NATIONAL POST: Programme Associate, Information Management, GS-6, Ankara/Turkiye

The Position:

The Programme Associate, IM assists in delivering robust and comprehensive assessments and evaluations, and supports results-based planning, monitoring and reporting of the programmes implemented by UNFPA and its partners.

The Programme Associate, IM is located in Turkiye Country Office (CO) and reports to the Programme Analyst, M&E.

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.

Job Purpose:

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.

You would be responsible for:

• Contributing to the design of data strategies and systems as per the results frameworks of programmes/projects and with the aim of beneficiary and service tracking and reporting.
• The development of information management products such as indicators, templates, maps, dashboards, monitoring reports, project briefs, infographics, etc. as relevant.
• The collection, storage, management, security and protection of data.
• Implementation of data management activities (definition of needs, data collection, analysis, storage and dissemination).
• Ensure database maintenance through identifying, diagnosing and escalating for the resolution of technical user errors, bugs and queries related to UNFPA data collection applications.
• Consolidation of data systems, including the interoperability of operational data and systems.
• Identifying barriers/bottlenecks and document lessons learnt on information collection, collation, analysis and sharing and developing appropriate supportive strategies.
• Development of reports on progress data to be analyzed by UNFPA and donors. Supporting assessments, situational and trend analysis and planning processes with analytical frameworks.
• Ensuring consistency and accuracy of data and results for country analysis.
• Coordination with partners on data and information management efforts.  Joining the information management network.
• Contributing technical and training support to relevant staff, UNFPA’s service providers.
• Contributing to monitoring activities by providing quality assurance to the monitoring methodologies, data collection and analyses.
• Contributing to the documentation for capacity building and guidance of technical users and administrators.
• Contributing to any other information management issue as requested by the UNFPA programme team.

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 both written and spoken English and Turkish is required. 
 

Required Competencies: 

Values:

Exemplifying integrity, 

Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 

Embracing cultural diversity, 

Embracing change

Core Competencies: 

Achieving results,

Being accountable,

Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,

Thinking analytically and strategically,

Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

Communicating for impact 
 

Functional Competencies:

Managing the organization’s resources

Developing ICT standards and applications

Managing data, information and work flow

Compensation and Benefits:

This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive pay and benefits. Staff members in General Staff Category that are locally recruited are compensated in accordance with the best prevailing conditions of service locally. You can learn more about tax exemption, allowances and benefits, holidays and leave, health insurance, and retirementpension of GS staff on the UN Careers website or the United Nations website".

Disclaimer: 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm

In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.