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1 Terms of Reference Junior Data Engineer I. Position Information Title: Junior Data Engineer UN Global Pulse Lab Kampala Type of contract: Individual Consultant/Contractor (IC) Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda Starting Date: March, 2015 Duration of the assignment: 6 months Deadline: February 23, 2015 II. Background and rationale Global Pulse is an innovation initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General, established to harness today s new world of digital data and real-time analytics to gain a better understanding of changes in human well-being. Global Pulse aims to contribute a future in which access to better information sooner makes it possible to keep international development on track, protect the world's most vulnerable populations, and strengthen resilience to global shocks. Global Pulse is being implemented as a global network of Pulse Labs, bringing together expertise from UN agencies, governments, academia, and the private sector to research, develop, test and share tools and approaches for harnessing real-time data for more effective and efficient policy action. For more information on Global Pulse go to Pulse Lab Kampala United Nations Pulse Lab Kampala (PLK) ( is an inter-agency initiative of the United Nations under the Office of the Resident Coordinator in Uganda that fully commenced operations in December The first of its kind in East Africa, PLK supports the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) by bringing together partners from academia and the private sector to collaboratively develop new approaches on data innovation for sustainable development. III. Description of the assignment The Junior Data Engineer will be a part of a team that will focus on accessing and deriving insights from large data sets to solve problems. He/she will support the team in the acquisition, analysis and visualization of data from a variety of sources in order to

of the assignment: 6 months Deadline: February 23, 2015 II.

2 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. He/she will support specially the visualization of data on the research conducted by PLK. IV. Methodology Specifically, the Junior Data Engineer will: - Interface application development using technologies such as HTML5, D3 and InfoVis - Data processing and statistical analysis with programming languages including Python - Deployment of applications on Linux servers V. Deliverables Specifically, the Junior Data Engineer will: - Contribute to the efforts of the team in defining, designing and building projects harnessing data innovation to address global challenges; - Help to develop interactive data visualisations for the web; - Develop and use software tools to extract, process and analyze data sets from a variety of sources; - Assist the team in the development of working prototypes and applications for the Pulse Library that will be used by UN agencies and partners; VI. Duration The Junior data Engineer is expected to work from beginning of March 02, 2015 to Aug 31, 2015 Deliverables / Outputs Estimated Target Due Review and Duration to Dates Approvals Required complete the assignment Contribute to the efforts of the team in defining, designing and building projects harnessing data innovation to address global challenges; Develop interactive data visualisations for the web;

Methodology Specifically, the Junior Data Engineer will: - Interface application development using technologies such as HTML5, D3 and InfoVis - Data processing and statistical analysis with

3 Develop and use software tools to extract, process and analyse data sets from a variety of sources Assist the team in the development of working prototypes and applications for the Pulse Library that will be used by UN agencies and partners WORKING ARRANGEMENTS Institutional Arrangement With overall reporting to the Data and manager, he/she will work on day-to-day basis with the basis with the Data Engineer. The consultant will report to the Manager on a regular basis on the progress but this will be done in line with the set deliverables of the assignment The consultant will liaise, interact, collaborate/meet staff and partners; UNDP (GPL) will support the consultant in the following: o Access to all past reports and data relevant to the assignment. These will include donor reports and project documents; o Access to GPL and its infrastructure; o Support and assistance to gain access to relevant stakeholders for consultations to the extent possible; Duty Station The duty station will be Kampala Requirements for skills, competencies, education and experience Functional Competencies Mathematical and statistical aptitude; Plans and produces quality results to meet established goals; Generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations; Demonstrates substantive and technical knowledge to meet responsibilities and post requirements with excellence; Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities; Corporate competencies: Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards; Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

4 Education BSc in Computer Science, Electrical engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field. A combination of a first degree and relevant experience may be accepted; Experience Working knowledge of various programming languages and experience with software development. Experience with Python is an advantage. At least 2 years of experience of web application development, preferably having worked on examples of interactive data visualisation. Experience of writing software to process different types of data (e.g. numerical data, text, images or audio). Experience of working with Linux servers. Excellent communication skills. Familiarity with statistical programming and discrete mathematics. Experience working with open source data processing frameworks desirable Core skills Ability to conceptualize, plan and execute innovative ideas. Displays open, co-operative behavior with other team members; Remains calm and in control, and good humoured even under pressure; Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view; Sets priorities, produces quality outputs, Meets deadlines and manages time efficiently. Excellent oral and written skills. Language Requirements Fluency in English (oral and written) PRICE PROPOSAL AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS Payment to the individual consultant will be made on a monthly basis upon satisfactory completion of assigned tasks EVALUATION METHOD AND CRITERIA The award of the contract shall be made to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as: Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and Highest Combined Score (based on the 70% technical offer and 30% price weight distribution) where the minimum passing scores of technical proposal is 70%. Evaluation Criteria: Technical Proposal (Maximum 70 points): Relevance of education 5 points; Language skills 5 points;

Experience with Python is an advantage. At least 2 years of experience of web application development, preferably having worked on examples of interactive data visualisation.

5 Interpretation of the assignment and methodology- 30 points Relevance of experience (professional/work experience)- 30 points Financial Proposal (Maximum 30 points): To be computed as a ratio of the Proposal s offer to the lowest price among the proposals received by UNDP. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The consultant is required to submit an electronic application by directly uploading all their documentation in one single pdf on this website ( ) no later than February 23, For clarifications, please send your to; [email protected] with copy to [email protected] and [email protected]. The application should include the following documents/information: Duly accomplished Letter of Confirmation of Interest and Availability using the template provided by UNDP (see Annex II); Updated Personal CV highlighting past experience in similar assignments and with 3 professional references with contact details ( and telephone); Financial proposal (in template provided in Annex II) stating an all-inclusive fixed lump sum fee for this assignment in Ugandan Shillings, supported by a breakdown of costs. Such total lump sum price must include professional fee, and costs necessary to conduct the assignment such as communication costs, etc. The consultant will be paid against the completion of specific, measurable deliverables as identified in this TOR. Annexes: - Annex I: Individual Contractor General Terms and Conditions - Annex II: Template to Confirmation of Interest and Availability and Submit the Financial Proposal

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The consultant is required to submit an electronic application by directly uploading all their documentation in one single pdf on this website (https://jobs.undp.

TERMINAL EVALUATION TERMS OF REFERENCE

TERMINAL EVALUATION TERMS OF REFERENCE BASIC INFORMATON Location: Uganda Application Deadline: July 30 th, 2015 Type of Contract: Individual Contract Post Level: International Consultant Languages Required: