Data Analyst

 (National Specialist - THAR000342)

 

Host entity: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)- Bangkok Regional Hub

Duty station: Bangkok, Thailand

Start date: Immediate

Assignment Duration: 3 months (with possibility of extension)

Application deadline: 03 April 2020

 

Organizational Context & Project Description

As the COVID-19 has progressed, Governments are implementing measures to prevent further virus spread, including school closures and travel restrictions. The crisis is expected to have major socio-economic and macro-economic impact, especially across industries experiencing supply chain disruption like the apparel manufacturing, or the hospitality and transport sector as travel bans and consumer anxieties impact on tourism and business travel. Workers remain vulnerable as trade and services have been hit significantly, with manufacturing and hospitality sector losses mounting –private sector Associations and Chambers have already requesting Government support. As the private sector is impacted, workers will be vulnerable to unplanned layoffs, with a potential devastating impact on household income across already vulnerable groups. The implications and economic impacts require government policies and other measures to remedy the social fallout.

The source of income for many communities and vulnerable groupings is now under serious threat; and significant adverse economic impact is expected on businesses and workers around the world, especially workers with limited job security, as the crisis lengthens. The health-related impact of this crisis on labour and income opportunity loss, as well as the additional costs of healthcare (i.e. curative and preventive), pose serious challenges for vulnerable households that bear such costs. Although health care services are generally capable and well prepared (preventively and curatively), there are still risks of lack of access to information and health care services, particularly in poorer and more vulnerable settings, contexts and regions. There is also the potential for global supply stock-outs of medicines and health care PPE if global supply chains of medicines and equipment is disrupted.

An early focus on likely socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on the poor and vulnerable is, therefore, important to consider. The UN seeks to better understand the potential impact on health and livelihoods of poor and vulnerable households as well as the response measures needed to support those most vulnerable groups. On this background, the Bangkok Regional Hub (BRH), Socio-economic Recovery & Livelihoods Programme, will be supporting Country Offices in the region in assessing health and socio-economic livelihoods impacts, especially segments of the population whose livelihoods are under threat. The data analyst will be supporting livelihood data collection and analysis, plus developing a dashboard with updated data visualizations to inform program development and communicate findings.

 

Description of tasks:

 

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the RBAP/Regional Advisor for the Socio-economic Recovery & Livelihoods Programme, the UNV Data Analyst will:

• Manage and analyze country-level livelihoods data and prepare required charts/graphs.
• Follow up with the UNDP country offices and other entities on data collection and compilation.
• Collaborate with the team on the dashboard development, and independently add new features including managing and feeding data to dashboard.
• Provide technical support to any new initiative regarding data collection, analysis, reporting, monitoring as required.
• Knowledge sharing, providing support to other team members and conducting orientations on use of products developed and managed.
• Maintaining and updating dashboard as soon as new features are developed.
• Preparing documentation and clear guidelines of the technical work (e.g. documentation for data analysis steps, code documentation (class, function, etc.).
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

 

Results/Expected Outputs

 

As an active UNDP team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNDP and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:

• Analysis of data sets as agreed with supervisor to be shared as per agreed timelines.
• Establish well-running and user-friendly dashboard.
• New features and functions established on dashboard within time agreed with supervisor.
• Minimum of one data orientation session to be conducted for end users.
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

 

Qualifications/Requirements

 

Required degree level:  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics and other related fields.

 

Required experiences:

• At least 3 years of relevant professional work experience in data management, database development, programming and web development.
• Hands on experience of Advance Excel and some other analytical tools (Power BI, Stata, ArcGIS/QGIS, SPSS).
• Previous experience with dashboard development and data visualization.
• Experience in PHP7 (Symfony4 framework), modern JavaScript (Node/ReactJS, ES6 and other front-end techs e.g. bootstrap, foundation, etc.) is an advantage.
• Experience with any other programming language (e.g. R, Python).
• Knowledge and hands on experience of relational databases and tools (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.). As well as knowledge of modern non-relational databases would be an advantage.
• Good knowledge of math and basic statistics is highly required for the job.
• Good teamwork, presentations, communication, problem solving and quick learning
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Have affinity with or interest in UNDP volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System.
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required

Language skills: English (Mandatory), Level – Fluent

 

Conditions of Service:

 

The contract lasts for the period indicated above with possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment.

 

Travel to duty station (if applicable) and a Settling-ln-Grant will be provided in the event the duty station is not within commuting distance from the place of recruitment. The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life, health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents), as well as final repatriation (if applicable) and resettlement allowance for satisfactory service.

 

For UN Volunteer entitlements, kindly refer to the link https://vmam.unv.org/calculator/entitlements

 

How to apply:

Visit: https://www.unv.org/calls/THAR000342-6675 for more detail of this assignment and to apply

 

Note: Applicants needs to register their profile within UNV Talent Pool to be able to apply

• Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

Please first register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup

After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then apply for this vacancy at https://www.unv.org/calls/THAR000342-6675

In order to create profiles, you can also watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5uJ_FolWU which will guide more in details.

• Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

Please first update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile . Then apply for this vacancy at https://www.unv.org/calls/THAR000342-6675

 

To learn more about UN Volunteers (UNV) Programme, please visit: https://www.unv.org/or watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkzUsSScG_k

 

Contact : https://www.unv.org/calls/THAR000342-6675

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