UNDP Jobs - 76338- BBRSO33479: Information Management System Expert

BBRSO33479: Information Management System Expert

Location :

Home-based with travel, BARBADOS

Type of Contract :

Individual Contract

Starting Date :

29-Jan-2018

Application Deadline :

29-Dec-17 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

International Consultant

Duration of Initial Contract :

90 days over a 9-month period

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

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

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ADMINISTRATION

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BACKGROUND

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Strengthening Evidence-based Decision Making for Citizen Security in the Caribbean (CARISECURE) Project seeks expert services to undertake a Comparative Institutional Assessment of national data governance with specific focus on youth crime and violence statistical capacities. An assessment of youth insecurity and juvenile justice systems conducted by the USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) across the Caribbean, highlighted the lack of standardized data on crime and violence and its causes. While raw data are available in different forms and at various stages of the criminal justice process, there exists wide diversity in how this is generated; the absence of clear and harmonized guidelines; and weak inter-institutional coordination and information sharing.

National consultations and assessments conducted by UNDP in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean also point to four interrelated challenges. These are: deficiency in evidence-based approaches to citizen security policymaking; the lack of reliable and comparable national and regional statistics; weak coordination at national, sub-regional and regional levels; and weak institutional capacities. It is against these challenges that the UNDP through the CARISECURE Project seeks to work with countries across the Eastern and Southern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago) to bolster institutional capacity to design evidence informed and targeted at prevention programmes aimed at reducing youth involvement in crime and violence.

In 2017, UNDP launched an assessment across Guyana, St. Kitts & Nevis, and St. Lucia with the objective of better understanding national crime prevention infrastructure, strategies, partnerships, and coordination capacities, and provide recommendations for technical assistance for future data driven prevention programmes. At that time, Regional Security System had no structure, nor proper staff to lead a Regional Observatory. However, the assessment did trigger a rethinking of the concept of a Regional Observatory through a possible increase in dedicated staff, mission and objectives. CariSECURE support to the ICCS and the future implementation of the CariSECURE indicators also created a perfect environment for a sustainable Regional Observatory.

Duties and Responsibilities

SCOPE OF WORK, RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ANALYTICAL WORK

UNDP is seeking to engage a Consultant - Information Management System (IMS) Specialist with a background in Information Management, Database Management and IT Security. The Consultant will:

Technical support: the Consultant will digitize the Data Collection Form developed by CariSECURE team, test it, and he/she is expected to travel in the CariSECURE countries to adapt the digitized form to specific stakeholders’ needs. He will also assess infrastructural needs and identify the required hardware for a smooth implementation and use of the form.
Monitoring support: the Consultant will work closely with the CariSECURE team to support the award firm in developing a software capable of data collection on crime, violence, victimization and related citizen security data at a national and regional level. He will provide monthly reports on progress, risks, issues as well as reports on fits for the needs.

The Information Management System (IMS) Specialist will work under the direct supervision of the CARISECURE Team Leader and/or Deputy Team Leader based in the Regional Coordination Unit in Barbados.

Competencies

See complete Terms of Reference by clicking on the Procurement Notices link in the Administartion section above

Required Skills and Experience

The Consultant should have the following skills and qualifications:

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in information management, information technology, information security or any related area
A first-level university degree with 4 years of qualifying experience may be acceptable in lieu of the advanced university degree
At least 10 years work experience in designing, managing, piloting complex information management systems;
Demonstrated experience in developing software for government;
Experience in developing security related software for data collection and analysis (dashboard) will be considered
Previous experience in working with UNDP and/or UN Agency, governments, donors and international development organizations;
Demonstrated working experience in the Caribbean region