Organization: UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund
Location: Ankara
Grade: Administrative support – GS-6, General Service – No need for Higher Education – Locally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
Statistics
Administrative support
Information Technology and Computer Science
Project and Programme Management
Documentation and Information Management
Closing Date: 2024-12-27
he Position:
The Programme Associate, IM assists in delivering robust and comprehensive assessments and evaluations, and supports results-based planning, monitoring and reporting of the programmes implemented by UNFPA and its partners.
The Programme Associate, IM is located in Turkiye Country Office (CO) and reports to the Programme Analyst, M&E.
Responsibilities:
- Contributing to the design of data strategies and systems as per the results frameworks of programmes/projects and with the aim of beneficiary and service tracking and reporting.
- The development of information management products such as indicators, templates, maps, dashboards, monitoring reports, project briefs, infographics, etc. as relevant.
- The collection, storage, management, security and protection of data.
- Implementation of data management activities (definition of needs, data collection, analysis, storage and dissemination).
- Ensure database maintenance through identifying, diagnosing and escalating for the resolution of technical user errors, bugs and queries related to UNFPA data collection applications.
- Consolidation of data systems, including the interoperability of operational data and systems.
- Identifying barriers/bottlenecks and document lessons learnt on information collection, collation, analysis and sharing and developing appropriate supportive strategies.
- Development of reports on progress data to be analyzed by UNFPA and donors. Supporting assessments, situational and trend analysis and planning processes with analytical frameworks.
- Ensuring consistency and accuracy of data and results for country analysis.
- Coordination with partners on data and information management efforts. Joining the information management network.
- Contributing technical and training support to relevant staff, UNFPA’s service providers.
- Contributing to monitoring activities by providing quality assurance to the monitoring methodologies, data collection and analyses.
- Contributing to the documentation for capacity building and guidance of technical users and administrators.
- Contributing to any other information management issue as requested by the UNFPA programme team.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
Completed Secondary Level Education required.University Degree in Social Science, Statistics, City and Regional Planning, Information Management, Geographic Information Technologies, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science or other related field with course work in data collection, processing, statistical analysis and reporting desirable.
Knowledge and Experience:
- 6 years of relevant working experience with data sharing, data management and data analysis including data governance, quality assurance and preservation, data interoperability, data science methodologies, development of and revision of data standards, geographic information technologies, qualitative data analysis and quantitative data analysis.
- Proven knowledge in data collection, cleaning and reporting / visualization systems such as Activity-Info, Zoho Creator (or similar Low Code platform), Power BI, Tableau, GitLab, etc. and Microsoft Office Programs.
- Experience in object oriented languages like Python, JavaScript is an asset.
- Familiarity with some of the following areas is an asset: DM-Data collection methodologies, DM-Data Management, DM-Database Design & Development, MS-Data Collection Analysis, DM-Metadata Creation & Management, MS-Statistics Analysis, DM-Open Source Software & Data, DM-Population census and econometrics, DM-Protection Data Management Systems, PR-Cluster Information Management Tools, Resources and Approaches, PG-Needs Assessment and Response Analysis.
- Technical knowledge of Reproductive Health/Family Planning or Gender Based Violence is an asset.
- Working experience with an international organization is an asset.
Languages:
Fluency in both written and spoken English and Turkish is required.
Required Competencies:
Values:
Exemplifying integrity,
Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
Embracing cultural diversity,
Embracing change
Core Competencies:
Achieving results,
Being accountable,
Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
Thinking analytically and strategically,
Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,
Communicating for impact
Functional Competencies:
Managing the organization’s resources
Developing ICT standards and applications
Managing data, information and work flow
How to apply
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