Geospatial Developer Consultant, New York, 7 months, Home-based/Remote

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Education

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. As emergencies become more frequent, the expectations of UNICEF to deliver on the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs) in a timely and effective manner will continue to increase. Emergency preparedness significantly enhances UNICEF’s ability to meet these expectations and save time and resources in the response. In 2018, UNICEF’s Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS) created the Risk Analysis and Preparedness Section (RAPS) to strengthen its ability to perform risk analysis and monitoring, both a light and frequent horizon scan and a deeper analysis of specific situations when needed, drawing on external resources and on available data and analyses on children as far as possible and on the analysis generated by colleagues at CO, RO and HQ levels.

EMOPS is seeking a Geospatial Developer Consultant to support UNICEF’s contextual risk analysis and emergency preparedness efforts. The Consultant will build on an existing prototype (Risk Informed Response project for Somalia) and further develop the front end and back end of a comprehensive open source geospatial solution to collect, store, analyse and visualize datasets from diverse sources at global level (including but not limited to mobile data collection tools, external APIs, web mapping and feature services, static files and more). This is a remote / home-based consultancy. The contract starts on 01 March 2022 and ends on 31 August 2022.

How can you make a difference?

1. Task: Technical Project Plan

Deliverables/Outputs: Technical revision/update of existing prototype (Risk Informed Response) project document to define project elements in technical terms, including a sustainability plan

2. Task: Data curation

Deliverables/Outputs: Integrate diverse global layers relevant to risk monitoring and analysis as defined by EMOPS/RAPS

3. Task: Data Analysis Components

Deliverables/Outputs: Additional components to perform integrated data analysis with online editing functionalities, where application and fit for use by non-technical users

4. Task: Data visualization

Deliverables/Outputs: Interactive visual web interface with displays and user controls as defined in the Technical Project Plan

5. Task: Access and Maintenance

Deliverables/Outputs: Components to easily manage permission levels for different users and for long term maintenance

6. Task: User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Deliverables/Outputs: Design and implement UAT programme, including necessary revisions to system components

7. Task: Technical Documentation

Deliverables/Outputs: Produce detailed documentation sufficient to allow a new developer to easily start work with no additional information

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Minimum Qualifications required: Bachelor:

• Geoinformatics/Geomatics

• Geographic Information Systems
• Computer Science
• Information Technology
• Other connected fields

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• At least four years of experience working with development and deployment of open-source GIS technology
• Strong Python skills (experience with libraries such as NumPy and Panda are an asset)
• HTML/SQL Coding skills
• Experience integrating RESTful APIs with interfaces
• Experience with data analytics and data visualization
• Experience with scripting, shell environments, and version control systems is an asset
• Knowledge of geospatial data sources for disaster preparedness and response is a plus
• Spoken and written fluency in English

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.