Information Management Consultant

Organizational Context and Scope

Upsurge of migration in the Americas, driven by interlinked factors, continues to expose the highly vulnerable population on the move to complex risks along the migratory routes. Collective efforts to address this while delivering the promise of migration require robust data and evidence. The need for timely, coherent, and comprehensive migration data and evidence across the Americas is increasingly urgent.

The Lighthouse Programme aims to build continental data systems to generate timely and predictable data and analysis for action, insight, and foresight, informing decision-making on migration policy, programming, and initiatives. Building on the foundational strength of existing IOM’s data capacity, network and programming across the continent, the programme is designed to address key challenges, build coherence, and establish common continental reference of migration data and evidence in the Americas.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Office in Guyana and in close coordination with the IM Officer in Barbados and the Lighthouse Programme Team and R4V team in Panama, the IM consultant will be dedicated to supporting the implementation of the project’s activities in the Caribbean sub-region. This includes the roll-out of harmonization, standardization, consolidation processes, online platform development and integration, and operationalization of on-demand data collection and analysis exercises. It also includes support in internal and external multi-stakeholder engagement as required.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

The Field IM Consultant will be responsible for the following duties:
1.Support the development and roll-out implementation of tools and systems (data collection, consolidation, and dissemination) harmonization and standardization process. This includes tasks to support the optimization and reconciliation of flow monitoring strategy and operations in the subregion.
2.Act as a focal point to support the coordination of data consolidation workflows across all IOM stand-alone or integrated data-related operations in the subregion, ensuring timely and quality processes and outputs. This may include additional support tasks such as data cleaning, validation, and verification.
3.Support in stakeholder engagement exercises for the subregion as required. This includes engagement with existing data initiatives internally as well as with external partners, networks and working groups relevant to the project.
4.Support in data analysis required for the production of regular as well as on-demand report related to the project deliveries.
5.Support in the design, development, and implementation of regular foresight exercises for project implementation, including coordinating with the relevant IOM data teams in the subregion.
6.Support in identifying and following up on emerging issues and priorities for migration data to inform policy, programming, and operations within the subregion.
7.Support and participate in internal and external capacity development activities implemented through the project.
8.Provide regular reporting and monitoring across project implementation areas for the subregion as required by the project team in Panama.
9.In close coordination with the R4V national focal point and the R4V Caribbean Subregional Coordinator, support R4V information management processes for the five Caribbean subregional countries (Aruba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago), including updating population stock figures, sharing movements data on a quarterly basis (where available), and participating in relevant R4V meetings, such as weekly subregional meetings and the IMWG.
10.Support IM processes related to the Refugee and Migrant Needs Analysis (RMNA), including updating population projections, leading data collection exercises aligned with the regional R4V JNA, secondary data revision, and conducting calculations of persons in need.

11.Support IM processes related to the Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP), including consolidation and quality-check of RMRP activities, coordinating activity monitoring/reporting (5Ws), and financial reporting via the Financial Tracking Service (FTS).
12.Any other duty as may be assigned

Education

University degree in computer science, data science, analytics, statistics, information management, public administration, management or a related field with four years of relevant professional experience.

Language

For this position, fluency in English and Spanish are required (oral and written).

Email application and CV to iomguyana@iom.int with email subject as Vacancy-Information Management Consultant.

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