The consultant will be responsible for
the following:
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The consultant will be responsible for
the following:
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Support global and regional partner
organizations to share data on HDX.
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Ensure that current and new datasets
uploaded into HDX meet with the minimum established standards of quality and
have sufficient elements of metadata.
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Conduct daily quality assurance checks
on the HDX platform.
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Create new organisation pages and
support organisation focal points with using the platform.
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Develop interactive visualization for
clients using the datasets shared through HDX.
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Support partners with data services
including data hunting, data cleaning and data visualization.
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Automate dataset extractions from
partners; develop scripts for data transferring when appropriate.
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Promote the use of the Humanitarian
Exchange Language (HXL) data standard to increase interoperability of data from
partner spreadsheets and systems.
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Train partners on the use of the HDX
platform, data visualization tools including Quick Charts and Data Check.
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Take part in Centre and HDX team
meetings as required.
Deliverables
-Increased use of HDX and HXL by
partners.
-improved maintenance of the HDX
platform through more consistency in names, tags, sources, and up to date
datasets.
-Three data visualizations per quarter.
-New organisations sharing datasets in
HDX in a programmatic way.