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Information Management Officer Terms of Reference Template

When recruiting an Information Management Officer use this template to develop the ToR. Customize where needed.

  • Coordination: Cluster Management, Information Management

Information Management Officer Handover Notes Template

A useful template for Cluster Coordinators needing to write up handover notes. Handover notes help ensure easier staff and project transitions.

  • Coordination: Cluster Management, Information Management

Humanitarian Profile Support Guidances

The objective of this guidance is to provide an overview of definitions, methods and good practice on how to derive overall, inter-sectoral humanitarian population figures. These include estimates of the number of people affected by a given emergency as well as in need of, targeted by and reached…

  • Coordination: Cluster Strategy, Needs Assessment, Information Management
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Needs Assessment & Analysis, Strategic Planning

Guidance on Working with Governments

How can a Cluster promote partnership with (sub-)national governments?Close coordination and collaboration with government efforts in a humanitarian response is an essential part of the cluster approach. The nature of these links will depend on the emergency context and the willingness, capacity…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Management, Leadership
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Needs Assessment & Analysis, Operational Peer Review and Evaluation, Resource Mobilisation, Strategic Planning

Guidance Note on Sampling Strategies

Sampling is the process of collecting information from a subset of the entire population; this allows you to collect data from a significantly reduced number of locations and informants, cutting costs and time, while still obtaining needed information. This guidance note focuses on three types of…

  • Coordination: Needs Assessment, Information Management
  • HPC: Needs Assessment & Analysis

Guidance Note on Data Visualization

A useful guidance document to help you select the best chart to visualise your data.

  • Coordination: Needs Assessment, Information Management
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Needs Assessment & Analysis
  • Coordination: Needs Assessment, Information Management
  • HPC: Needs Assessment & Analysis

Education Cluster input for an OCHA sitrep

This document provides guidance on how to write Education Cluster input for the OCHA sitrep

  • Coordination: Coordination, Information Management
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring

Education Cluster Assessment Inventory Tool

Prior to conducting an assessment, contact relevant actors and find out who has, is or will be conducting an assessment, what methodologies and tools they are using, and their geographic focus. Record these assessments in the assessment inventory tool (see below) which should significantly help you…

  • Coordination: Needs Assessment
  • HPC: Needs Assessment & Analysis

Data Cleaning

This document provides guidance for data analysts to find the right data cleansing strategy when dealing with needs assessment data. The guidance is applicable to both primary and secondary data.

  • Coordination: Needs Assessment, Information Management
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Needs Assessment & Analysis

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