Information Management Officer / Roster (German nationals only)

About the Center for International Peace Operations

The Berlin Center for International Peace Operations was established in 2002 by the Federal Government of Germany and the German Parliament to strengthen international civilian capacities for crisis prevention, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. It is a non-profit limited liability company, whose sole shareholder is the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the German Federal Foreign Office. ZIF provides services and expertise for peace operations, election observation missions as well as humanitarian surge deployments.

ZIF’s Expert Pool

For peace operations, humanitarian surge deployments and election observation missions, we recruit and second German personnel. We manage the ZIF Expert Pool to facilitate the deployment of pre-qualified and pre-selected personnel to operations at short notice. As the employer, we are fully committed to our duty of care obligations before, during and after deployment. ZIF supports humanitarian UN partner agencies by deploying humanitarian experts.

Information Management Officer Profile

In humanitarian crises, all actors must be able to rely on secure information. They need to know how many people are in an area, what the needs of the affected population are and which organisations are already providing support.
For this purpose, Information Management Officers collect, process and share data and information. They thereby support humanitarian coordination and enable the provision of rapid and effective assistance.

ZIF is looking for Information Management Officers who can perform at least two of the following four Information Management tasks: Data management, Mapping, Graphic Design/Web Management and Data Analysis.

• Data Management;
• Mapping;
• Graphic Design and Web Management;
• Data Analysis.

Specific profile requirements

• Preferably a university degree in social sciences, statistics, demography, geography or related field of study;
• Sound knowledge of humanitarian coordination and the UN system;
• Working experience in an international organisation is preferred;
• Sound knowledge of Excel (pivot tables, functions);
• Depending on the above mentioned task profiles, profound knowledge in ArcGIS, MapInfo, SPSS, Epi Info, HTML, PHP, Java, SQL, MS Access, Progress tools, InDesign

General profile requirements

• German citizenship;
• University degree or relevant occupational training;
• Several years of relevant professional experience in a humanitarian setting (or comparable);
• Experience in crisis or conflict areas desirable;
• Excellent oral and written English language skills (C1 level and above);
• Further language skills at level B2 and above desirable (especially French, Spanish and Arabic – in some cases level B1 may be acceptable for Arabic language skills);
• Physical and mental fitness for travel to tropical areas;
• Availability for a deployment for at least six months.