Data Consultant (AWOME Program)

Background

Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)   works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.  Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates the efforts of the United Nations System to ensure that commitments on gender equality translate into action. To accomplish this mandate, UN Women partners with government, the private sector, and Non-Governmental Organizations in furtherance of gender equality. 

UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office (SAMCO) is based in Pretoria, South Africa and serves five countries (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and The Kingdom of Eswatini). UN Women South Africa Multi-Country Office is implementing The Accelerate Women’s Owned Micro Enterprise (AWOME) Phase 3 programme, funded by De Beers PLC, has been designed to target 1500 women entrepreneurs in the informal sector who have been adversely affected by the economic effects of the COVID 19 pandemic as well as the rising unemployment and inequality in the region. The 3-year programme (2024-2026) is being implemented in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia.

One of the key outputs of the programme is to collect data of the 1500 women micro entrepreneurs across the 3 countries and upload in a Management Information System (MIS) to ensure ease of reporting and access of updates by stakeholders. To put in place targeted interventions that fully support Micro-Women Owned Enterprises (WOE) to sustain their businesses post   It is proposed that existing data collected on WOE is urgently analysed to inform how support being received is impacting their livelihoods.

Objectives of the assignment:

The main objective of the assignment is to conduct a detailed comprehensive analysis of the existing database of women owned businesses and enterprises already captured on the platform and consolidate with the new cohort for 2024-2026.

The analysis of the existing data will include type of enterprise sectors; size; turnover; type of enterprise-related training required, location of business, WOE living with disabilities and other key information to guide project interventions for the women enterprises in the three countries targeted by the project.

Scope of Work:

The Data Assistant working in collaboration with the Women Empowerment Team and hosting company will be responsible for the management of data for women owned enterprises and input into the online BuyFromWomen Platform to support the programme delivery. The following key tasks to assist the Women Empowerment Team and its partners implement timely interventions and access data in user-friendly format, will be undertaken.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyse current MIS platform and identify data gaps on existing database and develop action points for improvement from all stakeholders of the 3 countries.
• Perform analysis on existing data to develop a Typology of Women Owned Enterprises.
• Conduct a rapid capacity assessment of women owned enterprises in the UN Women data base to identify immediate, medium- and long-term capacity support needs.
• Document and present information collected biannually to in WEE team.
• Attend Training programmes ear-marked for the women to facilitate data capturing and quarterly reporting for donor.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

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Functional Competencies

• The ability to analyze, model and interpret data accurately.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to exercise a methodical and logical approach.
• The ability to plan work and meet specified deadlines.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities, and threats.
• Reporting skills

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems; Computer Sciences or Statistics, Geographic Information Systems and or any other related field.
• Knowledge of Programming languages, such as SQL, VBA , Oracle and Python.
• Knowledge of analytics software such as, Excel, PowerBI, etc. 

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in data analysis.
• Knowledge about gender equality and the empowerment of women will be an added advantage.
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Familiarity with gender-related issues and experience in conducting gender-sensitive data analysis.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.

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Notes:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

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