Agriculture and Energy Data Analyst

  • Contract
  • Vienna
  • Posted 5 hours ago

UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services

Hosted Entities Sustainable Energy for All
Job categories Energy, Climate, Programme Management, Environment
Vacancy code VA/2024/B5007/29254
Level ICS-8
Department/office GPO, GVA, Geneva
Duty station Vienna, Austria
Contract type International ICA
Contract level IICA-1
Duration Ongoing, subject to organizational requirements
Application period 21-Nov-2024 to 05-Dec-2024
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

  • Under the guidance of the Programme Manager, carry out data collection and support data analytics, modeling and quality assurance for the agricultural cold chain in priority countries. 

  • Support the delivery of agricultural cold chain planning assessments through desk reviews, key informant interviews, etc.

  • Support data-driven planning to embed sustainable agricultural and vaccine cold chains into countries near-term energy access strategies, in order to fill data gaps.

  • Participate and assist with capacity-building and outreach activities 

  • Contribute to the creation of country-specific open-source, geospatial tools and models for agricultural and vaccine cold chain planning as a tool for investors, SMEs and policymakers.

  • Support the team by providing assistance in identifying and assessing technology options that address cooling needs in agriculture sector

  • Support the development of research and analytical framework needed for energy (geospatial) planning for access to agriculture focused productive uses of energy.

  • Support the creation of a pipeline of countries prime for SEforALL’s agricultural cold chain planning interventions.

  • Assist the team by gathering data and sharing findings for the development and enhancing of policies that support increased access to cooling through agricultural and vaccine cold chains.

  • Prepare briefs, knowledge products, and data to support guidance on access to sustainable cooling and agricultural productive uses of energy.

  • Work with other teams within SEforALL to support the development of knowledge and implementation work products that utilize the breadth of skills at SEforALL. 

  • Support monitoring, evaluation and learning for the Integrated Energy Access Planning and Sustainable Cooling programmes and facilitate knowledge sharing across SEforALL teams. 

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education 

  • First Level University (Bachelor’s) degree in energy, agriculture, engineering, sustainable development, economics or a related field. An Advanced Degree (Master’s or equivalent) will be considered an advantage.

Work Experience

  • A minimum of two (2) years experience in the energy and/or agriculture sector, supporting governments, development agencies or NGOs, specifically in Africa or Asia is required.  

  • Experience in data analysis applied to the energy or agriculture sector development is required.

  • Experience in GIS data management, data curation, Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), remote sensing, spatial analysis and visualization, data analysis relevant to the field of energy access planning or sustainable cooling is desirable.

  • Experience in electrification and cold chain status and sectors in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa or Asia is an asset.

Language

  • Fluency in English is required.

  • Working knowledge of another, official UN language is an asset.

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