Apoyo al levantamiento y procesamiento de información DTM/EET
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is dedicated to promoting safe, orderly, and humane migration. As the leading intergovernmental organization for migration, IOM works with partners to address migration challenges, advance understanding of migration issues, and encourage social and economic development through migration. This online assignment supports IOM Ecuador's operational strategy for monitoring collective displacement events in Esmeraldas, utilizing the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) methodology, specifically the Emergency Event Tracking (EET/ETT) component.
Job Purpose
This online assignment supports IOM Ecuador in implementing its operational strategy for monitoring collective displacement events in Esmeraldas, using the Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) methodology, particularly the Emergency Event Tracking (EET/ETT) component. The strategy aims to establish common criteria for understanding mobility and collective displacement in northern Esmeraldas by collecting and organizing verifiable information on affected populations, displaced individuals, returnees, those at risk, and host communities. This effort complements existing state administrative systems. The volunteer will contribute to remote information gathering from key institutional informants and process records related to reported displacement events, working in coordination with government entities and under IOM's technical guidance on methodology, tools, information management, and analysis. Direct interviews with displaced or affected populations will not be conducted.
Responsibilities
The volunteer will support the remote collection, organization, cleaning, and processing of information on collective displacement events in Esmeraldas, under the technical supervision of the Head of Programme Support (PSU) and in coordination with the IOM Ecuador DTM team. The main deliverable is a consolidated, organized, and quality-controlled database containing records of displacement events or groups reported by key institutional informants, along with documentation of inconsistencies, data gaps, and pending technical review items. Each reported event or group will be registered independently. Activities include reviewing the authorized directory of key institutional informants, scheduling and following up on remote interviews using approved OIM instruments, explaining the exercise's purpose, and adhering to participation, confidentiality, and data protection guidelines. The volunteer will register and organize obtained information, ensuring traceability of sources, and review secondary institutional sources provided or authorized by IOM. Consolidation and cleaning of records will be performed using Microsoft Excel and other authorized tools, verifying integrity, coherence, consistency, and potential duplicates. Incomplete fields, inconsistencies, data gaps, sources, update dates, and pending verification issues will be documented without altering substantive information without technical guidance. The volunteer will deliver the consolidated database with a quality control log and report periodically on progress, participating in virtual follow-up meetings.
Work Experience
Experience in information collection through structured surveys or interviews, preferably via telephone or virtual means. Experience in organizing, entering, cleaning, coding, and processing databases. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including filters, data validation, formulas, pivot tables, and charts. Knowledge of data quality control, identifying inconsistencies, and documenting observations. Ability to organize information from various sources and maintain clear, traceable records. Experience working remotely, meeting deadlines, reporting progress, and seeking guidance is essential. Familiarity with KoboToolbox/ODK, Power BI, GIS tools, or humanitarian information management methodologies is desirable.
Skills
Data science, information management, Artificial Intelligence, Emergency preparedness, crisis response, Monitoring, evaluation. Strong organizational skills, clear communication, active listening, respectful interaction, clear writing, synthesis ability, attention to detail, and file organization are crucial. Sensitivity to human mobility, displacement, protection, and cultural diversity contexts is important. Affinity or interest in human mobility, humanitarian information management, volunteerism, and the UN system is desirable.