| Posting Title: | Information and Evidence Management Officer, P4 (Temporary Job Opening) |
| Job Code Title: | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OFFICER |
| Department/Office: | United Nations Investigative Team for Accountability of Da’esh/ISIL |
| Duty Station: | BAGHDAD |
| Posting Period: | 23 March 2021 - 05 April 2021 |
| Job Opening Number: | 21-Information Management Systems-UNS-SPM UNITAD-152564-J-Baghdad (M) |
| Staffing Exercise | N/A |
Org. Setting and Reporting
This position is located within the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da'esh/ISIL in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD) and will be based in Baghdad, Iraq. The Information Management Officer reports to Chief of Information Systems Management Unit.
UNITAD was established by the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017), according to which it is mandated to support domestic efforts to hold ISIL (Da'esh) accountable by collecting, preserving and storing evidence in Iraq of acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed by the terrorist group ISIL (Da'esh) in Iraq.
Under supervision of the Chief of Information Management Systems Unit, the Information and Evidence Management Officer (IEMO) will be responsible for the following duties:
Information Management
•Leads the mission's information governance (IG) programme and projects.
•Supports the mission in reviewing, and providing a comprehensive assessment of, the mission's existing IG program and assessing and addressing the information needs of the Mission for effective information-governance management.
• Overseeing the population of evidence systems to ensure the proper storage of information and evidence;
•Overseeing and enforcing evidence handling standards and custodial obligations of the Evidence Management team, removing barriers to team success, and maintaining accountability with the team;
•Identifies any underdeveloped or missing elements of the mission's current information governance program and builds out or fills these functions with either internal staff or external hires as appropriate.
•Develops and oversees the implementation of the Mission's evidence and information management programme, monitors the progress of programme in field offices, ensures compliance with Section standards and guidelines.
•Formulates mission-specific policies, procedures, objectives, and guidelines affecting the development and maintenance of the mission's information, data, documents, non-current records and archives, delivery of reference services, document-management support, web publishing support, data quality-control, archival description and systems management, drawing upon Organizational and DPO-DFS guidance on information management.
•Analyzes, identifies, and makes recommendations to mission senior management on information-management services, initiatives, and ICT systems to address information needs from the information-management and recordkeeping perspective.
•Works cross-functionally and collaboratively across all groups within the mission, and all management levels, to develop a strategic vision for the mission's information-governance programme and a framework for implementing that vision. Through effective collaboration and relationship building, will ensure that the vision is consonant with the mission's mandate and its organizational culture, and that is can be effectively implemented and integrated across the organization at all levels. Establishes and leads an information-governance steering committee, including ensuring that all organizational concerns are represented.
•Provides advisory services to all offices in the mission on information-management practices based on needs, business process, workflow, technical-architecture and information-resources analysis; makes recommendations relating to information, document, data, web publishing and recordkeeping practices, improvement and implementation strategies, resource requirements, file plans, retention schedules, and procedures for transferring records to the section; organizes and maintains UN records; preserves and disposes, identifies and protects vital records; and informs management policies and procedures, with an emphasis on technological applications.
•Manages information security by enforcing security-classification restrictions; facilitates declassification reviews by liaising with originating offices; and ensures the physical security and safety of the Organization's information.
•Develops programmes to audit information security and information-management performance and compliance across the mission, including data-quality assurance, and remediates where necessary. Continually expands the mission's incident readiness. Ensuring that all regular or anticipated events (security events, investigations, employee departures, etc.) are built into processes so they are not disruptive of routine.
•Develops and oversees the delivery of information and records-management training to the mission regarding activities, tools, and services; including document, data, web publishing and records management, drawing upon standard training approaches defined by the Organization.
•Identifying and implementing technological solutions to enforce information-governance policies and procedures in a way that minimizes the burden on mission personnel while still adhering with Organizational policy on security classifications and information access guidelines, including the Intranet, document-storage tools, data storage, records storage, and visualization mechanisms.
•Provides reliable, up-to-date research and specifications for information-management technology and innovations relevant to information management, web publishing, data management, records management, and archives. Evaluates and pilots emerging technologies
(including software applications and associated hardware, e.g., data collection and visualization systems, document/correspondence management products, imaging and digitization systems and storage systems) to develop strategies for integrating records created in diverse systems into an electronic recordkeeping system; to plan and develop migration strategies for archival preservation of electronic records and to develop and maintain expertise necessary to advise mission offices in the management of electronic records.
•Ensures the preservation of information assets with continuing value by appraising information according to its administrative, legal, financial, and/or historical value; assures the delivery of records and/or copies; implements retention schedules with records-originating offices; monitors compliance with the requirement to transfer inactive records to
Headquarters; and, where applicable, identifies non-core records for transfer to commercial storage and manages commercial storage contracts.
General
•Carries out managerial responsibilities at the unit level relating to compliance with administrative requirements, programme planning, policy and procedure recommendations, budgeting, human resources, and facilities management.
•Develops client outreach strategy and programme and coordinates its implementation. •Represents the Section, as required, in departmental offices and at working groups, task forces and other fora, advocating information-governance perspectives and standards.
•Evaluates the performance of vendors and certifies invoices, as necessary.
•Guides, trains and supervises professional and general service staff in the various records information management functions.
•Performs other duties as assigned.
•Professionalism: Shows pride in work and in achievements, is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is meticulous and pays attention to detail; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
•Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
•Planning& Organizing: Develops clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies; identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required; allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in information management, information science, law, information systems, social science or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Certification in Nuix, Relativity or an eDiscovery related system is required.
Certification in data protection is desirable.
Certification in project management is desirable.
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in modern archives management, record keeping, information management or related area is required.
Experience in litigation project management is required.
Experience in electronic evidence handling including chain of custody, provenance, verification, authenticity and auditing is required.
Experience with documents using right-to-left script and information retrieval techniques for Arabic is desirable.
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Fluency in Arabic is desirable.
AssessmentEvaluation of qualified candidates may include an assessment exercise which may be followed by competency-based interview.
Special Notice• This position is temporarily available until 31 December 2021. If the selected candidate is a staff member from the United Nations Secretariat, the selection will be administered as a temporary assignment.
• While this temporary assignment may provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain new work experience, the selection for this position is for a limited period and has no bearing on the future incumbency of the post.
• Subject to the funding source of the position, the eligibility for this temporary job opening may be limited to candidates based at the duty station.
• This temporary job opening may be limited to “internal candidates,” who have been recruited through a competitive examination administered according to staff rule 4.16 or staff selection process including the review of a central review body established according to staff rule 4.15.
• Staff members of the United Nations common system organizations who will reach the mandatory age of separation or retirement within the duration of the current temporary need period are not eligible to apply.Submitting an application or selection for the current temporary job opening does not delay or increase the mandatory age of separation.
• Retirees above the mandatory age of separation who wish to be considered for the current temporary job opening must indicate the reason for their last separation as "retirement." Such retirees shall not be employed by the Organization, unless (a) the operational requirements of the Organization cannot be met by staff members who are qualified and available to perform the required functions; and (b) the proposed employment would not adversely affect the career development or redeployment opportunities of other staff members and represents both a cost-effective and operationally sound solution to meet the needs of the service.
United Nations Considerations
According to article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Candidates will not be considered for employment with the United Nations if they have committed violations of international human rights law, violations of international humanitarian law, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they have been involved in the commission of any of these acts. The term “sexual exploitation” means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another. The term “sexual abuse” means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. The term “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who have committed crimes other than minor traffic offences may not be considered for employment.
Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.
The paramount consideration in the appointment, transfer, or promotion of staff shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. By accepting an offer of appointment, United Nations staff members are subject to the authority of the Secretary-General and assignment by him or her to any activities or offices of the United Nations in accordance with staff regulation 1.2 (c). In this context, all internationally recruited staff members shall be required to move periodically to discharge new functions within or across duty stations under conditions established by the Secretary-General.
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