United Nations UNICEF Careers – Senior Data Analyst

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Organisation: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Grade: GS7
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About UNICEF:
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.  Uganda is one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path.
About U-Report:
U-report continues to grow as does the demands on the program from government, NGOs, other UN agencies and UNICEF itself. To meet the information requirements being placed on U-report by partners at all levels, UNICEF Uganda requires an enthusiastic, hard-working, determined Data Analyst to ensure that data integrity is improved and that trends are identified and analysed effectively for publication in the media, online and throughout Parliament.
The U-report program uses mobile technology through SMS to provide a forum of opinion and information sharing for youth and children in Uganda. Using a crowd-sourcing approach to initiate an SMS dialogue with the members (‘U-reporters’) the ultimate aim of the program is to stimulate citizen-led and youth-led development.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Work closely with Alive team to provide real time communication support between U-reporters and field officers during quarterly FHDs exercise.
  • Work closely with partner organizations engaging directly in the U-report dashboards and provide training and support in their efforts working with the U-report system.
  • Carrying out a pivotal role in identifying U-reporter’s stories for media publications and avail them to the requesting partners for use.
  • Act as the key focal point for the Gates Foundation-funded IPA study on the creation of digital community scorecards with U-report and mTrac.
  • Work in liaison with the World Bank Institute, create a repository of R scripts for statistical analysis.
  • Perform daily U-report system tests to avoid malfunctions and making IT recommendations to the developers to improve how the system effectively handles incoming and outgoing data
  • Steer in the identifying key U-reporters actionable messages and uploading them on “The U-reporters stories shared document”, forwarding them to the concerned partners and making follow-ups for positive results.
  • Prepare polls to be sent and identify categories that the responses will be assigned to.
  • Responsible for system performance and monitoring diagnostics.
  • Mentor and train the system in artificial intelligence for auto-mated categorization of incoming SMSs.
  • Conduct poll cleaning and re-categorization to ensure relevant data is re-categorized and assigned to the corresponding polls within the system.
  • Develop key bi monthly reports highlighting emergency messages received for each of the UNICEF sections of Alive, Safe and Learning
  • Carry out data review and analyze the current polls for publication in national press and parliamentary newsletters
  • Review and Verify U-reporters recruited by partners to ensure their details are correctly captured by the system and allocated to their corresponding groups.
  • Manage the Luo and Karamajong translation of messages for classification
  • Perform any other tasks that will help ensure the success of U-report.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The candidate should hold a University degree in Informational Technology, or a related field as well track record of practical data Analysis
  • A combination of an advanced degree and relevant practical experience may be substituted for the particular fields mentioned.
  • At least four years’ experience performing data analysis and writing
  • Past exposure and experience using online dashboards for data analysis
  • Good understanding and knowledge of development issues, world affairs and current events
  • A good understanding of UNICEF programmes and policy, including knowledge of communication, technology, youth participation and partnership goals.
  • Strong writing and communication skills and the aptitude to handle competing messages and priorities with multiple audiences
  • Possess the ability to travel and work in remote and sometimes insecure locations
  • Prior experience working within Technology for Development is desirable.
  • Residence and work experience in East Africa, current or past, is advantageous
How to Apply:
  • ONLY Ugandan Nationals will be considered.
  • UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
The applications will be considered only if accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, as well as the most recent performance evaluation report.
If applications are sent by email, please clearly indicate the position applied for and use this order to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed by document e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or Gold_MukasaCV or Gold_ MukasaApplication.
UNICEF is a smoke free environment.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
All candidates who desire to work in the prestigious United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the above position should send their resume to:
Human Resource Specialist,
UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 9, George Street,
P.O. Box 7047, Kampala-Uganda.
Deadline: 8th August, 2014
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