JOB: Management Information Systems Senior Specialist, Geneva, Switzerland, 26 May

Management Information Systems Senior Specialist
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Last Date: May 26, 2011

The principal objective (output) of the consultancy is to design and operationalize a MIS and attendant SOPs capable to support efficient and impact-driven management of the Global Sanitation Fund.

The consultant will advise the Global Sanitation Fund Manager of the WSSCC-UNOPS and will work in close collaboration with UNOPS. He/she will report at the general working level to the GSF Programme Manager (Grants Management) or a Programme Officer nominated by the Programme Manager.

Scope of work:

Review the current GSF work plans and long term plan with scenarios and make recommendations with regard to MIS requirements
Consult with the Monitoring and Evaluation Expert and the Expert on Financial Analysis and Management on scope of data requirement and prepare a comprehensive strategy on data needs at various levels of the GSF programme implementation.
Conceptualize and formulate the overall MIS system. Consult with UNOPS on data requirements and existing MIS capabilities already built or in progress.
Identify systems requirements, design the system, work in close collaboration with UNOPS for available IT software and/or platforms, and draw up specifications for contracting an IT software designer (as may be required) to design and develop the system.
As required, liaise with the consultants designing the M&E system and the financial management reporting system to ensure that the MIS accommodates both the M&E and financial reporting systems as well as the full grant management cycle.
Assist with procurement and supervision of the software design and systems development and testing in close collaboration with UNOPS
Prepare relevant Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs) for GSF Country Programme Executing Agencies and their Sub-Grantees as well as those pertaining to other aspects of implementing the MIS design.