkages of the designed platform and other database systems that INGD is using.
- Support the migration of developed platforms/dashboards to local INGD server.
- Any other tasks identified related to data collection, analysis, and management that will improve INGD’s overall data management/visualization capacity.
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level on data management, analysis and visualization using platforms and softwares such as Tableau, Power BI or any other or other relevant programmes;
- Experience developing scripts that allows interoperability with other systems through Rest APIs; experience with on ArcGis is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization;
- Advanced knowledge, skills and experience (3 years or more) on database development and management, and digital data collection tools (KoboToolBox, ODK or similar) is required.
- Experience in the implementation of an ETL data flow using javascript or similar programming language, is required;
- Experience in designing and delivering capacity-building initiatives will be considered a strong asset;
- Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills;
- Accuracy and professionalism in document production and editing;
- Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners and authorities at different levels; familiarity with tools and approaches of communications for development
- Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel;
- Very strong computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Access) data collection platforms, email/internet; familiarity with database management; and office technology equipment;
- Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines;
- Sound security awareness;
- Have affinity with or interest in Emergency Preparedness and Response, volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Management Technology, Computer science, Information systems, Geographic sciences, GIS or engineering highly desirable
