Beirut - Information Management Officer (IMO) - Food Security Sector

Job Description

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND JOB PURPOSE:The Information Management Officer (IMO) is one of the core Food Security Sector (FSS) Coordination team members and plays a vital role in collecting, analysing, and sharing information that is important for the sector stakeholders to make informed, evidence based and strategic decisions on:1.?Food security needs and geographic areas of affected populations2. Location and activity of Food Security actors?3.?Key gaps in activity/program coverage and response overlaps?4.?Existing capacity (human, material, financial) to be utilised in support of the identified response needs5. Monitoring of the response against the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP), the Beirut Blast Appeal, the Lebanon Emergency Appeal for COVID-19 and other set indicators?The IMO reports to the Food Security Sector Coordinator (FSS-CC) and responds to the FSS Membership?s needs for information. The FSS IMO is responsible for the day to day management of the FSS IM Tool, under the technical guidance and support of the Information Management (IM) team at the Global FSC and in coordination with the IM Working Group in Lebanon, both under the Beirut Blast Appeal and the LCRP. The IMO can also be requested to provide support to the nutrition task force under the FSS during the Beirut Blast appeal duration.The IMO needs to be able to liaise and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders and acts as a ?bridge? between food security decision makers and technical information management (IM) staff.Fundamental to the job is the ability to design (and/or adapt) the right tools to collect and analyse data as well as to present information in a way that is easily understood by the FSS members, and external audience (i.e. graphic means such a mapping but also through tables, charts, and narrative writing).??KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)Within delegated authority and under the direct supervision of the Food Security Sector Coordinator (FSS-CC), the incumbent will perform the following tasks:????Support the LCRP preparation: provide data for FS indicators; together with FSS-CC, and along with IMWG, analyse the severity of needs and define PiN????Support the development, together with the FSS-CC and in consultation with sector partners, of the coordination of FSS response plans, strategy and logframe under the LCRP;?????Support FSS-CC in creating and monitoring partners? project submissions (ex: HPC online system for project submission);????Support in creating and monitoring the partners? reporting though ActivityInfo;?????Proactively gather information from FSS partners and other organizations which may be of use in ensuring informed decision-making processes;????Develop and maintain database about FSS partners? activities (i.e 4Ws), analyse and process the data, and share final information and products (dashboards, maps, etc.) with FSS partners. Ensure that data is collected and presented in a way consistent with the FSS objectives?????Ensure financial monitoring for the sector response activities (check OCHA FTS);????Conduct secondary data review, compile an inventory of available assessments and provide FSS partners with a list of available information/data with respective sources on a regular basis (e.g. common Cluster / Sector data sets, including population data disaggregated by age and gender, assessments and other surveys such as EFSA /CFSAM/SMART, IPC);????Create and maintain Contact directories and mailing lists;????Maintain updated gFSC country and the FSC Humanitarian Response webpages with all relevant material;????Conduct capacity building for FSS partners on IM (e.g. on monitoring / reporting formats, project submission, excel use);????Contribute to the development of reports (Sitreps, Bulletins, newsletters, sector presentation updates ) by providing the FSS-CC with data and information;????Assist in organizing FSS Meetings (national and regional), FSS ? Blast response meeting and working groups (ex: Nutrition Task Force, Cash-Based Transfer Task Force) and in note taking;?????Together with the FSS-CC, support gFSC initiatives, e.g. CCPM (Cluster Coordination Performance Monitoring), global cluster annual overview, global dashboards, etc.;????Liaise with OCHA, UNHCR/UNDP and IM Focal Points in other sectors, and attend IM Working Group meetings or other relevant WG meetings ? share information as appropriate;????Respond to inter-agency information requests (i.e. 5W, situation reports) and engage with inter-agency processes.????Perform any other duties as required.

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