The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is inviting applications for the position of Information Management Officer (Consortium) based in Abuja, Nigeria. This national, full-time opportunity offers experienced information management professionals the chance to contribute to one of the country’s largest humanitarian responses supporting internally displaced people and vulnerable communities.
The initial contract is 6 months, with the possibility of renewal depending on funding availability. The successful candidate will join DRC’s consortium team, supporting data management, beneficiary information systems, reporting, and information quality across humanitarian programmes implemented in Northeast and Northwest Nigeria.
About the Danish Refugee Council
Founded in 1956, the Danish Refugee Council is Denmark’s largest international humanitarian NGO and one of the world’s leading organizations specializing in forced displacement. Operating in nearly 30 countries, DRC protects refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and displacement-affected communities through emergency response, protection, livelihoods, resilience, and durable solutions programming.
The organization’s work is guided by the values of humanity, respect, independence, neutrality, participation, honesty, and transparency.
Supporting Nigeria’s Humanitarian Response
Nigeria continues to face one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises. Prolonged conflict in the Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) states, combined with insecurity in the Northwest, climate-related shocks, and widespread poverty, has displaced millions of people and created significant humanitarian needs.
DRC has operated in Nigeria since 2016, with its country office in Abuja and area offices in Maiduguri and Sokoto. The organization delivers multi-sector programmes across protection, economic recovery, humanitarian assistance, and climate resilience while increasingly partnering with local organizations.
The Information Management Officer will play a critical role in ensuring high-quality beneficiary data and evidence-based programming across consortium partners.
Position Overview
Reporting to the Chief of Party and technically supervised by the Information Management Specialist, the Information Management Officer will manage ActivityInfo databases, support beneficiary registration systems, conduct data quality assurance, develop reporting tools, and provide technical support to field teams and partner organizations.
The role is ideal for professionals with strong experience in database administration, humanitarian information management, monitoring and evaluation systems, and digital data collection platforms.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will support the design, maintenance, and improvement of information management systems across consortium activities.
Core responsibilities include:
- Maintaining and updating ActivityInfo beneficiary databases.
- Supporting beneficiary registration, data synchronization, consolidation, and verification.
- Configuring and maintaining ActivityInfo forms, databases, calculated fields, and reporting tools.
- Supporting mobile and offline data collection workflows for field teams and consortium partners.
- Conducting routine data quality assurance and monitoring automated quality checks.
- Managing beneficiary deduplication processes using exact and fuzzy matching techniques.
- Supporting cash assistance reconciliation by matching registration and distribution records.
- Preparing beneficiary lists, dashboards, monitoring reports, and statistical summaries for programme implementation and donor reporting.
- Providing first-line technical support and practical training on ActivityInfo, Kobo, ODK, SurveyCTO, CommCare, and other approved data collection tools.
- Maintaining secure documentation, data dictionaries, SOPs, user access records, and confidential beneficiary information in accordance with DRC data protection standards.
Required Qualifications and Experience
DRC is seeking candidates with a strong technical background in information management and humanitarian data systems.
Applicants should have:
- A university degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- A master’s degree as an added advantage.
- At least 3 years of professional experience in information management, database design, or database administration within NGO, UN, or development programmes.
- Strong experience with ActivityInfo, Excel, SQL, Power BI, R, Access, or other statistical software.
- Knowledge of database design, management, and administration.
- Experience with digital data collection platforms including Kobo Toolbox, ODK, SurveyCTO, CommCare, or similar systems.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
- Full professional proficiency in English.
Experience with GIS mapping, spatial analysis, integrated humanitarian programming, and developing information management SOPs will be considered an advantage.
Why Join DRC?
This position offers an opportunity to work with one of the world’s most respected humanitarian organizations while contributing directly to high-impact programmes supporting displaced populations in Nigeria. Successful candidates will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, strengthen humanitarian information systems, and support data-driven decision-making across consortium operations.
The role also provides opportunities for professional development, technical capacity building, and meaningful humanitarian impact within a dynamic international NGO environment.
Salary and Contract Details
- Position: Information Management Officer (Consortium)
- Location: Abuja, Nigeria
- Contract Type: National Contract
- Duration: 6 months (renewable subject to funding)
- Salary Grade: Band H, Level 1 (NM-H)
- Start Date: As soon as a suitable candidate is identified
Please note that this position is open to candidates eligible to work under local Nigerian employment terms and conditions.
Application Deadline
Applications close on 18 September 2026 at midnight (GMT).
Interested candidates should submit an English CV (maximum four pages) together with a cover letter through the official Danish Refugee Council recruitment website.
