UNICEF Pacific Consultancy: Information Management Expert for Climate Change and Emergencies, Suva, Fiji, 253 working days over 11.5 months

UNICEF is seeking an Information Management Expert for Climate Change and Emergencies in Suva, Fiji, for a consultancy of 253 working days over 11.5 months. The role focuses on providing data analysis and support for humanitarian coordination in the Pacific region, addressing challenges from climatic shocks affecting vulnerable children. The position requires engagement with governmental organizations and sectors such as Education, WASH, and Health to enhance service access for at-risk populations.
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The UNICEF Pacific Multi-Country Office covers 14 countries and territories that are highly vulnerable to both climatic and non-climatic shocks, stresses, and disasters. These include cyclones, floods, droughts, and other severe weather events, which often overlap and compound vulnerabilities. Children are disproportionately affected by these hazards due to their physical and physiological vulnerability, increasing risks of mortality, deprivation, and inequality. Overlapping hazards can erode development progress, deepen poverty, and trigger humanitarian crises, making certain areas increasingly precarious for children. Amid these challenges, strong child rights governance remains critical: all 14 Pacific Island countries and territories have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, though only a third are currently on track with reporting obligations. Explore the different areas of our work here: UNICEF Pacific Islands

Information Management (IM) is essential for ensuring timely and accurate analysis of often limited data to support evidence-based decision-making. In the Pacific, UNICEF plays a critical role in humanitarian coordination, serving as the WASH Cluster Lead and co-lead for multiple national clusters/sectors, including Education and Child Protection. To deliver on these mandates, UNICEF must provide rapid and effective IM support across sectors and clusters, both at the regional level and within national structures under National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs).

The humanitarian landscape in the Pacific is further complicated by diverse coordination structures at regional and national levels, requiring strong contextual understanding and sustained engagement. Reliable, up-to-date data is therefore critical for preparedness, response, and recovery efforts, as well as for climate change adaptation and resilience programming.

UNICEF works across the Pacific with leading governmental organizations on climate change and with social sectors such as Education, WASH, Health & Nutrition, Child Protection, and Social Policy to improve access to services for the most vulnerable. Understanding the main impacts, identifying where vulnerable populations are located, and determining appropriate actions are essential. Part of this effort involves mapping interventions at household or community level and identifying gaps. To achieve this, UNICEF needs tools for assessments, monitoring, and tracking completed actions—tools that can be scaled up with government counterparts and implementing partners.

In 2024 and 2025, UNICEF, in collaboration with UNITAR and the governments of Fiji, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands, developed the Children’s Climate Risk Index and Disaster Risk Model (CCRI-DRM). This tool improves access to subnational climate and disaster risk information, enabling evidence-based policies and programs to reduce vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience. CCRI-DRM provides a comprehensive view of children’s exposure and vulnerability to climate and non-climatic risks, supporting decision-making and planning through a public platform.

To enhance data accessibility, quality, visualization, and ownership of CCRI-DRM and other IM resources, UNICEF seeks to hire a consultant to work closely with UNICEF sections, governments, and humanitarian actors. The consultant will identify opportunities, strengthen information systems, and build capacity at community and sectoral levels. This work will inform UNICEF’s and partners’ preparedness and response activities, as well as climate change programming, ensuring that decisions are grounded in robust, child-focused evidence
• *How can you make a difference?**
• Information System Development
• Design, develop, and improve information systems to capture and manage data related to humanitarian actions, including preparedness, response, recovery, and climate change.
• Incorporate mapping of regular sectoral programmatic work supported by UNICEF across countries (including Who, What, Where, and By When).
• Ensure