UNDP Jobs - 70101- Provision of Individual services of an Energy expe

Provision of Individual services of an Energy expert.

Location :

Beirut, LEBANON

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

20-Jan-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

Twenty Five (25) working days starting 1 February 2017 until 31 March 2017.

Languages Required :

Arabic English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

Twenty Five (25) working days starting 1 February 2017 until 31 March 2017.

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

The Arab Development Portal (ADP) is an initiative of the Coordination Group of Arab National and
Regional Development Institutions (CG) to create a knowledge platform that promotes timely and high
quality knowledge on development issues in the Arab World. The primary objective of the ADP is to
improve the scope, depth, reliability, availability and use of high quality information to support
development progress in the Arab World. As such, the ADP faces a number of challenges in positioning
itself as a demand-driven and high quality knowledge platform that addresses the needs of a wide range
of end-users in a sustainable manner.
To ensure the quality of its database and reduce the cost of maintaining the timeliness of the database,
ADP Phase Three will expand its current activities on three levels: using more advanced technologies for
updating its database that enables SDMX sharing, strengthening the relationship with NSOs for data
harmonization and data sharing, and introducing new visualization and export tools to improve the user
experience. In 2016, UNDP will create a special module for data sharing using SDMX technology, the
newest tool, sponsored by the major UN and international agencies, used for data and metadata sharing
that overcomes the differences in database architectures adopted by various producers of data. Besides,
a total of six additional thematic pages will be added by 2018 and new topics introduced under the existing
themes. With the adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), introducing changes to
the ADP database and visualization tools to allow users to track SDGs is key and would give the ADP
an additional competitive edge.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS) has launched
ADP http://arabdevelopmentportal.com/ online on 25 April 2016.

Duties and Responsibilities

The UNDP is looking to recruit an Energy Expert to review ADP’s database and content on Energy and
identify the energy-related SDG indicators and track their data availability at the international level. Based
on international datasets, the Energy Expert will review and expand the energy database for the ADP
energy thematic page, perform a data quality assurance, and revise the hierarchy of the database
taxonomy. The ADP database is a multi-source database, and this was also maintained when the energy
thematic database was developed. As such, the Expert will advise on the energy country-specific
statistical tables compiled by the research analysts for the 22 Arab countries that build on national and
official sources.
The Energy Expert, with the help of ADP research analysts, will also undergo a tracking exercise assessing
the data availability of energy-related SDG indicators proposed within the framework of the 2030 Global
Agenda for Sustainable Development at the international level.
The ADP Energy Expert will work with the ADP Project Coordinator and ADP Advisor in the development
and revision of the thematic and energy-related country pages in accordance with the database
management system and data entry web tool. The Energy Expert should also respond to comments of
peer reviews and collaborate with the web editor.
For additional information, please refer to ANNEX I – Terms of Reference

Competencies

Functional Competencies:

Published at least 4 articles in academic journals and/or research papers with international or regional organizations.

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates integrity by modeling the UN’s values and ethical standards;
Promotes the vision, mission, and strategic goals of UNDP;
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
Treats all people fairly without favoritism;
Fulfills all obligations to gender sensitivity and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.

Kindly refer to the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice and all related Annexes by visiting the below link:

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/operations/procurement/

Please make sure to submit all the requested documents/information; otherwise, your application will be considered incomplete

Required Skills and Experience

Academic Qualifications:

Post Graduate Degree (Masters) in Energy studies, Energy Economics, Econometrics or any other relevant fields. Ph.D is preferable.

Years of experience:

At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in research, including statistical work experience with UN organizations and government statistical agencies;
Knowledge of surveys and assessments and data analysis;
Knowledge of statistical packages like SPSS, STATA and R is an asset.

Language requirements:

Language proficiency in both written and oral English and Arabic is required.

Kindly refer to the Individual Consultant Procurement Notice and all related Annexes by visiting the below link:

http://www.lb.undp.org/content/lebanon/en/home/operations/procurement/

Please make sure to submit all the requested documents/information; otherwise, your application will be considered incomplete