Supporting Secondary Data Review for Programme Management

Details

Mission and objectives

UN Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners.
In Ukraine, four development focus areas define the structure of UNDP’s assistance activities. These include democratic governance; prosperity, poverty reduction and MDGs; local development and human security; and energy and environment. In each of these thematic areas, UNDP tries to ensure balance between policy and advocacy work, capacity building activities and pilot projects.UNDP established its presence in Ukraine in 1993.

Context

UNDP is establishing a dedicated Decision Support Unit (DSU) to coordinate assessments, mainly on damage and losses, internally and in collaboration with partners externally. The unit will consolidate, synthesize and share knowledge generated from assessments and establish an internal one-stop-shop for assessments, and related information e.g. Oblast profiles.
Online Volunteers will be supporting the process of Secondary Data Review: reviewing analytical products and tagging them according to the provided analytical framework.
A Secondary Data Review (SDR) then, is a research technique used to obtain information to create a clear analytical overview. An analyst undertaking an SDR takes into account multiple pieces of secondary data in order to create a coherent as possible picture on a specific topic.
This is an Online/Remote Volunteering opportunity, please read the conditions that apply for Online Volunteering

Task description

The volunteer will be required to work daily (3-4 hours per day) on Secondary Data Review. in support of UNDP Ukraine’s program management activities, in particular, this will require:
– searching and cataloging data, publication, and analytical products on Ukraine;
– reviewing identified sources and tagging documents, web pages, reports according to the provided Analytical Framework
– Translating pieces of information (main messages) from Ukrainian to English and vice versa
– Editing and formatting Secondary Data Review outputs
– Assistance in the preparation of reports,
The Volunteers will receive detailed briefing, training and support with regard to the task.