Position Title : Project Manager (Continental Data Initiative)
Duty Station : Panama City, Panama
Classification : Professional Staff, Grade P3
Type of Appointment : Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension
Estimated Start Date : As soon as possible
Closing Date : 05 September 2024
Organizational Context and Scope:
IOM, UN Migration Agency in Panama City, Panama is looking for a Project Manager (Continental Data Initiative) who will be responsible for effectively managing the implementation of the continental data initiative for the Americas, preparing coherent and summarized insights on continental data trends, ensuring coordination with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring the generation of data-driven analyses, insights and anticipatory products for decision-making processes.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
Education
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in computer science, data science, analytics, statistics, information management, public administration, management or a related field with five years of relevant professional experience; or
- University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience.
Experience
- Significant experience in applied analytics, information management, statistics, migration dataanalysis, stakeholder management, or related area is required.
- Experience in using migration data to advance decisions, strategies, and execution is required.
- Experience with self-service analytics and data visualization applications (MS PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau or similar), or business intelligence tools (SAP Business Objects, etc.) is required.
- Experience with database or statistical analysis languages (SQL, Python, R, Stata) an asset.
- Extensive experience in project development, management, and reporting.
- Experience in managing large scale data collection operations
- Experience in research, and analytical report writing on migration.
- Professional or academic experience in combining qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Experience in managing teams
- Practical experience in multi-tasking, prioritizing and working independently
- Experience working in the UN or other international development organizations is considered an asset.
Skills
- Strong understanding of the migratory context in the Americas.
- Excellent communication skills and excellent attention to detail and quality.
- Excellent writing skills and creative thinking.
- Ability to manage a wide and complex variety of tasks and coordinate with a diverse array of internal and external actors to assess their data needs and assist them in closing data gaps;
- Ability to explain and make complex information on data accessible and understandable to a wide variety of stakeholders;
- Ability to work effectively and harmoniously in a multicultural environment with colleagues from various professional backgrounds.
- Strong and demonstrable interest in migration and/or humanitarian issues;
- Personal commitment, efficiency, flexibility;
- Excellent research, writing, communication and analytical skills;
- Ability to prepare clear and concise reports;
- Knowledge of data protection and ethical data gathering and use principles
Languages
IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.
For this position, fluency in English and Spanish is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, and Russian) is an advantage.
Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments
How to apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications HERE by 05 September 2024 at the latest, referring to this advertisement.
IOM only accepts duly completed applications submitted through the IOM e-Recruitment system. The online tool also allows candidates to track the status of their application.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
For further information please refer to: www.iom.int/recruitment
Posting period:
From 30.08.2024 to 05.09.2024
