UNICEF Pacific Consultancy: Information Management Expert for Climate Change and Emergencies, S ...

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The UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office covers 14 countries and territories that are highly vulnerable to both climatic and non climatic shocks, stresses, and disasters. These include cyclones, floods, droughts, and other severe weather events, which often overlap and compound vulnerabilities. Children are disproportionately affected by these hazards due to their physical and physiological vulnerability, increasing risks of mortality, deprivation, and inequality. Overlapping hazards can erode development progress, deepen poverty, and trigger humanitarian crises, making certain areas increasingly precarious for children. Amid these challenges, strong child rights governance remains critical: all 14 Pacific Island countries and territories have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, though only a third are currently on track with reporting obligations.

Information Management (IM) is essential for ensuring timely and accurate analysis of often limited data to support evidence based decision making. In the Pacific, UNICEF plays a critical role in humanitarian coordination, serving as the WASH Cluster Lead and co lead for multiple national clusters/sectors, including Education and Child Protection. To deliver on these mandates, UNICEF must provide rapid and effective IM support across sectors and clusters, both at the regional level and within national structures under National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs). The humanitarian landscape in the Pacific is further complicated by diverse coordination structures at regional and national levels, requiring strong contextual understanding and sustained engagement. Reliable, up to date data is therefore critical for preparedness, response, and recovery efforts, as well as for climate change adaptation and resilience programming.

UNICEF works across the Pacific with leading governmental organizations on climate change and with social sectors such as Education, WASH, Health & Nutrition, Child Protection, and Social Policy to improve access to services for the most vulnerable. Understanding the main impacts, identifying where vulnerable populations are located, and determining appropriate actions are essential. Part of this effort involves mapping interventions at household or community level and identifying gaps. To achieve this, UNICEF needs tools for assessments, monitoring, and tracking completed actions-tools that can be scaled up with government counterparts and implementing partners.

In 2024 and 2025, UNICEF, in collaboration with UNITAR and the governments of Fiji, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands, developed the Children's Climate Risk Index and Disaster Risk Model (CCRI DRM). This tool improves access to subnational climate and disaster risk information, enabling evidence based policies and programs to reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience. CCRI DRM provides a comprehensive view of children's exposure and vulnerability to climate and non climatic risks, supporting decision making and planning through a public platform.

To enhance data accessibility, quality, visualization, and ownership of CCRI DRM and other IM resources, UNICEF seeks to hire a consultant to work closely with UNICEF sections, governments, and humanitarian actors. The consultant will identify opportunities, strengthen information systems, and build capacity at community and sectoral levels. This work will inform UNICEF's and partners' preparedness and response activities, as well as climate change programming, ensuring that decisions are grounded in robust, child focused evidence.

How can you make a difference?

Information System Development

• Design, develop, and improve information systems to capture and manage data related to humanitarian actions, including preparedness, response, recovery, and climate change.
• Incorporate mapping of regular sectoral programmatic work supported by UNICEF across countries (including Who, What, Where, and By When).
• Ensure systems are user friendly, scalable, and adaptable for use by government counterparts and implementing partners.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Identify and engage key stakeholders within UNICEF and external partners to foster collaboration and data sharing.
• Coordinate with clusters, sectors, and their working group information managers to ensure complementarity with existing IM systems.
• Facilitate cross sectoral analysis of information related to disaster response and climate programming.

Data Visualization

• Develop simple, user friendly data visualization tools and dashboards to improve understanding and utilization of data for strategic decision making.
• Ensure visualizations support rapid analysis during emergencies and climate related interventions.

Capacity Building

• Provide training and capacity building sessions for partners and stakeholders on data collection, management, and utilization.
• Develop guidance materials and standard operating procedures for IM tools and systems.

Cross Cutting Considerations

• Integrate gender, disability inclusion, and accountability to affected populations into all IM systems and processes.
• Ensure data collection and reporting frameworks reflect these considerations.

Documentation and Reporting

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of IM processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Provide regular progress reports to UNICEF and streamline information sharing methods (e.g., online platforms, email groups, written reports, and verbal feedback during coordination meetings).

Please refer to the ToR (TOR IM Expert - Climate Change and Emergencies.pdf) for further information on the deliverables and the timelines.

Guidance For Applicants Please submit a separate financial offer along with your application. The financial proposal should be a lump sum amount for all the deliverables and should show a breakdown for the following:

• Monthly / Daily fees - Based on the deliverables indicated in the Terms of Reference above
• Travel - economy air ticket to take up assignment in Fiji
• Living allowance for relocation to Suva, Fiji for the entire contract duration
• Miscellaneous - to cover health insurance (including medical evacuation), travel, communications, and other costs.

Education

• An undergraduate bachelor's degree or higher in Information Management, Geography, GIS, Data Science, or a related field.

Work Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in information management, data collection, and data processing, particularly in humanitarian contexts.
• Demonstrated experience in the development and improvement of data collection and management systems, including the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Proven expertise in data visualization and the use of data for strategic decision making.
• Experience working with government partners.
• Work experience serving in a developing country is required. Work experience in the Pacific Islands region is an asset.
• Experience working in UNICEF or a UN system agency is an asset.

Skills

• Exceptional interpersonal skills to effectively engage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong communication and training skills to convey complex technical information to non technical partners.
• Understanding of cross cutting themes such as gender, disabilities, and accountability to affected populations in the context of information management.
• Ability to work independently and in a team, with a proactive and results oriented approach.
• Analysis skills and quantitative and qualitative synthesis of information.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of a local language is an advantage.

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) UNICEF's Core Values underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values.

The UNICEF Competencies Required For This Post

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities . click apply for full job details