Overview
The Protection Information Management Officer will be responsible for strengthening the quality, management, and use of protection information across DRC Uganda's protection programme. The role ensures the secure collection, management, analysis, and dissemination of protection data in line with PIM principles and DRC data protection standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the adaptation and development of standardized protection information management systems.
- Manage and continuously improve DRC Uganda's Protection Information Management (PIM) systems.
- Maintain secure databases for protection activities.
- Support the digitalization and harmonization of protection tools.
- Ensure appropriate data storage, version control, backup, and access management.
- Work closely with the MEAL team to ensure protection databases are aligned with organizational reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with DRC Data Protection policy and PIM principles.
- Develop and maintain protocols for data cleaning, validation, and quality assurance.
- Conduct routine data quality assessments.
- Ensure confidential handling of sensitive information.
- Monitor compliance with data protection and information-sharing protocols.
- Ensure interoperability between protection information systems and organizational data platforms.
- Oversee the protection data lifecycle.
- Collaborate with the MEAL Manager to strengthen data quality assurance processes.
- Analyse protection data to identify protection risks, trends, and vulnerabilities.
- Produce monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc statistical reports, dashboards, and information products.
- Lead the consolidation of programme-generated evidence to support updates of DRC Uganda's Protection Analysis.
- Support the Protection Manager in translating programme evidence into strategic recommendations.
- Design, maintain, and automate interactive dashboards.
- Prepare datasets and analytical products for donor reporting and programme reviews.
- Compile, validate, and share consolidated non-confidential protection data with the MEAL team.
- Work jointly with the MEAL team to ensure consistency between protection reports and programme databases.
- Support the design, digitalization, and management of protection assessment tools.
- Manage databases for Rapid Protection Assessments, Safety audits, and other protection assessments.
- Ensure assessment datasets are cleaned, analysed, and archived.
- Produce analytical summaries and reports following assessments.
- Support the development and rollout of new systems such as standardized Protection Monitoring system.
- Conduct predictive trend analyses and triangulate protection data.
- Collaborate with the MEAL team to harmonize assessment methodologies.
- Support the management of confidential GBV and CP case management databases.
- Ensure data quality and confidentiality of case management information.
- Produce routine case management statistics and trend analyses.
- Support field teams in improving data entry and reporting quality.
- Generate monthly and quarterly case management reports.
- Support implementation or migration of digital case management systems.
- Produce anonymized and aggregated case management statistics.
- Support proposal development through evidence generation and data analysis.
- Support development of indicators and reporting frameworks.
- Produce ad hoc analyses requested by programme management.
- Support programme reviews and learning exercises.
- Contribute to strategy development through evidence generated from programme data.
- Provide analytical inputs for donor reports, strategic documents, and programme design.
- Train protection staff on PIM principles.
- Build staff capacity on tools and software used (GBVIMS, ActivityInfo, Kobo or Progres V4).
- Participate in the development of guidance notes and SOPs related to PIM.
- Support protection and MEAL staff in strengthening understanding and application of PIM standards.
- Work closely with Protection Managers, Specialists and field teams.
- Participate in relevant Protection and Information Management coordination mechanisms.
- Liaise with UNHCR and partners on PIM issues when required.
- Ensure harmonized reporting across field offices.
- Serve as the primary focal point between the Protection and MEAL departments on PIM.
- Collaborate with MEAL to support alignment of protection indicators, reporting tools, and databases.
Required Experience
At least 4 years’ experience working with MEAL/Information Management functions and supporting programme reporting processes.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Demography, Public Health, Social Sciences or related field. Training or certification in PIM, data protection, Information Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, or data analysis.
