Information Management Associate (National position)- 2 positions

In addition, the country faces losses of many people’s lives and devastative destruction of infrastructures and economic bases. Currently, more than 50% of the energy infrastructure damaged, causing the massive disruption of energy supply nationwide with millions of people experiencing power outages and challenges in heating. Extensive scale of destruction of infrastructure, rehabilitating or constructing infrastructures and installing equipment with necessary supply of the materials is urgently required to restore or maintain life-line and key basic services, followed by removal or mines and explosives as well as debris.

Under this project, UNDP established a Decision Support Unit (DSU) to drive and coordinate various assessments and data collection/analysis in a variety of areas, to inform future actions pertaining to the recovery efforts.  In addition, UNDP signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development to launch a building damage assessment (BDA) and support the development of GIS system. 

Based on the above, UNDP Ukraine is seeking a qualified Information Management Associate (IMA), who will join the Decision Support Unit and under the overall supervision of the Project Manager.  

This position is a national position on a contract modality of “National Personnel Service Agreement” at NPSA-6 level. 

Scope of Work

Under the direct supervision of the Information Management Analyst (Secondary Data Review) and the overall supervision of the Strengthening evidence-based recovery in Ukraine Project Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for the following key tasks:

I. Secondary Data Review and classification

• Identify, collect, and classify data and insights from various sources, such as official publications and reports, websites, social media, and other public data sets relevant to the Resilience Building and
• Recovery Programme analytical framework, using the DEEP platform and other relevant tools.
• Cleaning and validating data to ensure accuracy and completeness. 
• Provide input and recommendations on primary and secondary data collection (qualitative and quantitative) for socio-economic impact assessments.

II. Compilation and analysis

• Provide data excerpts and analysis, per the requests.
• Contribute to production of regular written reports and dashboards including the digests, regions' profile, thematic briefs etc.
• Contribute to analyzing data to identify patterns, trends, and insights that can inform programmatic and management decisions.

III. Carry out ad-hoc assessments and data entry

• Participate in CO pilot studies/research.
• Participate in field surveys and data collection as required. 
• Assist in data entry from scanned documents to text format e.g., extract data from publications for further processing and analysis. 
• Update CO assessments and studies matrix in consultation with portfolios and projects focal points.

Institutional Arrangement

The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Information Management Analyst (Secondary Data Review) and the overall supervision of the Project Manager for the Strengthening evidence-based recovery project in Ukraine.

Core Competencies

Achieve Results:   
LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively:   
LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously:   
LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility:   
LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination:    
LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner:   
LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion:   
LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Technical and Cross-Functional Competencies

Business Management-Communication   
Ability to communicate in a clear, concise and unambiguous manner both through written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and choose communication methods depending on the audience

Ability to manage communications internally and externally, through media, social media and other appropriate channels

Administration & Operations-Documents and records management   
Overall document (hard or electronic) management; registry and retention policy including storing and archiving

Business Management-Digital Awareness and Literacy   
Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed

Business Direction and strategy-System Thinking   
Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Management-Working with Evidence and Data   
Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making
 

• Secondary Education is required OR
• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analysis, Economics, Econometrics, or related fields will be given due consideration but it is not a requirement.  

Min. years of relevant work experience:

• Minimum 6 years (with Secondary Education) or 3 years (with Bachelor’s Degree) of relevant experience in data management, analysis, and/or research.

Required skills:

• Analytical/ statistical research skills

Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section:

• Knowledge of office software packages (Word, Excel etc..).
• Experience in data collection/ entry/compilation.
• Experience with academic institutions, national or international organizations.
• Experience in data cleaning/classification/processing.

Required Language(s):

• Fluency in English and Ukrainian is required