Health Information Management Officer
Health Information Management Officers (IMO) lead or support the WHO’s information team at the country level within the WHO Incident Management Systems (IMS). They provide targeted advice on data and information management, as well as the development, implementation, and monitoring of strategies that maximise the individual and collective impact of WHO throughout the full emergency cycle. In addition, they work with local authorities, UN partners and other public health actors to establish strategic partnerships around multi-dimensional information management processes. Tasks may include, for example:
- Managing the timely and high-quality collection, analysis, production and dissemination of information. This includes response-specific information, internal and external situation reports (SitReps), bulletins, rapid needs assessments, health risk assessments, Public Health Situation Analysis, health inputs into humanitarian needs overviews (HNO), and strategic response plans (SRP);
- Developing project documentation based on the overall strategy and plan, for use by the emergency leadership to mobilise resources;
- Continually adapting planning and project documents based on available information and revolving emergency situations, as required, preparing status reports on interventions, partner activities and progress towards achieving objectives, etc.;
- Developing and improving field information management procedures at the local and regional level;
- Ensuring inter-cluster communication and information sharing;
- Overseeing and designing field epidemiological surveys if/where needed, such as mortality and vaccination coverage surveys;
- Building the capacity of team members and partners involved in the planning and data/information management process.
Specific profile requirements for Health Information Management Officers
- University degree in Information Management, Public Health, or Epidemiology; Business or Public Administration, complemented by training in information management;
- Specialisation in information management systems. Specific training in humanitarian response or information management in emergencies;
- At least five to seven years (depending on responsibilities) of relevant experience in information management, monitoring, needs assessment, project management, data management and information dissemination, most preferably in the health sector, at national and international level, including some in emergency management or humanitarian contexts in leadership positions;
- Experience in developing and promoting collaborative partnerships;
- Advanced use of MS Office, spreadsheets, data visualisation, analysis tools, and databases;
- Design and management of information systems and familiarity with geographic information systems (GIS);
- Advanced skills in working with statistical analysis programmes (e.g., R, STATA, SAS, SPSS).