Information Managment Specialist

LonAdd HR Consultancy Plc (www.lonadd.com) is a Recruitment & Outsourcing Company based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with branch offices in Dukem, Hawassa and Bahir Dar. We are looking to recruit a qualified candidate on behalf of our client.

Location Addis Ababa

No. Required – 1 (One)

Contract duration:- 1 year with the possibility of extension based on satisfactory performance.

Start date – as soon as possible

Background

Ethiopia, located in the Horn of Africa, is the second most populous country in Africa, with an estimated population of over 115 million people. It shares borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. Approximately 85 per cent of the population lives in rural areas. In recent years, children and their families have faced multiple and overlapping humanitarian crises, including conflict, drought, flooding, landslides, and disease outbreaks, leaving millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance.

Client implements programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education, reaching millions of children and vulnerable populations across the country. As the Cluster Lead Agency for Nutrition, Client is also responsible for supporting humanitarian coordination through the cluster approach and plays a critical role in strengthening inter-agency coordination and ensuring an effective, coordinated nutrition response during emergencies.

To support these responsibilities, Client seeks to recruit a Nutrition Cluster Information Management Specialist through a third-party contract. The position will support national-level nutrition cluster coordination by strengthening information management systems, ensuring the timely collection, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of nutrition information, and facilitating evidence-based decision-making. The role will contribute to improved coordination, information management, monitoring, reporting, gap analysis, and overall effectiveness of the humanitarian nutrition response in Ethiopia.

Justification

As the cluster co-lead agency for nutrition, Client is mandated to deliver the core cluster functions in line with IASC standards, including coordination, strategic planning, information management, monitoring, and accountability to affected populations. Effective information management is a critical pillar of these responsibilities, requiring dedicated technical capacity to ensure systematic collection, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of humanitarian nutrition information.

The Nutrition Cluster Information Management Specialist provides essential technical leadership and support to strengthen information management systems, facilitate information sharing among partners, and maintain accurate and timely nutrition data for emergency preparedness and response. The position supports the monitoring of response activities, gap analysis, reporting, and evidence generation, enabling informed decision-making and enhancing the effectiveness, coverage, and accountability of nutrition interventions.

This position is therefore justified to prevent critical information gaps, strengthen government and partner capacity in nutrition information management, and ensure that nutrition responses remain strategic, well-coordinated, data-driven, and responsive to evolving humanitarian needs. Ultimately, the role contributes to improved planning, resource allocation, coordination, and nutritional outcomes for vulnerable children, women, and affected communities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Nutrition Cluster information management function by ensuring the timely collection, analysis, visualization, dissemination, and use of nutrition response data for evidence-based decision-making.
• Maintain and strengthen information management systems, databases, reporting platforms, and dashboards to support cluster coordination and response monitoring.
• Manage and update the Nutrition Cluster 5W (Who, What, Where, When, and For Whom) database and conduct gaps, overlap, and coverage analyses.
• Produce regular information products, including dashboards, maps, infographics, situation reports, presentations, and analytical briefs.
• Support the design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of nutrition assessments, monitoring activities, and surveys.
• Develop and maintain GIS products and spatial analyses to support response planning, prioritization, and monitoring.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of partner reporting and promote adherence to global information management standards.
• Collaborate with government counterparts, OCHA, cluster partners, and sub-national coordination mechanisms to facilitate effective information sharing and reporting.
• Support the development and monitoring of Nutrition Cluster response plans, indicators, targets, and monitoring frameworks.
• Identify and address reporting gaps through regular engagement with partners and provision of technical support.
• Promote the collection, analysis, and reporting of sex-, age-, and disability-disaggregated data to support inclusive programming.
• Maintain cluster documentation, partner contact lists, information repositories, and online information-sharing platforms.
• Support emergency preparedness, contingency planning, and rapid response information management systems.
• Conduct field monitoring visits and data quality assessments to verify reported results and strengthen reporting systems.
• Build the capacity of government and cluster partners on information management, data analysis, reporting, GIS, and visualization tools.
• Prepare and disseminate cluster meeting minutes, presentations, action points, and other coordination outputs.
• Contribute to the delivery of IASC Cluster Core Functions, particularly those related to information management, monitoring, and accountability.

Level/Grade

The Information Management Specialist will be recruited as a Technical Assistant (TA) at the NO-3 level. The initial contract duration will be 12 months, subject to organizational requirements, satisfactory performance, and availability of funding.

Objectives, purpose & expected results

The purpose of the Nutrition Cluster Information Management Specialist position is to provide technical leadership and support for information management within the Nutrition Cluster by ensuring the systematic collection, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of humanitarian nutrition information. The incumbent supports monitoring of response activities, gap analysis, reporting, and evidence generation to enable informed decision-making and improve the effectiveness, coverage, and accountability of nutrition interventions during emergencies. The position will be based in Addis Ababa for a duration of twelve months.

Description of the assignment

The Information Management Specialist will support the Nutrition Cluster by managing nutrition information and data at the national and regional level. The role includes data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination of information products to support coordination and decision-making. The specialist will work closely with EDRMC, MOH, regional ENCUs, and nutrition cluster partners.

Deliverables / reporting requirements

Major Tasks

• Lead the Nutrition Cluster information management function
• Maintain and strengthen information management systems, databases, reporting platforms, and dashboards to support cluster coordination and response monitoring.
• Map partner responses to identify response gaps, overlaps, and avoid duplication of efforts.
• Develop and disseminate Nutrition Cluster information products.
• Support the development and monitoring of Nutrition Cluster response plans, indicators, targets, and monitoring frameworks.
• Maintain and update cluster documentation and information-sharing platforms.
• Strengthen the capacity of government counterparts and cluster partners on information management and data systems.
• Present nutrition updates during MANTF meetings and document meeting outcomes.

Délivrables

• Ensure timely collection, analysis, visualization, dissemination, and utilization of nutrition response data.
• Ensure timely data collection, analysis, and regular dashboard updates.
• Update the Nutrition Cluster 5W (Who, What, Where, When, and For Whom) database and conduct gap, overlap, and coverage analyses.
• Produce regular dashboards, maps, infographics, situation reports, presentations, and analytical briefs.
• Collect, analyze, and present nutrition data to inform response planning, HNRP, and monitoring processes.
• Update partner contact lists, information repositories, and online information-sharing platforms, and share updates with partners.
• Conduct training on data management, data analysis, reporting, GIS, and visualization tools for government and regional ENCU staff.
• Prepare and deliver monthly presentations and compile meeting minutes and action points.

Reporting line: This position will report to the nutrition cluster coordinator

Project management

• Third-party HR firm will manage all the administrative issues and aspects based on the HR’ policies and procedures.
• All remuneration must be within the contract agreement through the third-party HR firm.
• No contract may commence unless the contract is signed by both third-party HR firm and the consultant.
• Travel will be facilitated after travel requests approved by the consultant’s supervisor, Nutrition Cluster Coordinator at Client, and managed by the third-party HR firm.
• Consultants will not have supervisory responsibilities or authority on Client budget.

General conditions: procedures and logistics

• The Third-Party personnel will be provided by Third-party company if the travel is approved by Client on the monthly travel plan.
• The Consultant TA will be entitled to DSA as per third-party HR form while only away from her/his duty station.
• Third-Party personnel will be provided monthly mobile top-up by Third-party company but should use his/her own materials such as office supplies and equipment. Clients will not provide computers.
• Third-Party personnel will receive monthly payments upon submission of monthly activity report submitted and certified by Client.
• Third-Party personnel in practice will not have a direct right to access Client resources.
• Domestic flight costs, most economical and direct route, necessary for duty travels would be covered by Client. Unless authorized, Third-Party company will buy the tickets of the Third-Party personnel.
• The consultant will use his/her own materials, i.e., computer/laptop, phone etc.
• Payment will be made on monthly basis upon completion and submission of monthly report.

Specific Competencies, Qualifications and Responsibilities

Educational background and minimum experience

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Public Health, Nutrition, Information Technology/Management Information System/computer Science or Statistics or other related disciplines.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in information management, database design and administration, data analysis, and information dissemination, with demonstrated experience in emergency nutrition programming, early warning, food security, and humanitarian response coordination.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of SQL Server, nutrition survey methodologies and tools (SMART and SQUEAC), GIS, SPSS, Power BI, Kobo Toolbox, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Access, Excel, and other relevant data management, analysis, visualization, and reporting software applications

Competencies and level of proficiency required

• Strong understanding of the nutrition sector, humanitarian coordination architecture, and Nutrition Cluster coordination mechanisms.
• Demonstrated ability to collect, manage, analyze, interpret, and present complex data from multiple sources to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Proven experience in information management, including database management, data quality assurance, data visualization, GIS mapping, and dashboard development.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, gaps, and priority areas through data analysis and monitoring.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical information into clear and user-friendly reports, presentations, maps, infographics, and other information products.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with government counterparts, International agencies, NGOs, and other stakeholders, fostering effective information sharing and coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize competing demands, and work effectively under pressure in emergencies and rapidly changing environments.
• Ability to promote innovation, continuous improvement, and the effective use of information systems and technologies to enhance humanitarian response monitoring and coordination.