Information Management Coordinator

Job Description

We are currently recruiting an Information Management Coordinator, to join our AIM (Accountability, Impact & Measurement) department.

This is a remote/hybrid position and will consider applicants who are homebased in the US, UK, and other RI country of operations.

Contract Type: Open Ended, Full time.

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

About the opportunity

The Information Management Coordinator is responsible for the maintenance and progress of RI’s data management practices and platforms.

You will have a key role in supporting global, regional, and country staff on advancing key Information Management policies and practices. Collaborate with country MEAL staff to ensure high-quality data is being collected, inputted, and visualized.

The Information Management coordinator will ensure that RI’s MEAL information management systems:

1. meet the needs of key stakeholders;

2. are set-in place in a timely manner; and

3. collected data is valid, reliable; and used in the form of reports and visuals that inform data-driven decision making.

Key Responsibilities

We use a third-party programme called “LogAlto”, to store countries project frameworks, indicators and results. You will become a subject-matter expert on it, and assist regional MEAL staff in training.

• RI is committed to being a “data-conscious” organization. As such, RI utilizes a third-party program called LogAlto for countries to store their project frameworks, indicators, and results. This position will become a subject-matter expert on LogAlto, and assist regional MEAL staff in training country staff on its usage and uptake. They will also be an administrator of the system and monitor usage by staff.
• Guided by Senior AIM Director, this role will collect required programmatic indicators from countries on a routine basis. These indicators are used by Senior Leadership to track progress across the organization. The indicators are uploaded into LogAlto, and then visualized using PowerBI. This includes quality assurance checks and training of country and project staff on data integrity issues.
• Building and monitoring capacity of countries on issues related to data integrity and data protection. This includes keeping informed and advising RI staff on emerging trends regarding data protection and data management.
• Work with RI’s Standardization and Optimization Manager to advance key data management initiatives.
• Train and support non-MEAL staff on data processing and data analysis functions as well as provides short-term technical assistance, as needed, for interpretation and analysis of country/program-specific data collection exercises.
• As needed, provide in-country training and support related to project and programmatic data management processes.

About you

You will bring the following:

• Track record of achievement in a previous, similar role working on Management Information Systems (MIS); developing relational databases is essential.
• Relevant academic background with B.S. or B.A. technical degree relating to MIS and/or database management, software development, research, social science, statistics or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding on MIS/GIS and mapping for humanitarian/development work desired.
• Good command of MIS/GIS software, and Database software such as Access or SQL.
• Good command of PowerBI, and related platforms that shared common APIs is essential.
• Advanced skills in PowerPoint, Word and Excel required including experience with pivot tables, database design, and dashboard visualization.
• Proven ability to work productively with a variety of stakeholders to run participatory processes and meet tight deadlines with an emphasis on quality.
• Excellent visual design sense regarding clear and accurate presentation of data.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Note: you must have the right to work in your remote home based location and that national terms and conditions will apply.

This role will require advanced pre-hire checks including criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

About the Organization

Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe. Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.

About our Programs

RI is active in 16 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen. Often, RI is the only organization providing assistance to highly vulnerable communities.

· RI employs 7,000+ staff and auxiliary workers

· 97% of staff are local nationals

· We only have some 90 ex-pat staff out of 7,000+

· RI spent $125 million in 2021 on our programs