Data Mapping on Development Assistance to Jordan

Details

Mission and objectives

The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Jordan is comprised of 17 resident Agencies, Funds, and Programmes, namely: FAO, ILO, IOM, OCHA, UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UN-Habitat, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNODC, UNOPS, UNRWA, UN Women, WFP, WHO, as well as the World Bank, UNDSS and the Resident Coordinator Office (RCO); It also includes five non resident Agencies, IAEA, IFAD, OHCHR (with SHRA in RCO), UN Environment and UNIC. ESCWA, UNV, and IFC also participate in UNCT meetings for coordination purposes.
Since 2018, a Senior Human Rights Adviser (SHRA) is deployed to the Office of the Resident Coordinator (RCO) under the framework of the UN Development Group Human Rights Mainstreaming Mechanism upon request of the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Jordan. The Senior Human Rights Adviser 1. works with the UNCT to integrate human rights into their programmes and activities, to develop strategies and programmes aimed at building and strengthening national capacities and institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, and to promote human rights as a common UN value and to uphold international norms and standards through advocacy and awareness-raising; 2. supports the RC and UNCT and national partners in their engagement with international human rights mechanisms; and 3. provides technical advice and conducts human rights capacity-building for a range of governmental and non-governmental actors.

Context

In 2024, international development partners in Jordan strengthened their efforts to enhance the impact of their development cooperation in the country by better coordinating their support to Jordan’s development priorities. To this end, the Development Partners’ Group aims at strengthening synergies, reducing overlaps, and identifying further opportunities among international partners for coordinated and joint efforts in support of the Government of Jordan’s national development priorities. Composed of key bilateral and multilateral donors, the group is co-chaired by the UN Resident Coordinator, the World Bank Representative, and the USAID Mission Director. To support the group being more effective, Information Management (IM) support is needed to ensure consolidated information on international development cooperation in the country is collected, analyzed and made available to inform current and future cooperation, and to enhance the effectiveness and impact of their operations.

Task description

We are looking for 3 of experienced Online Volunteers who, under the supervision of UN RCO staff will support the “mapping of data on existing development assistance to Jordan”. More specifically, the Online Volunteer is asked to:
– Discuss and define/determine objective and data sources for the data mapping task.
– Assist the UN RCO staff to develop or identify a methodology and tool for data analysis, data preparation and data mapping based on defined objective.
– Compile collected data on existing development assistance to Jordan, including the UN, bilateral and other multilateral partners, into a categorized map.
– visualize it in a meaningful way and perform related analysis.
The Online Volunteer/s will have the opportunity to build connections with the UN RCO team and learn about the ways in which data can support the team’s work.
Please note that selected volunteers will be required to sign an “Information Confidentiality Agreement”.