Job Title: Data Engineer
Organisation: United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Technical Team Leader
About UNDP:
Global Pulse is an innovation initiative in the Executive Office of the
United Nations Secretary-General, harnessing today’s new world of digital data
and real-time analytics to gain a better understanding of changes in human
well-being. Global Pulse hopes to contribute a future in which access to better
information sooner makes it possible to keep international development on
track, protect the world’s most vulnerable populations, and strengthen
resilience to global shocks.
United Nations Secretary-General, harnessing today’s new world of digital data
and real-time analytics to gain a better understanding of changes in human
well-being. Global Pulse hopes to contribute a future in which access to better
information sooner makes it possible to keep international development on
track, protect the world’s most vulnerable populations, and strengthen
resilience to global shocks.
Global Pulse is being implemented as a global network of Pulse
Labs, bringing together expertise from UN agencies, governments, academia, and
the private sector to research, develop, test and share tools and approaches
for harnessing real-time data for more effective and efficient policy action.
Labs, bringing together expertise from UN agencies, governments, academia, and
the private sector to research, develop, test and share tools and approaches
for harnessing real-time data for more effective and efficient policy action.
Global Pulse is establishing a Pulse Lab in Kampala in 2013. Pulse Lab
Kampala will function as an open innovation space where policy experts together
with UN development practitioners and other partners can experiment with new
types of data and emerging technologies and evaluate their potential to enhance
both public policy decision-making and community resilience. Following
the development of useful approaches, Pulse Lab Kampala will support
institutional adoption of these innovations into policy and practice.
Kampala will function as an open innovation space where policy experts together
with UN development practitioners and other partners can experiment with new
types of data and emerging technologies and evaluate their potential to enhance
both public policy decision-making and community resilience. Following
the development of useful approaches, Pulse Lab Kampala will support
institutional adoption of these innovations into policy and practice.
Job Summary: The Data Engineer will work to access and derive insights from large data sets to solve problems.
He or she must be able to work with a variety of data types, programming
languages and platforms, must be comfortable with both hands-on development and
research support, and must be adept at both understanding the information
content of data and transforming and preparing it for analytical and reporting
purposes.
He or she must be able to work with a variety of data types, programming
languages and platforms, must be comfortable with both hands-on development and
research support, and must be adept at both understanding the information
content of data and transforming and preparing it for analytical and reporting
purposes.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in defining, designing and building
projects harnessing Big Data to address development and humanitarian
challenges; - Develop and use software tools to extract,
process and analyze data sets from a variety of sources; - Develop algorithms that can scale to very
large data sets; - Develop systems for classifying content;
- Produce interactive data visualizations
and user interaction environments; - Develop working prototypes and
applications for the Pulse Library that will be used by UN agencies
and partners.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The candidate should possess MS in
Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or related
field; - A combination of a first degree and additional
two relevant experience may be accepted. - Three or more years of experience in the
following;
·
Experience working on machine learning
algorithms or other aspects of AI;
Experience working on machine learning
algorithms or other aspects of AI;
·
Experience with stream computing and data
warehousing;
Experience with stream computing and data
warehousing;
·
Experience with rapid application development
(agile, extreme, scrum, lean);
Experience with rapid application development
(agile, extreme, scrum, lean);
·
Experience working with Amazon EC2 or Hadoop or
similar;
Experience working with Amazon EC2 or Hadoop or
similar;
·
Experience working with open source data
processing frameworks is a plus.
Experience working with open source data
processing frameworks is a plus.
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in both written and spoken
English; - Knowledge of a language widely spoken in
Uganda would be an asset.
Language Requirements: Fluency
in English.
in English.
Core Competencies:
Personal Competencies:
- Demonstrates integrity by modeling the
UN’s values and ethical standards; - Advocates and promotes the vision,
mission, and strategic goals of the UN; - Displays cultural, gender, religion, race,
nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability; - Treats all people fairly without
favoritism; - Demonstrates and promotes the values of
the UN in actions and decisions and acts in accordance with the standard
of conduct for international civil servants; - Shows willingness to work without bias
with all persons regardless of gender, nationality, religion or culture; - Contributes effectively to team-based
activities, working collaboratively and sharing information openly; works
effectively with colleagues inside the UN as well as its partners and
other stakeholders to pursue common goals - Facilitates and encourages open
communication in the team, communicating effectively; - Remains calm, composed and patient when
facing conflict, manages conflict productively, focusing on mutually
acceptable solutions; - Takes initiative and seeks opportunities
to initiate action; - Actively produces and disseminates new
knowledge; creates/contributes to mechanisms to collect and share
knowledge; - Actively seeks learning opportunities;
demonstrates commitment to ongoing professional development; - Proposes innovative ideas and new
solutions to work.
Functional Competencies:
- Familiarity with statistical programming
and discrete mathematics; - Comfortable working with diverse
programming languages, design patterns, frameworks, libraries and
platforms; - Independent and driven, and able to manage
and lead without close supervision; - Flexible, adaptable, and comfortable
working in a start-up environment; - Ability to work directly with internal and
external clients to define requirements for analysis and reporting; - Excellent communication skills;
- Flexible, adaptable, and comfortable
working in a start-up environment.
How to Apply:
If you believe you are one of the ideal candidates for this opportunity
in working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), then visit the
web link below for full job details http://jobs.undp.org
in working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), then visit the
web link below for full job details http://jobs.undp.org
NB: UNDP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified Women are
encouraged to apply.
encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 19th August,
2013
2013
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