Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 15 Dec 2017
The ICRC Assistance Division is a vast and rapidly growing operation that covers diverse areas of activity, i.e., health services, economic security, water and habitat and weapon contamination. To support its programs across the globe, there is a need to consolidate, transform and maintain its data for the purpose of transversal strategy-building and decision-making.
As a member of the division's Data Management group, the post holder will contribute to the maintenance and management of data, reports and analyses. In addition, they will partner with the global Assistance community in the field and at headquarters in building meaningful and actionable Business Intelligence capability.
Main responsibilities
Day-to-day operations
Validate that data from various sources correspond to expectations and to the centralized Assistance data repository designated as the 'single source of truth'
Monitor data quality in terms of accuracy, completeness and timeliness and collaborate with the Assistance Units, other divisions and the field to resolve data quality issues
Contribute to dashboard design and development, regular and ad hoc reports and analyses, including institutional reports
Support Assistance end users of the front-end tool, in headquarters and in the field
Coordinate with other projects that impact continuity of data and reporting processes
Prepare and process raw structured and unstructured data
Business Intelligence
Enrich BI-capability through additional data sources and new indicators
Produce and maintain a full and detailed data dictionary for a common understanding of measures
Improve data-related business processes through automation, where appropriate
Contribute to and maintain the support structure for data quality
Contribute to models and analyses with actionable insights
Participate in division and institutional efforts at Data Governance
Skills and qualifications
Fluency in English, French is a plus
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management, data science, mathematics, statistics or a similar technical field
Experience in humanitarian operations is a plus
Experience in data management, data mining or business intelligence is a plus
Strong knowledge of Excel and front-end tools (Tableau, QlikView)
Knowledge of RDB programming (SQL, Oracle Rdb) or statistical packages (SAS, SPSS) is a plus
Flexible, systematic, meticulous, proactive, with good relationship-building skills and a customer service mindset
Good verbal and written communication skills
Conditions
- Starting date: 1 February 2018
Contract
Recruited trainees will be offered a 12-month paid contract. Only individuals enrolled in higher education or who have recently completed their studies with less than one year professional experience after graduation (two years if experience is traineeships) are eligible for traineeships.
The position is based at ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. No housing allowance will be granted.
How to apply:
To Apply
Interested candidates fulfilling the above criteria should send a letter of motivation and CV/Resume to Parima Davachi, mailto:pdavachi@icrc.orgby 15 December 2017 (Subject: Traineeship – Assistance Division).
Do not send any documents other than the two listed above.
Late or incomplete applications, as well as those that do not meet the stated requirements, will not be considered. Owing to the high number of applications, no information relating to the selection process or responses to personal queries can be provided. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.