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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has a three month consultancy available for an expert in data visualization and information management. The incumbent should be Geneva-based and able to start in April.
The IFRC Planning and Evaluation department in Geneva supports monitoring and reporting in the organisation. The data collected through monitoring at different levels (strategic and operational) and in different contexts (humanitarian response and development) should inform management decisions and is used for different types of reporting. The practice is that a lot of the data collected is not fully analysed, and reports tends be very elaborate, providing anecdotal evidence of results achieved. As a result, a lot of reports are not being used in management decisions, and few reports are even read.
Recent developments in data collection, analysis and data
visualization are demonstrating how the above practice can be changed. Smarter
data collection, infographics and GIS mapping make it easier to use monitoring
data to convey ideas clearly and rapidly in a way that supports better decision
making.
This consultancy is about helping the IFRC to make better use of
the above-mentioned developments. The main purpose is to enhance
the effectiveness of data and information sharing and visualisation within the IFRC
through an increased emphasis on analysis and presentation, in addition to data
collection.
See attached for more information.