Information Management Advisor

The position is to be filled as of April 1, 2025, with a contract duration of one year, with potential prospects for an extension. Employment location can be either Bonn or Berlin, Germany.

As Information Management Advisor you will develop, harmonize, and promote processes, methodologies, tools and standards required to contextualize, categorize, analyze, and organize program data (all operational data related to needs analysis, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation of Welthungerhilfe’s overseas interventions and processed at project, national and global level) so that it can be used on all organizational levels. This position is pivotal for the improvement of data quality and the transformation of data into information as a basis for decision making, learning and knowledge creation. Your main goal will be the development, deployment and technical integration of data systems that are central to the organization (e.g. CommCare, MS Azure Data Factory, PowerBI) as well as building capacity related to these technologies. Working at the direct interface between the MEAL and ICT4D team, you will collaborate with different organizational units at Head Office Bonn and with our Country Offices globally.

Your responsibilities

• Develop concepts, models and organizational standards for data quality, harmonization, aggregation, and visualization
• Co-create coherent and functional data management processes related to MEAL and other program data for all projects, regions, and relevant organizational units at Head Office
• Develop and disseminate best practices and guidelines for information management
• Co-design and configuration of data pipelines to create real-time dashboards for visualization and use of program data by Country Offices and Head Office
• Ensure good management of data and information flows and aggregability of data through the development, adoption and implementation of consistent data models, data dictionaries and data flows in the data collection and management platform CommCare and other platforms
• Advise our global Data-Team in creating data models for global aggregation of program data in the cloud data warehouse (Azure SQL and Azure Data Factory) and integration of program data systems via standard interfaces (API’s)
• Build and promote data analysis and management competencies in the MEAL team and other relevant units worldwide

Your profile

• A university or college degree in a relevant field, such as computer science, business information systems, data management, international development or similar
• Solid and demonstrated experience in the design and management of data collection and management flows (incl. ETL processes and data analysis)
• Demonstrated experience in consulting and training teams in the creation and application of data systems; Experience in collaboration with diverse teams from different stakeholders is a plus
• Strong competencies in translating information needs into technical requirements for data systems; experience in co-designing inclusive data systems is an advantage
• Demonstrated competency in the use of relevant platforms and software along the program data cycle:
• data collection platforms (CommCare, SurveyCTO, KoBo, or other Open Data Kit-based solutions)
• interface solutions (APIs or OData feed)
• Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) solutions (PowerQuery, Tableau Prep, or Azure Data Factory, etc.)
• data modeling and data warehousing (SQL)
• data visualization and analytics solutions (PowerBI, Tableau, R, MS Fabric)

Excel

• Willingness and ability to travel to Welthungerhilfe’s project countries
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills; fluency in French would be an advantage

What we offer

• Fair Compensation: A fair and equal remuneration based on a transparent salary scale.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible working arrangements to support a balanced lifestyle.
• Modern & Agile Work Environment: Be part of a forward thinking organization that fully embraces digitalization and innovation across all areas.
• Personal & Professional Growth: Access diverse learning and development opportunities to advance your career.
• Team: Join our dedicated and diverse teams, where passion, expertise, and joy come together to create a better world.

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