Data & Analytics Officer

What we offer

• By joining our organization, you will have an opportunity to practise your profession in stimulating, complex, and sometimes challenging environments, where your work can really make a difference.
• You will work with colleagues from various fields of expertise in a cross-cutting manner to help victims of conflict and other situations of violence. You will be dealing with humanitarian situations that require experience, resourcefulness, and innovation to achieve the best possible impact.
• You will work for the oldest major international humanitarian organization in the world, adding to your sense of achievement in alleviating the suffering of people and communities and giving you the chance to promote humanitarian values in these turbulent times.
• You will benefit from a competitive employment package, including different possibilities for career and personal development. You will take part in an onboarding course and follow continuous training to build your career within the ICRC and beyond.
• Competitive compensation package, a monthly salary with benefits including (13th salary, International Retirement Saving Plan (IRSP), medical coverage, life insurance, mobility allowance, and social security scheme).

Purpose

The Data & Analytics Officer supports the implementation and monitoring subset of data management processes within the métier, contributing to evidence-based decision-making and continuous improvement in data quality, data entry practices, and analytical outputs.
The position contributes to maintaining data consistency and compliance with organizational standards by supporting established workflows and assisting teams in the correct use of data management tools and procedures.
The Data & Analytics Officer provides technical support on data-related processes and contributes to the preparation of analytical outputs that support programme planning, monitoring, and reporting, while assisting in initiatives aimed at strengthening data practices within the Protection department.

Accountabilities & functional responsibilities

• Understands and applies organizational guidance, workflows, and data entry procedures to ensure data integrity and compliance with relevant to contextual specificities of different files and works on continuous improvement thereof alongside the Protection Data team.
• Ensures that all protection-related data is collected, entered, and stored in compliance with data integrity, data protection, and security policies
• Maintains data management documentation, ensuring alignment with established procedures.
• Conduct regular data quality checks in the area designated by the manager or/and the work needs at a certain stage, including cleaning, translating, identifying, and correcting inaccuracies, inconsistencies, or missing information
• Assists in the development, maintenance, and application of data quality monitoring processes and tools (e.g. dashboards, reports, views, and trackers) and contributes to the automation of routine data quality controls where appropriate.
• Monitors data quality and identifies recurring errors, reporting gaps, and areas requiring additional controls, and supports the development of monitoring tools and reports to address them
• Crosschecks incoming information, compiles, verifies accuracy and follows-up on incomplete or incorrect documents/information
• Cleans/prepares raw data for data entry and liaises with relevant colleagues, in consultation with line manager if necessary, for clarification on received data
• Performs data entry and updates for any type of cases within due time
• Ensures individual cases/activities are properly shared via interoperability (import/export) when applicable or requested
• Contributes to the development and refinement of Views, Dashboards, and Reports, ensuring data is presented in a clear, consistent, and actionable format that supports qualitative analysis and operational follow-up by Protection teams.
• Assists Protection file holders in reflecting on their performance measures, improvements in the functional area of expertise and provides ongoing support with data and analysis
• Uses database and analytical tools (e.g. Prot6 Query and Report Builder, SQL Server Management Studio, Excel Power Query) to extract, aggregate, analyze, and update data, supporting both analytical outputs and data corrections.
• Supports the line manager in preparing ad-hoc and regular data reports
• Provides statistics on protection activities for internal/external reporting and ad-hoc figures for internal use and contributes to the field operations, PfR, MfR and other ad hoc reports for all data related matters
• Identifies data trends that are otherwise not readily visible, communicates findings and makes recommendations to the line manager
  
  
  

  Additional information

  • Job Title: Data & Analytics Officer 
  • Level: B2
  • Duty Station: Iraq – Baghdad Delegation
  • Reports to: Data & Analytics Manager
  • Duration of Contract: 12 Month fixed-term contract.
  • Date of Issue: 15 June 2026
  • Deadline for applications: 27 June 2026
  
  

  Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
  This position is open to national candidates.
  

  No Fee: ICRC DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS WHETHER APPLICATION, TESTS, INTERVIEWS OR PROCESSING.

  
  

Certifications / Education required

• University degree or equivalent.
• Knowledge of SQL, Visual Basic programming language and statistical packages is an asset.
• Excellent computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office Suite (Excel / Access / Word / Powerpoint).
• Excellent command of English and Fluent in Arabic.

Professional experience required

• Typically, 3–5 years overall professional experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar field.
• Previous experience with databases and data management (specialized software).
• Ability to interact effectively with data users, managers and other stakeholders.