Data Analyst

UNICEF in Turkey works to protect the rights of children and adolescents in Turkey since 1951. UNICEF's programme in Turkey focuses on the needs of the most vulnerable children in the areas of education, child protection, health care, social policy, adolescents and youth, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)’s global humanitarian action requires timely, reliable, and comprehensive data on workforce capacity, deployment, and staffing. Current systems such as Frontlines, the Surge Tracking System (STS), and Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) / Virtual Integrated System of Information (VISION) provide critical information, but remain fragmented and heavily reliant on manual processes. The Humanitarian Human Resources (HR) Data Strategy aims to consolidate and automate these processes, ensuring real-time data supports preparedness, surge, and long-term staffing in emergencies.

The Data Analyst will be structurally hosted within the Human Capital Intelligence & Technology Section, reporting to the Human Resources Officer. Data Analyst with a matrix line to the Chief, People in Humanitarian Action (Response).

The UN Volunteer will be fully dedicated to implementing the Humanitarian HR Data Strategy by integrating, managing, and analyzing humanitarian workforce data across systems and supporting evidence-based decision-making.

The UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

- People Analytics and Project Management

• Research and propose partnerships with predictive analytics and machine learning / AI solutions providers and data science institutions for talent management in emergency preparedness and response.
• Lead the development and implementation of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive People analytics digital solutions, from framing the problems, identifying the measures, running advanced analytics, and interpreting the results.
• Support the transition from legacy Excel trackers to structured database systems and ensure interoperability with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund’s Insight Data Warehouse.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of initiatives and tools aiming at enhancing data literacy among the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), OneHR Community and provide technical support and capacity building to Regional and Country Offices on humanitarian HR data management.

- Statistical Programming and Visualization

• Accelerate data processing and calculation through the application of algorithms, writing code (Python, R, C#, etc.) and developing software products to automate repetitive work when responding to data requirements.
• Generate analytics and predictive models on surge and Cluster’s capacity, recruitment gaps, and emergency deployments.
• Use business intelligence tools (Microsoft Power Business Intelligence ( BI), Tableau, etc.) to design and create interactive, fast, and accurate reports that help end users make data-driven decisions. Maintain and enhance humanitarian HR data pipelines and dashboards (Frontlines, Clusters, Surge, Power Business Intelligence (B)I, SharePoint). Develop user-friendly dashboards and visualizations for HR leadership and humanitarian response teams.
• Assess and enhance the effectiveness and accuracy of data sources and data gathering techniques. Support automation of surge requests, onboarding, and offboarding processes in alignment with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) SOPs and Core Commitment for Children.
• Suggest ways to embed available people insights into existing business processes to ensure they are used by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) decision-makers.
• Produce quarterly and annual global surge reports, as well as ad-hoc reports for L1–L3.

- Other tasks assigned by the supervisors.




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, 5th of December).
- 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 (for instance at https://vra.unv.org),
- Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
- 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.