Information Management Associate

OCHA Pacific supports governments and humanitarian partners with information management, mapping and analysis to improve preparedness and situational awareness in emergencies. Across a large and hazard-prone region, maintaining usable datasets and producing clear geospatial products are important for government-led humanitarian coordination. The six-month assignment will focus on practical data-preparedness and GIS outputs that can be completed within the assignment period while giving the Associate direct exposure to humanitarian information management.

Under the direct supervision of an international OCHA staff member based in Suva, the Associate will undertake the following tasks:

* Support collection, cleaning, organization and maintenance of humanitarian and preparedness datasets for Pacific Island countries and territories

* Assist in producing maps, dashboards, infographics and other visual information products using GIS and data-visualization tools including but not limited to ArcGIS and Adobe Suite of programs (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).

* Contribute to maintaining and improving common operational datasets (CODs), including administrative boundaries, population and key infrastructure information.

* Support remote-sensing and geospatial analysis for hazard exposure, preparedness and emergency impact assessment, as appropriate.

* Assist with information management during emergencies, including partner/activity mapping, data consolidation and production of situation-analysis products.

* Contribute to documentation of data sources, methodologies and information-management procedures to strengthen continuity and quality assurance.

* Explore appropriate uses of automation, AI and reproducible workflows to improve humanitarian data processing and visualization, under staff supervision.

* Support the progressive update of the regional OCHA contact list of regional and in country humanitarian partners

* Mapping and updating of Humanitarian Partners in the 14 countries under the AoR of OCHA OoP