Home-Based Consultancy – Data Analyst – Develop seasonal and hazard calendar

Job ID:

#3414318

Career Categories:

Program/Project Management

Theme:

Disaster Management

Years of experience:

Job type:

Consultancy

Job

from
UN Children’s Fund

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Closing date:
05 Dec 2019

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a Champion

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) responds to an average of over 285 humanitarian situations each year, ensuring that resources are in place to support millions of children affected by conflict or disaster.

Within UNICEF, the Risk Analysis and Preparedness Section (RAPS) supports Regional Offices (RO) and Country Offices (CO) in ensuring that UNICEF is prepared to respond to all types of emergencies that create humanitarian needs for children and those who care for them. As part of this, RAPS directly monitors, and supports RO and CO in monitoring, a wide variety of potential hazards. Many of these hazards pose different levels of risk at different times of the year. With tis in mind, RAPS will develop a Seasonal and Hazard Calendar to support risk monitoring and analysis that in turn triggers emergency preparedness activities.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF’s Office of Emergency Programmes is seeking a consultant to develop a near-global monthly calendar of country-level seasonal events and hazards.

Key tasks

Liaise with UNICEF Regional and Country Offices, and relevant HQ units, to gather any existing relevant data at the country or regional level; add to template

Gather relevant data from existing seasonal hazard calendars produced by UN agencies, NGOs, insurance companies, etc.; add to template

Research to fill gaps in data available from existing seasonal calendars. This may include gathering data from hazard or loss databases, as well as the INFORM risk index; add to template

Liaise with UNICEF Regional and Country Offices, and relevant HQ units, to confirm data in final product; adjust as needed

Deliver finalized product in Excel form

Deliverables:

A monthly Excel calendar:

Of seasonal events (e.g. rainy, dry, lean seasons) and hazards (e.g. cyclones, floods, droughts, epidemics, and human-induced issues such as armed conflict with seasonal rhythms);

For all countries where UNICEF has an operational presence (approximately 150 countries);

At a national level or high-level sub-national where such is necessary.

That is designed so that it can be filtered by region, country, month, or event/hazard type, etc. and easily uploaded to mapping software such as ArcGIS

That has a description of and link to the source of each line of information

Duty Station:

Home-based

Time Frame:

30 days over 1.5-3 months, starting January 2020

Supervision:

The consultant will be supervised by the Emergency Specialist (Risk Analysis) in the Risk Analysis and Preparedness Section (RAPS), Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS), NYHQ.

Key competences, technical background, and experience required

Education

University degree in Social Sciences, research or a related technical field.

Experience

Five years of progressively responsible professional experience in humanitarian assistance; work in a data-intensive field such as vulnerability analysis or assessment is an asset

Experience with monitoring or analyzing various types of hazards from a humanitarian perspective

Excellent working knowledge of computer systems and applications. Experience of working and managing online information management platforms.

Excellent analytical skills.

Proven ability to conceptualize, plan and execute processes across a range of stakeholders.

Strong inter-personal and communication skills.

Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.

Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Language:

Fluency in both written and spoken English is required.

Call for Proposals:

The proposal will need to include at least the following elements:

Cover letter

Updated CV or United Nations P 11 form

3 references with updated contact information

Financial proposal, with daily rate (Applications without a financial proposal will not be considered)

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

Remarks:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant/individual contractor and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the individual contractor/consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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