ICT Senior Associate (Humanitarian Database Analyst)

The UNOPS Peace and Security Cluster (PSC) is a principal service provider in the field of mine action with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), UNDP, UNICEF, Governments of mine-affected countries and other mine action partners.  It is led by the Director, who has overall authority and accountability for the performance PSC on behalf of its clients.  The Director is responsible for administering and providing oversight of the day-to-day management of the Project Field offices, both according to the client requirements and in line with UNOPS rules and regulations.

The ICT Senior Associate for the Gaza Mine Action Area of Responsibility (MA AOR) will support data collection and reporting from all mine action partners in order to enable mine action activities to be included in the Protection Cluster’s and other humanitarian coordination outputs. Under the supervision of the Head of Project Unit, the ICT Senior Associate will: 

• Engage with mine action partners to obtain information on their activities in the Gaza Strip

• Maintain a database, metadata and archive of all mine action partners’ data

• Provide direct and remote support to partners in the collection of their data 

• Verify, record and perform regular quality assurance of all field data from partners before entering them in the system

• Perform monthly audits of mine action information to ensure data completeness, integrity and quality

• Serve as the focal point for survey and mapping data from mine action partners as well as with the Protection Cluster and other Information Management focal points 

• Assist in the development/maintenance of reporting tools on available dangerous areas, casualty and clearance data and others as deemed relevant

• Review and improve data collecting forms, when necessary

• Produce statistics and reports from the mine action data, when requested

GIS Responsibilities: 

• Prepare and print informative maps with mine action and other available data

• Provide figures, infographics, and maps, and other such products for the MA AOR co-coordinators, when necessary

Other Responsibilities: 

• Assist with IT and other general computer-related issues

• If requested by implementing partners and external stakeholders, provide capacity- building activities and technical assistance 

• Create photo catalogue from received photos from mine action activities

1. Contract type: Local Individual Contractual Agreement (LICA) 
2. Contract level: ICS 07 / LICA 07
3. Contract duration: 6 months (with possibility of extension, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds, and satisfactory performance)
   

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• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.

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• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 

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• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.