Closing Date :08 Jul 2022
Reference Number :2022-010
Contract :Fixed Term Contract, ICS-7 (G-7)
Duty Station :Gaza

Data Associate (National Position) Level (ICS-7) Gaza/OCHA oPt

The incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Data gathering and processing
2. Data analysis and management
3. Needs Assessment, monitoring and information dissemination
4. Promote data standards and support building Information Management capacity
5. Support inter-cluster information management activities

Other generic duties

• All of the above responsibility needs to be conducted in coordination with IMU in Jerusalem to maintain data coherence and completeness
• Support Gaza Sub-Office Day to day work
• Any other duties as may be requested by the head of IMU.

Functional Competencies:

• Knowledge Generation: Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need.
• Knowledge Facilitation: Ability to animate individuals and communities of contributors to participate and share, particularly externally.
• Communication: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise, and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience
• Digital Awareness and Literacy: Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed.
• Working with Evidence and Data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making.
• Customer Satisfaction/Client Management: Ability to respond timely and appropriately with a sense of urgency, provide consistent solutions, and deliver timely and quality results and/or solutions to fulfil and understand the real customers' needs. •Provide inputs to the development of  customer service strategy. •Look for ways to add value beyond clients' immediate requests. •Ability to anticipate client's upcoming needs and concerns.

Education:

Secondary Education
Short courses inStatistics, Data Management, Geographic Sciences, Humanitarian Affairs, Political Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Architecture, or Communications, Economicsis preferable but not required.

Experience

7 years of experience in Data Management/Coordination, Statistics, Geographic Information System, Information Technology and/or Humanitarian Affairs.

Language requirements:

Fluency in English and Arabic language both spoken and written is required.

How to apply:

To start the application process, applicants are required to apply via OCHA oPt’s vacancies website by registering their profile and completing OCHA Personal History Form (P11). Only applications received through https://www.ochaopt.org/vacancies which should include an up to-date and complete P11 will be considered. Due to the large number of applications received for OCHA vacancies, only applicants short-listed for interview will be contacted.

The United Nations does not charge fees at any stage of the recruitment process.

The United Nations does not concern itself with information related to bank accounts.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 8 July 2022

Applications received after this date will not be considered.

Women are encouraged to apply