ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT.

In close coordination and consultation with the Associate OPS Data Management Officer and as applicable relevant units at Headquarters. The Senior Information Management Associate (GIS) will be responsible for broadly supporting the production and dissemination of geographic information on the population of concern to the Country Office, including, but not limited to Protection and Programme information.

The Senior Information Management Associate (GIS) will liaise with sectoral leads to gather geographic information for further analysis and dissemination and identify information gaps. Where information gaps exist, the Senior Information Management Associate (GIS) may help setting up primary data collection systems and organise needs assessments, which may also involve other stakeholders.

In the case of refugee operations, the Senior Information Management Associate (GIS) will coordinate geographic information management activities relevant to all aspects of the operation and across organizations.

For IDP operations, the Senior Information Management Associate (GIS) will coordinate geographic information and provide geographic information management services to the UNHCR-led clusters and act as main focal point for those clusters with OCHA.

Duties and Responsibility (process and functions undertaken to achieve results)

- Liaise directly with sector leads and partners to identify mapping needs and develop appropriate products according to defined UNHCR standards.

- Identify and implement a client oriented map request process to track and manage map requests and products.

- Analyse and produce a set of standard maps (Map Catalogue) for sector working groups, Inter-Agency structure and other UNHCR units based on operational needs.

- Support the established standards for operational, geographical and population data to be used throughout the country, maintain and distribute standards to IM officers and others working with operational data in the region, including partners.

- Advocate for harmonized data and mapping standards at field, national and regional levels.

- Maintain and expand the geographic data repository and related metadata.

- Provide GIS analysis to support UNHCR and partner decision making and guidance to achieve analytical products and derived geographic information.

- Contribute to training and skills-development support for UNHCR and partners in the areas of mapping, GIS analysis, spatial data standards, Global Positioning System (GPS) use in data collection and navigation and geodata collection procedures.

- Provide geographic information management services to support sector monitoring and evaluation in the refugee response.

- Insure GIS integration with corporate data and reporting systems and harmonize geodata management across systems.

Perform any other related tasks as required.