Contract Type: Local Individual Consultancy Contract

Location: Ankara

Closing Date: 1 June 2023

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICANTS APPLYING FOR THIS TEMPORARY POSITION MUST HAVE A VALID RESIDENCE PERMIT OR TURKISH PERMANENT RESIDENCY OR TURKISH CITIZENSHIP.

Job Summary:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and Since 2011 UNFPA Turkiye has been actively involved in the humanitarian response within the framework of the government endorsed UN Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) to refugees in Turkiye. Since February 6, UNFPA provides life-saving services to earthquake survivors in affected provinces and other provinces around the country where the affected population was relocated.

Implementing its mandate, UNFPA works in close collaboration with line ministries,  their provincial directorates, NGOs, universities and other UN agencies to support national systems to provide quality services (health and protection) with a wider coverage. UNFPA runs its programme to ensure that sexual and reproductive health rights of refugees and host communities are met; the risks of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity, HIV infection, unwanted pregnancy, sexual violence and exploitation and other reproductive health-related conditions are addressed and protection services are provided without barriers such as language. For this purpose, in 2023, UNFPA supports Women and Girls Safe Spaces, Youth Centers, Refugees with Disability Service Units, Refugee Women and Youth Support Centers, Key Refugee Group Service Units, Men and Boys Service Units and a Women’s Shelter in Turkiye. Following the earthquake, to respond to the emergent needs of EQ survivors in the affected provinces, UNFPA scaled-up its operations and started to provide SRH and protection services through 9 mobile teams.

Information and data management is a crucial aspect of the programme delivery, both for humanitarian and development components. Information and data management covers the assessment, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of data and statistical related activities. This includes assessment of the information landscape; 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. It is needed to deliver robust and comprehensive assessments and evaluations, and to support results-based planning, monitoring and reporting of the programmes implemented by UNFPA and its partners.

To strengthen its evidence-based response and support its information and data management system, UNFPA will be hiring an Information Management (IM) System Support Consultant. Overall, the consultant will provide support on IM products, help and implement higher IM standards and policies as per UNFPA guidelines, and provide technical support and solutions to meet the needs of the Humanitarian program and implementing partners.

How You Can Make a Difference:

UNFPA, Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency of the United Nations, 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 and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, information technologies, geographic information systems, electric & electronic engineering, industrial engineering or other relevant fields with course work in information technology, computer engineering or information system security.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the ICT field.
• Fluency in written and spoken Turkish and English
• Windows-based applications, integrated web based management systems, firewalls, Windows clients, LAN, Windows Server 2012 R2, Zoho Creator (or a similar Low Code platform), Power BI, GitLab/Source tree, etc., Microsoft Office Programs.

Skills and Competencies:

• Completion of master’s degree is an asset.
• Technical knowledge of Reproductive Health/Family Planning and/or Gender Based Violence is an asset.
• Working experience with implementing partners and NGOs is an asset.
• Working experience with an international organization is an asset.
• Familiarity with UN procedures and working methods is an asset.

Languages:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Turkish.

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