Data Associate

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Mission and objectives

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results. UNDP in Armenia was established in March 1993, and supports the government in meeting its development priorities and the Sustainable Development Goals. UNDP has been working to accelerate the development of Armenia for almost 25 years. It works at the upstream policy level, advising on legal and policy frameworks, and implements downstream initiatives, turning projects into policies and policies into actions. UNDP also has enormous reach across the country - in rural and urban areas and amongst a growing network of youth, innovators, and social entrepreneurs.

Context

The UN Volunteer will work under the direct supervision of the National Peace and Development Advisor and overall oversight of the UNDP Resident Representative, in the key functions listed as "Task Descriptions". He/She will also work closely with the Peace and Development Advisor in the South Caucasus, as part of the UNDP-UNV Tandem Teams Initiative.

Task description

The UN Volunteer will work under the direct supervision of the National Peace and Development Advisor and overall oversight of the UNDP Resident Representative, in the key functions listed below. He/She will also work closely with the Peace and Development Advisor in the South Caucasus, as part of the UNDP-UNV Tandem Teams Initiative . Summary of key functions: • Data Collection, Management and Analysis • Data Visualization, Reporting and Application • Technical Support Data Collection, Management and Analysis: • Identify key data gaps for informed crisis risk tracking in the country. • Propose a strategy and implementation plan for capturing required primary data • Identify and integrate additional primary and secondary data into the Crisis Risk Dashboard as required by evolving needs including the development, implementation and management of new indicators and corresponding data that are associated with the crisis risk model; • Propose revisions and improvements to the overall design framework and data requirements for the risk tracking system, using as the key tool the Crisis Risk Dash-board (CRD) – a purpose-designed platform developed by CRU for online information management and data visualization - and ensure content is current, comprehensive, and follows relevant metadata standards; Data Visualization, Reporting and Application: • Explore ways of presenting crisis risk profiles and early warning more effectively through visual representations (charts, graphs, tables and diagrams) through the CRD; • Provide technical assistance in translating data and other program information into easy visual representations, in accordance with data visualization best practices; • Consolidate operational information on a regular schedule to support analysis and de-sign and implement sustainable information management and dissemination systems for data collections for the CRD, where required. Training and Technical Support: • Provide substantive input on information management toward the development of guidance and training materials in support of the Country Office / Country Team application of the CRD; • Provide technical assistance in order to build capacity of staff on how to integrate data visualization approaches into their work as well as how to update and monitor existing dashboards. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for in-stance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.