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Job Title:    Data Associate

Organization: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Officer – Data Science

About US:

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nation’s global development network. UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. The UNDP provides expert advice, training, grant support to developing countries including Uganda with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.

Job Summary:  Pulse Lab Kampala would like to hire a Data Associate to support in data analytics and developing visualizations from different digital data sources (including Big Data).

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Data exploration, cleaning and quality: Assist in the data cleaning, process and exploration of new data sets, but create and maintain quality metadata of all existing data sets;
• Visualization: Support in the development of infographics and interactive dashboards to support exploration and later dissemination of insights from various sources of data;
• Data privacy compliance: Initiate and maintain risks, harms and benefits assessment and liaise with data engineers to ensure all recommendations are implements;
• Contribute to events, advocacy, and capacity building: Assist to produce materials for outreach, capacity building, stakeholder consultations and knowledge dissemination events;
• Other: Represent PLK in technical working group & stakeholder meetings including those organized by UN, government and other partners whenever called upon by Officer – Data Science in consultation with the Lab Manager;
• Any other task assigned by the Officer – Data Science.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Data Associate job must have completed secondary education with specialized certification. First level University Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field desirable, but is not a requirement.
• At least seven years of experience (for Secondary education) and 4 years’ experience for Bachelor degree holders;
• Experience in web technologies, tools and frameworks including CSS, SASS, HTML, JavaScript, web server, and GitHub;
• Working knowledge and experience in data cleaning, and analytics using python or R;
• Excellent data visualization skills using D3js, Datawrapper, Dash, Highcharts and Tableau;
• Experience in social analytics soft wares including Brandwatch and CrowdTrangle;
• Experience in creating infographics, user manuals, report designs using Adobe InDesign and Illustrator software will be an asset;
• Experience in representing an institution on a technical working group;
• Past UN experience is desirable.
• Language: Fluency in both written and spoken English. Medium proficiency in Luganda.

Skills

Professionalism:

• Generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations.
• Shows pride in work and in achievements.
• Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges.
• Remain calm in stressful situations.

Teamwork:

• Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
• Solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise.
• Is willing to learn from others.

Planning and Organizing:

• Identifies priority activities and assignments; adjusts priorities as required.
• Allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work.
• Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary.
• Uses time efficiently

Competencies

Core Competencies

• Achieve Results: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
• Think Innovatively: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
• Learn Continuously: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
• Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
• Act with Determination: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
• Engage and Partner: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Functional Competencies:

• Displays open, co-operative behavior with other team members.
• Maintains strong relationships with partners and clients.
• Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view.
• Sets priorities, produces quality outputs, meets deadlines, and manages time efficiently;

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Digital & Innovation

• Data analysis: Ability to extract, analyze and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making.
• Data privacy and digital ethics: Knowledge of ethical usage of digital technology (e.g. AI, robotics, automation) and data. Ability to assess ethical implications when using, combining or sharing data, when building or implementing AI systems, and when advising on robotization and automation etc. Ability to design privacy protocols to ensure data is protected and used for legitimate purposes without unnecessary privacy risks.
• Data Governance : Knowledge of data science, skills to develop data management tools, organize and maintain databases and operate data visualization technologies.
• Data storytelling and communications: Skilled in building a narrative around a set of data and its accompanying visualizations to help convey the meaning of that data in a powerful and compelling fashion.

Business Management

• Communications: Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels
• Working with Evidence and Data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making

Communications

• Web production and development : Ability to design, code, develop and create a website or web page

How to Apply:

All Interested candidates who wish to join the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 1^st April 2022

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