Entry Level United Nations UNDP Jobs - Officer - Data Science ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Global Pulse

(http://www.unglobalpulse.org/about-new) is an innovation initiative of the

United Nations Secretary-General on Big Data. Its vision is a future in which

big data is harnessed safely and responsibly as a public good. Its mission is

to accelerate discovery, development and scaled adoption of big data innovation

for sustainable development and humanitarian action. Global Pulse is building a

catalytic network of in-country innovation centers, which will test new tools,

data and analysis, share what lessons with the global community, mainstream

successful approaches for real-time impact monitoring into policymaking. The

first Lab has been established in New York (Pulse Lab New York) followed by

Jakarta, Indonesia and Kampala, Uganda.

Pulse Lab Kampala

(http://www.unglobalpulse.org/kampala) is an inter-agency initiative of the

United Nations under the Office of the Resident Coordinator in Uganda. The

first of its kind in Africa, it brings together researchers from Government,

the UN, non-governmental organizations and private sector to explore the

utility of new sources of digital “Big Data” (such as social media, mobile

data, online information) and real-time analysis techniques for social

development monitoring and program planning.

A data revolution is underway

in Uganda and in Africa. There is more data now than ever. New technologies are

leading to an exponential increase in the volume and types of data available,

creating unprecedented possibilities for informing and transforming society and

protecting the environment. There is more data produced in the last 2 years

than in all of human history. There is a tremendous potential in new

technology; indeed, this is the forefront of the data revolution already well

underway in in the private sector.  The

new SDGs agenda will have increased demands – and opportunities- for the use of

data. Pulse Lab Kampala supports the UN Country team to tap into the revolution

obtaining more and better data to support development work and humanitarian

action supporting: 

Job Summary: The UNDP Officer, Data Science will be a

part of a team that will focus on accessing and deriving insights from large

data sets to solve problems. The incumbent will support the team in the

acquisition, analysis and visualization of data from a variety of sources in

order to i) help understand emerging human vulnerabilities to socio-economic

shocks, ii) detect and highlight patterns that could indicate how people are

coping with emerging hardship, and iii) gather evidence of changes in behaviour

and perception correlated with public sector policies and programmes.