Information Associate (Data Analyst), (GS 6), Athens, Greece, Temp Appointment 364 days

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For every child, results

UNICEF became operational in Greece in early 2016 as an outposted team from the Regional Office of Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) to respond to the significant influx of refugee and migrant children and their families at that time. Following several years of engagement with national stakeholders, UNICEF and the Government of Greece made a decision in January 2020 to formalize the agency’s presence in the country as a full-fledged Country Office. The office falls under the auspices of the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia located in Geneva, which supports the work of 22 Country Offices within its geographical scope, reporting in turn to global headquarters in New York. Within the framework of a mandate for all children in Greece, UNICEF and Greece are now working to address the needs of all vulnerable, marginalized and left-behind children in the country.

In the context of the Country Programme for Greece (2022-2026) approved by the UNICEF Executive Board in February 2022, UNICEF and the Government of Greece have agreed on national targets for children, concerning health, education, social protection, child protection, justice and youth employability. Regarding the health and nutrition agenda, and within the context of the National Action Plan on Public Health 2021-2025 and the National Prevention Programme ‘’Spyros Doxiades’’, UNICEF is scaling up programming to address the high prevalence of childhood obesity in the country through the following pillars:

(i) advancement of an enabling environment including strengthening regulations, policies, and strategies to promote healthy diets, practices, and services for the prevention of childhood obesity,

(ii) programmes that strengthen the primary prevention of childhood obesity, including actions to improve nutrition in infancy and early childhood, prevention intervention programs at the school and community/municipal level, as well as developing awareness raising campaigns for social and behavioral change,

(iii) interventions to enhance secondary and tertiary prevention and response programmes,

(iv) establishment of a European Regional Initiative on Childhood Obesity as a platform to enable exchange of lessons learned, good practices, and proven effective approaches to address childhood obesity among and within EU member states,

(v) development of strategies and programmes focusing on achieving social and behavioral change so that children and their caregivers across Greece make more informed lifestyle choices.

How can you make a difference?

The Information Associate (Data Analyst) sits within the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) team and under the supervision of the Planning and Monitoring Officer and in close collaboration with the Child Protection Specialist and the Programme team, will be providing technical support to the GCO and Partners, including Implementing Partners, under the National Programme of Physical Exercise and Healthy Eating – Combating Childhood Obesity ensuring the implementation of a harmonized approach for data collection and analysis, monitoring and reporting. The Information Associate will develop methodologies, tools and processes and provide trainings to ensure timely collection of quality data in order to provide regular updates and information products to UNICEF and partners.

Support Programme Performance Monitoring

• Support Greece GCO in information/data collection, cleaning, analyzing, verifying and synthesizing and compilation of qualitative and quantitative data and information from a variety of sources on subject matters relevant to the work of the National Programme of Physical Exercise and Healthy Eating – Combating Childhood Obesity to facilitate preparation of reports, working papers, and visualization products. 
• Provide technical support and guidance to the GCO partners, including Implementing Partners under the National Programme of Physical Exercise and Healthy Eating – Combating Childhood Obesity in the design of methodologies, tools and processes to collect quality and up to date results for monitoring and reporting.
• Develop tools and processes at implementation level with regards to capturing accurate and timely data and results achieved under the specific programme.
• Develop and promote the use of common data set and tools;
• Produce regular qualitative analytical reports reflecting key achievements and equity issues in coordination with the Child Protection Specialist and PME.
• Support in collaboration with PME capacity development activities related to performance monitoring, programme development, and related internal UNICEF systems/tools by preparing training materials and participating on exercises which aim to build capacity of stakeholders.                                                                                                                                                               

 Situation Monitoring

• Maintain updated available information on national data and key indicators through available databases with regards to prevalence of obesity and overweight among children in Greece
• Support implementation of assessments in coordination with PME.
• Contribute to the integrated planning of assessments, researches and monitoring activities within the Country Office in collaboration with PME.
• Facilitate or contribute to joint data collection and analysis, and monitoring activities with national partners.

Reporting, Dissemination and knowledge sharing

• Consult stakeholders to seek clarification and/or validate findings from draft and final assessments and reports
• Visualize data and create information products based on agreed data/information management plan.
• Support coordination efforts of UNICEF and partners to deliver timely and quality periodic monitoring reports as needed for the effective implementation of the Programme
• Support internal and external reporting processes with regards to programme implementation and performance on a regular basis
• Maintain and ensure accessibility of a common and shared storage system for all information and visualization products, means of verification and other products in line with the planned programme deliverables
• Establish dissemination channels to share key information products with partners and support wide dissemination of knowledge generated
• Support evidence-based advocacy and communication of results achieved within the programme by providing accurate, relevant and timely data, information and information products.

Networking and Partnership Building

• Develop synergies between partners and support the exchange of knowledge and good practices
• Sustain effective close working partnerships with partners and stakeholders through active sharing of data/information and knowledge

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

The following minimum requirements:

• Education: Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related social science analysis, data management, information management, monitoring and evaluation.

• Work Experience:

A minimum of six years of relevant work experience in data/information management and/or programme monitoring is required.

*A bachelor’s degree from a recognized academic institution in a relevant field (computer science, data science, analytics, statistics, information management, economics or other social sciences) may replace three years of related work experience.

Experience and knowledge of information/data management processes (primary and secondary data collection, cleaning, consolidating, interpreting, analyzing and visualizing)  and tools is required.

• Language Requirements: Fluency in Greek & English is required.

The following desirables:

Prior experience in data management, data processing functions is an asset.

Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered as an asset.

Knowledge and understanding of Programme monitoring is an asset.

Knowledge and understanding of Data Protection and Confidentiality is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others [add the 8^th competency (Nurtures, leads and manages people) for a supervisory role]. 

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. 

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

[CO/ HQ specific: visa residence requirements: i.e.: UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.]

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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