Empleos en el PNUD - 68184- Provision of individual services of a Poverty Expe

Provision of individual services of a Poverty Expert.

Localidad :

Beirut, Líbano

Tipo de contrato :

Individual Contract

Fecha de comienzo del contrato :

Fecha límite de postulación :

02-Sep-16 (Medianoche Nueva York, Estados Unidos)

Nivel de puesto :

International Consultant

Duración del contrato inicial :

50 working days over the period spanning from mid-September 2016 until end-January 2017.

Idiomas requeridos :

Árabe Inglés

Duración esperada del puesto :

50 working days over the period spanning from mid-September 2016 until end-January 2017.

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Antecedentes

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.

Deberes y responsabilidades

The UNDP is looking to recruit a Poverty Expert to lead the development of ADP’s database and content on poverty. Based on international datasets, the Poverty Expert will review and expand the poverty database for the ADP poverty thematic page, perform a data quality assurance, and revise the hierarchy of the database taxonomy. He/She will advise on the international sources of the listed indicators in addition to providing a detailed documentation of the update process and on the nationally produced indicators. The ADP database is a multi-source database, and this will also be maintained when developing the poverty thematic database. As such, the Expert will guide the development of the poverty datasets for the 22 Arab countries that build on national and official sources at the country level by reviewing and profiling the country-specific statistical tables compiled by research analysts. The Poverty Expert should also identify a pool of rich resources (publications, similar datasets produced at the international level, learning tools, etc.) in order to populate the thematic page and contribute to drafting the agenda of a regional workshop on poverty measurement.

Given that measuring and tracking poverty plays a crucial role in achieving the first goal of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely SDG 1 which calls for “ending poverty in all its forms everywhere”, the Poverty Expert, with the help of ADP research analysts, will undergo a tracking exercise assessing the data availability of poverty-related SDG indicators proposed within the framework of the 2013 Global Agenda
for Sustainable Development at the international level. This should highlight poverty data gaps and challenges that might impede the Arab countries from achieving their poverty eradication targets identified within their newly developed strategic development plans at the national level. In addition to drafting a set of 3-5 blogs on poverty, the Poverty Expert will also produce an analytical report addressing the challenges of national poverty datasets in the Arab region by including at least two case studies.

The ADP Poverty Expert will work with the ADP Research Coordinator and ADP Advisor in the development and revision of the thematic and poverty-related country pages in accordance with the database management system and data entry web tool. The Poverty Expert should also respond to comments of peer reviews and collaborate with the web editor.

Competencias

Functional Competencies:

Published at least 5 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

Habilidades y experiencia requeridas

Academic Qualifications:

Minimum MSc degree in Economics, Development Studies, Econometrics, or any other related field, Ph.D 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:

Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English 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