Data Analytics and Insights Specialist

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.

UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children.

UNICEF insists that the survival, protection and development of children are universal development imperatives that are integral to human progress.

The Office of Innovation (OoI) works to catalyze UNICEF and partners’ expertise and resources to solve key challenges facing children and young people, with a view to sourcing, accelerating and scaling the most effective solutions to accelerate progress towards achieving the SDGs. To achieve this the Office of Innovation uses an innovation portfolio management approach and leverages support from a range of stakeholders including from intergovernmental, multilateral, private sector, young people and non-governmental fora (think tank, academia).

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Innovation Specialist (Knowledge Management and Analytics) or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the Data Analytics and Insights Specialist will:

• Develop interactive data products in support of specific innovation initiatives. This will include developing dashboards (with a focus on Power BI, and Power Apps), automated reports, and visualizations tailored to non-technical audiences. This will include collaborating closely with technical, programmatic, and country teams to understand data needs and deliver tailored analytics solutions.
• Build and enhance data pipelines to automate data collection, cleaning, and integration of data from multiple sources for data/information products.
• Create analytical reports on innovation initiatives, using data analysis and communication skills to turn data into digestible and engaging products. This includes identifying common data questions and meeting gaps by providing targeted analyses, and developing tailored reports to maximize the consumption of insights.
• Coordinate and troubleshoot reporting inputs from multiple teams. Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of inputs.
• Conduct training sessions and workshops to build capacity on data platforms, reporting tools, and analytics best practices across diverse teams.
• Support the management of innovation initiative data. This includes cleaning and maintaining the database, as well as setting up automated checks to identify and create alerts for data issues.
• Support data harmonization. Assess the current suite of dashboards and data products to make improvements on user experience, data consistency/accuracy, design, and quality across the office. This also includes working to ensure integration between various critical data platforms.
• Other data analytics, insights, and reporting tasks, as needed.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
• 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 instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);
• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;
• Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities.
• 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.

As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:
• Initiatiive-specific data analytics products developed (e.g., dashboards, assessments, improved pipelines, etc.)
• Information products and analytical pieces developed through data analysis.
• Clean, updated, and well-maintained database of innovation initiatives, with inputs well-coordinated from multiple teams.
• Improvements made to specific existing dashboards, data products, and workflows.
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment
• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed