National Capacity Development Expert (Data Systems)

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) works to protect civilians, enable humanitarian access, and support peace and development by coordinating and delivering mine action. In Ukraine, UNMAS provides standards-based advisory and project support to strengthen nationally owned mine action coordination, quality management, information management, training and operational coherence.

This UN Volunteer assignment is part of the UNMAS Ukraine Programme and a time-bound project financed through the Multi-Partner Trust Fund/Ukraine Community Recovery Fund (MPTF/UCRF). The project supports Ukrainian national mine action authorities and institutions to strengthen coordination, prioritisation, quality management, information management, training, reporting and evidence-based decision-making.

Key counterparts include the Centre for Humanitarian Demining (CHD), the National Mine Action Centre (NMAC), the National Mine Action Platform (Demine Ukraine), the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), the State Special Transport Service (SSTS), mine action operators, data owners and other relevant government, United Nations and civil society partners.

The National UN Volunteer Expert will be hosted by UNMAS and embedded with designated national mine action information-management authorities in Kyiv. The incumbent will work under UNMAS supervision and in close day-to-day coordination with designated national counterparts, providing technical advice and institutional capacity-development support to strengthen national mine action information management, interoperability and evidence-based decision-making.
The duties detailed in this Description of Assignment are designed to complement and support UNMAS’s programme in Ukraine. This volunteer role is not a substitute for UN staff positions, nor shall it replace existing staff or staff functions. The volunteer is strictly prohibited from carrying out core UN staff functions.

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the UNMAS Senior Mine Action Adviser or designated UNMAS representative, and in close day-to-day coordination with designated national information-management authorities, the National UN Volunteer Expert will:
• Map and document national mine action databases, platforms, data flows, reporting requirements, user roles and institutional responsibilities, including links among GRIT and other relevant national systems.
• Provide technical advice to national authorities on the alignment and synchronisation of national mine action information systems, while respecting applicable institutional mandates, data ownership, access controls and information-security requirements.
• Mentor and coach national information-management personnel, support the transfer of methods and tools, and contribute to sustainable national capacity and institutional ownership.
• Assess current information-management arrangements and identify data gaps, duplication, inconsistencies, interoperability constraints and risks affecting coordination, prioritisation, reporting and decision-making.
• Facilitate structured coordination among national data owners, system administrators, information-management focal points and other relevant stakeholders to improve the regular exchange, verification and use of mine action information.
• Develop or improve data standards, data dictionaries, validation rules, quality-control procedures, templates, standard operating procedures and information-sharing workflows.
• Support data cleaning, reconciliation, migration or consolidation processes, including the identification and resolution of duplicate, incomplete or conflicting records.
• Advise on interoperability requirements and practical options for linking or exchanging information among GRIT and other authorised national mine action systems and tools.
• Develop dashboards, analytical summaries, maps, reports and other information products to support national prioritisation, operational planning, resource allocation, monitoring and reporting.
• Establish and maintain issue logs, action trackers and workplans for agreed information-management improvements and monitor implementation of recommendations.
• Prepare high-quality technical notes, progress updates, presentations, meeting records and recommendations in Ukrainian and English.
• Ensure that all information is handled in accordance with applicable national legislation, United Nations policies, confidentiality requirements and data-protection principles.
• In all activities, promote the values of volunteerism, contribute to institutional capacity development, and complete UNV and host-entity reporting and learning requirements.