The United
Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ha...
The United
Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has a Centre
for Humanitarian Data in The Hague, the Netherlands to increase the use and
impact of data in the humanitarian sector. The vision is to create a future
where all people involved in a humanitarian emergency have access to the data
they need, when and how they need it, to make responsible and informed
decisions.
The Centre focuses on four areas: data services, data policy, data literacy,
and network engagement. The Centre’s data services work includes direct
management of the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) platform and the
Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL) data standard. For data policy, the Centre
develops responsible data guidelines and works with partners on data sharing
agreements in crisis settings. The data literacy work involves in-person and
remote training programmes for technical and non-technical audiences. Finally,
the Centre builds and engages an active community in support of its mission and
objectives through a number events and communication activities.
The Centre requires a Data Literacy Team Lead to oversee this workstream. The
work includes designing and implementing data literacy activities such as
training programmes and workshops with target audiences.
Reporting Relationships
The consultant will report to the lead for the Centre for Humanitarian Data,
who is based in The Hague. He or she will be expected to work closely with the
Centre’s team including the partnerships manager, head of the data partnership
team and the coordinator for the Data Fellows Programme.