Locations-Kyiv, Ukraine
Apply Before-04/02/2023, 06:59 AM
Job Schedule-Full time
Agency-UNDP
Grade-NPSA-8
Vacancy Type-National Personnel Service Agreement
Background
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Job Purpose and Organizational Context
Today Ukraine is facing its most serious challenges since achieving independence in 1991. The ongoing war has already resulted in significant loss of life, unprecedented displacement, internally and towards neighboring countries, and devastating destruction of infrastructure. The UN Ukraine Flash Appeal shows that at least 15.7 million people are in immediate need of emergency assistance and protection. Early projections indicate that if the war should continue in the medium to long term, up to 90% of the Ukrainian population could face poverty and extreme economic vulnerability, and the country’s socio-economic progress could be set-back by almost 20 years. In the short-term, 62% of the population is at high risk of falling into poverty. Ukraine’s economy is set to shrink by 45% this year due to the war and even with a moderate recovery in the next few years, by 2025 the GDP would still only be two-thirds of the pre-war GDP in 2021.
In addition, the country faces losses of many people’s lives and devastative destruction of infrastructures and economic bases. Currently, more than 50% of the energy infrastructure damaged, causing the massive disruption of energy supply nationwide with millions of people experiencing power outages and challenges in heating. Extensive scale of destruction of infrastructure, rehabilitating or constructing infrastructures and installing equipment with necessary supply of the materials is urgently required to restore or maintain life-line and key basic services, followed by removal or mines and explosives as well as debris.
Under pillar 1 of the UNDP Resilience Building and Recovery Programme for Ukraine (i.e., Government Capacities for Crisis Response & Management / National Recovery and Development Plan and war damage assessment) UNDP in Ukraine established the project “Strengthening evidence-based recovery in Ukraine” to scale up the support for evidence-based recovery including development of tools, methodologies and technical standards through a) producing building damage assessments, to be applied in all affected communities b) strengthening the government capacities to coordinate and lead damage assessments and c) building a repository of relevant baseline and GIS datasets, from damage assessments and open sources including the use of a number of digital tools for Secondary Data Review, machine learning, and natural language processing, to inform the recovery efforts.
Under this project, UNDP established a Decision Support Unit (DSU) to drive and coordinate various assessments and data collection/analysis in a variety of areas, to inform future actions pertaining to the recovery efforts. In addition, UNDP signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development to launch a building damage assessment (BDA) and support the development of GIS system.
Based on the above, UNDP Ukraine is seeking a qualified Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst, who will join the Decision Support Unit and under the overall supervision of the Project Manager and will work on providing actionable analysis for UNDP Ukraine and national partners.
This position is a national position on a Personal Service Agreement at NPSA8 level. Under the direct supervision of the GIS Analyst and the overall supervision of the Strengthening evidence-based recovery in Ukraine Project Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for the following key tasks:
Duties and Responsibilities
I. Data Collection and storage
II. Data Management & Analysis
III. GIS Products (Including maps and web products)
Institutional Arrangement
The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the GIS Analyst — NPSA9.
Competencies
CORE
Achieve Results:
LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively:
LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously:
LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility:
LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination:
LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner:
LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion:
LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL & TECHNICAL
Business Management
Communication
Business Direction and strategy
Strategic Thinking
Business Direction and strategy
Effective Decision Making
Digital and Innovation
Geospatial analysis
Digital and Innovation
Data Analysis
Education:
Experience:
Requires skills:
Desires skills/experiences
Required language (s)
This is a national position. Only Ukranian nationals are eligible to apply.
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