Background

The UN Reform Resolution tasks UNDP to provide countries with an “integrator function” to accelerate progress towards the SDGs by tackling multiple interlinked and interdependent development challenges. The UNDP Global Policy Network (GPN) draws on expertise globally to provide more effective responses to the complex development challenges countries face in achieving the SDGs and responding to crisis in an integrated and coherent manner. Anchored in the Crisis Bureau (CB) and the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support (BPPS), the GPN has the responsibility for developing all relevant policy and guidance to support the results of UNDP’s Strategic Plan, which is aligned with the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

An SDG Integration Team located with UNDP’s Global Policy Network (GPN) offers a menu of services emphasizing direct short- to medium-term engagements to respond rapidly to requests from country offices for support on national implementation and monitoring of integrated policy solutions, qualitative and evidence-driven analysis for accelerated progress, and knowledge sharing and upscaling of innovative approaches to sustainable development. The team’s work emphasizes the application of evidence-driven data and analytics for SDG implementation and reporting.

In this regard, advances in digital technology are creating data at unprecedented levels of detail and speed, turning the stories of people’s lives into numbers every minute of every day, across the globe. An important focus of the integration work is to complement traditional data (e.g. national statistics, NHDR like analysis) with new and alternative sources including digital ‘breadcrumbs,’ satellite data, social media to identify emerging trends and gain new perspectives on issues in development.

Under the guidance of the Global Policy Advisor of the SDG Integration Bureau for Policy and Programme Support/Global Policy Network, the Data Visualization Analyst will support the Integration Team’s work on visual storytelling using data to strengthen the identification of emerging trends, improve understanding of evolving development issues and lead to the design of better development solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Use D3+react, along with other visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau or Flourish to support the development of interactive visualisations and digital products.
• Organise and visualise raw data, aggregated data, insight data, and machine learning model data
• Develop infographics through sourcing data and produce storyboards on selected issues related to poverty, inequality, and inclusive and sustainable growth;
• Work closely with “clients” - i.e. thematic teams and Country Offices - to generate visualizations and insights on specific topics using both primary and secondary data;
• Design UI/UX for solutions helping users gather meaningful insights from data
• Lead on decision making regarding selection of tools, presentation and approach for each activity based on client objectives, data sources and audience.

 Institutional Arrangement

• The Data Visualization Analyst will work from home;
• S/he will report to, and be directly supervised by the Global Policy Advisor of the SDG Integration Bureau for Policy and Programme Support/Global Policy Network.
• S/he will be given access to relevant information necessary for the execution of the tasks under this assignment;
• S/he will be responsible for providing her/his own workstation (i.e. laptop, internet, phone, scanner/printer, etc.) and must have access to reliable internet connection;
• Given the global consultations to be undertaken during this assignment, the Analyst is expected to be reasonably flexible with his/her availability for such consultations taking into consideration different time zones;

Competencies

Core Competencies

•Innovation - Ability to make new and useful ideas work;

•Leadership - Ability to persuade others to follow;

•People Management - Ability to improve performance and satisfaction;

•Communication - Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform;

•Delivery - Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement.

Required Skills and Experience