Level: GS-6

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Appointment

Position Number: 00200059

Location: Ankara, Türkiye

Posting Start Date: 12 December 2024

Posting End Date: 27 December 2024

ONLY INDIVIDUALS WITH RESIDENCY AND RIGHT TO WORK IN TURKIYE MAY BE CONSIDERED AS ELIGIBLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. IF YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN, KINDLY CONFIRM YOUR STATUS IN TURKIYE IN YOUR MOTIVATION STATEMENT.

Job Summary:

You will work in close collaboration with the Programme Associate, Data & Reporting, ICT Associate and the rest of the programme team to support data and information management activities in Turkiye in terms of definition of information and data needs; design of data and information activities, including data collection, analysis, storage and dissemination; implementation of data and information management activities; and monitoring and evaluation of data management activities.

How You Can Make a Difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education: 

• Completed Secondary Level Education required. University Degree in Social Science, Statistics, City and Regional Planning, Information Management, Geographic Information Technologies, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science or other related field with course work in data collection, processing, statistical analysis and reporting desirable.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 6 years of relevant working experience with data sharing, data management and   data analysis including data governance, quality assurance and preservation, data interoperability, data science methodologies, development of and revision of data standards, geographic information technologies, qualitative data analysis and quantitative data analysis.
• Proven knowledge in data collection, cleaning and reporting / visualization systems such as Activity-Info, Zoho Creator (or similar Low Code platform), Power BI, Tableau, GitLab, etc. and Microsoft Office Programs.
• Experience in object oriented languages like Python, JavaScript is an asset.
• Familiarity with some of the following areas is an asset: DM-Data collection methodologies, DM-Data Management, DM-Database Design & Development, MS-Data Collection Analysis, DM-Metadata Creation & Management, MS-Statistics Analysis, DM-Open Source Software & Data, DM-Population census and econometrics, DM-Protection Data Management Systems, PR-Cluster Information Management Tools, Resources and Approaches, PG-Needs Assessment and Response Analysis.
• Technical knowledge of Reproductive Health/Family Planning or Gender Based Violence is an asset.
• Working experience with an international organization is an asset.

Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Turkish is required.

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UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy worklife balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity.