Business Intelligence Analyst

Result of Service

The Individual Contractor will be responsible for delivering an upgraded Country Dashboard of UNEP Project Data at country level including project results, as well as a number of dashboards related to UNEP Country Presence, CCA/CF Analysis, and other requirements as per the needs of the DCU and UNCT Focal Points. Furthermore, it will support a number of improvements to optimize the UNCT Engagement Network processes.

Work Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Expected duration

9 months

Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. The Development Coordination Unit in the Policy and Programme Division facilitates coherent and effective policy support and approaches across UNEP for enhanced implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda within the UN system. The Individual Contractor will report directly to the Programme Management Officer (P4). Among its key priorities, the Development Coordination Unit aims to improve UNEP’s contribution to UNCT processes, as measured by Resident Coordinators and UNCTs, through the harmonization of country level data on UNEP activities, presence, budget and environmental context, and through the support of the Network of UNCT Focal Points to increase policy coherence, strategic policy advice and intelligence gathering at the country level, building on the strategic direction of the Medium-Term Strategy 2022-2025. This need was further highlighted as a priority by the UNEP Executive Director in February 2023 which led to the creation of a first iteration of the Country Project Dashboards and by the UNEP UNCT Focal Points during its first workshop, highlighting country-level data as one of their most pressing and critical needs. To achieve these objectives, the Development Coordination Unit seeks the expertise of a BI Analyst who will assist, in close coordination with the Corporate Services Division and relevant units through the following priorities. 1. Country Dashboards Upgrade – Maintain, refine and update the Country Dashboards – Phase 2 in line with emerging demands from end-users and perform any required improvements based on user feedback. And include project results and outputs as part of the data fields that can be extracted as IPMR reporting improves. 2. Dashboard development on CCA/CF and country presence– Develop complementary Power BI dashboards as per the unit’s corporate data needs covering portfolio, financials, donor contribution data per country, UNEP country presence (HR) per country, country categories, results reported. 3. Optimize UNCT Engagement Network internal processes – Support the assessment of current practices on user management, mailing lists, user analytics and recommend and implement where possible automatization of processes when possible. 4. IPMR Analysis & Advice to ensure data reliability – Documentation & contribution to the IPMR Data Dictionary & IPMR data extraction standardization. Conduct a review of the latest available corporate data sources and methodologies/business rules to have data at country level and propose recommendations for standardization or follow up, as required.

Qualifications/special skills

A first-level degree in computer science, data science, analytics, statistics, information management, public administration, management, or a related field is required. A minimum of five years of experience in working with SAP Business Objects and SAP Analytics Cloud, demonstrating proficiency in utilizing these platforms for data analysis and reporting is required. Furthermore, a minimum of five years of experience is required in Microsoft Power BI templates and design. Knowledge of UMOJA Self Service Analytics and IPMR is required. Experience with database or programming languages, such as SQL, Python, or R, is desirable.

Languages

Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.