Programme Associate

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Description

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You will work in close collaboration with the Programme Associate, Data & Reporting, ICT Associate and the rest of the programme team to support data and information management activities in Turkiye in terms of definition of information and data needs; design of data and information activities, including data collection, analysis, storage and dissemination; implementation of data and information management activities; and monitoring and evaluation of data management activities.

You would be responsible for:

• 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. 

Source: https://estm.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2003/job/22588

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