DISCLAIMER: The screening of your application will be conducted based on the information in your profile. Before applying, we strongly suggest that you review your profile to ensure completeness, especially the education and experience sections. Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement. Details Vacancy code Position title Department/office Duty station Contract type Contract level Duration Application period : VA/2016/B5506/10313 : Database Programmer : AR, MMOH, Myanmar : Yangon, Myanmar : Local ICA Specialist : LICA Specialist-9 : 2 months (August - September 2016) (possible extension subject to satisfactory performance and budget availability) : 15 Jun 2016 to 28 Jun 2016 United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity Background Information - UNOPS UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner. Working in some of the world s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners expectations. With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it. A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale. Background Information - Myanmar The UNOPS Myanmar under the UNOPS Asia Regional Office has been established to better support, develop and oversee the UNOPS portfolio of programmes and projects in Myanmar with focus on health programmes and livelihoods and rural development. UNOPS Myanmar ensures that synergies between projects are effectively developed. Page 1 of 6
The UNOPS Myanmar portfolio currently comprises several programmes and projects, including fund management of the multi-donor Three Millennium Development Goals Fund and the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund. In addition, UNOPS is the Principal Recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grants to Myanmar. UNOPS Myanmar has also been designated as Principal Recipient of the GFATM for a Regional Malaria Grant (Regional Artemisinin Initiative) covering 5 countries- Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. UNOPS is also expanding its infrastructure and procurement services in Myanmar, including advisory services in these areas. UNOPS Myanmar plays a critical role in ensuring quality services to UNOPS partners that meet stringent requirements of speed, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. It is also responsible for liaison with government counterparts, donors, and UN Agencies. Background Information - Job-specific UNOPS is the Fund Manager for the multi-donor Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT), which was established in 2009 to address food insecurity and income poverty in Myanmar. LIFT s donors are Australia, Denmark, the European Union, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. From the private sector, the Mitsubishi Corporation is a donor. The overall goal of LIFT is to sustainably reduce the number of people living in poverty and hunger in Myanmar. LIFT s purpose is to improve the incomes and nutrition status of poor rural people by promoting resilient livelihoods and food security. Its designated outcomes are improvements in income, resilience, nutrition, and pro-poor policy developments. LIFT works with implementing partners (IPs), such as international NGOs, national NGOs, United Nations agencies, international organisations, academic and research institutions and the Government of Myanmar. LIFT is currently funding projects at the Union level and in the Ayeyarwady Delta, the Dry Zone, Myanmar s Uplands and Rakhine State. So far, LIFT has reached over three million people, or roughly six per cent of Myanmar's population, and is active in just under half of the country's townships. The Fund is expected to continue operations until the end of 2018. For more details, please go to www.lift-fund.org. 1. Background to the assignment LIFT is supporting the Department of Rural Development (DRD) of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development in building up its institutional, organisational and technical capacity for local development planning with an emphasis on empowering village committees to develop their respective village plans and consolidating and integrating village development plans (VDP) with their respective township development plan (TDP). In the past 12 months, DRD has developed a national model for village development planning and investment programming, based on the experience and tested approaches of national and international development organisations which have been engaged in community empowerment and village planning in Myanmar. The national VDP model has been piloted in 170 villages at 34 townships of the country s 14 regions and states and the Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory. Subsequently, DRD have extended support to the 170 village development committees (VDC) to construct their respective VDP Investment Programme with a contribution of MMK 5.0 million to each village together with village community s contribution in the order of 15% of the overall investment budget. Page 2 of 6
Building on the experience, knowledge and insights of the VDP pilot phase, the DRD has organised a programme strategy to scale up the VDP process, initially to cover all villages in the 34 pilot Townships. Scaling up of the VDP process will require a methodical approach to organising village planning data that are collected by teams of data collectors through participatory reflection and action (PRA) method and from available sources (such as primary school, rural health centre, government department at the township centre) at the village, village tract and township levels. The data collection work is guided by a VDP Manual, which contains tools and instruments for collecting and organising data, information and knowledge pieces. The tools include questionnaire (including probing questions) administered on village groups such as village-wide group, elder group, farmer group, women group, youth group, etc. Some of the questions are administered through interviews with management personnel at rural health centre, primary and high school, village tract administrator s office, township government department, and other relevant institutions such as financial institution, donor funded projects, etc. The resultant data, information and knowledge pieces are in the form of unstructured data sets; these are then transformed into tables known as planning tables which include numerical data and textual information and knowledge pieces. In order to establish efficiency in the production of the planning tables, a computerised data processing and management system needs to be set up. This will entail three discrete processes: i. Development of a set of structured questionnaire, using information contained in the VDP Manual and with reference to a set of about 47 structured Planning Tables that have been constructed for the formulation of a village development plan. ii. system) Entering the data in a computerised data processing and data tabulation system (database iii. Production of VDP Planning Tables based on the output tables of the computerised data processing and tabulation system. Functional Responsibilities The Database Programmer (consultant) will work under the overall direction and supervision of the Senior Strategic Adviser Rural Development, who is leading a team of LIFT funded technical experts currently engaged in village development planning and investment programming as part of DRD s programme. The consultant will work in cooperation with a consultant engaged for the same assignment as Database System Officer. The latter will develop technology architecture of the database and will thus provide detailed technical direction and guidance to the consultant Database Programmer for carrying out the database programming work. Programming will done on a popular database software (e.g. MS Access). Key Results: With reference to the Requirement Analysis for the database system, which will be developed by a consultant System Analysis, perform coding and programming for development of a computerised database system with user friendly, popular database software (e.g. MS Access). Test the computerised database system with both numerical and textual data and information that have already collected by planners from villages. Subsequently, rectify any technology or technical problem identified in the database system and finalise it together with a Technical Manual and User Manual. These two Manuals will be prepared under leadership of the Database System Officer Page 3 of 6
Set up the computerised database system in computers and provide training to up to 15 professionals (development planners) at the DRD office in Nay Pyi Taw, who will be the lead user of the database system and will in turn train others at union and township level. Task to be performed by the Database Programmer a. The unstructured data, information and knowledge pieces that will be collected and gathered by village level data collection teams will have to be further structured and transformed into structured data (or planning tables). b. The Database Programmer will acquire comprehensive understanding of the requirement and system design of the computerised database system under technical supervision and direction of the System Officer. c. Perform coding and programming for development of the database system. d. The database management system shall be hosted in a server using SQL as a backend database and MS Access or any front-end software to manage if desired at a later stage. e. The database management system should be developed with user friendly, popular database software (e.g. MS Access) or any database system (proprietary software or Open Source software application), which can enable transforming the processed data into a web based data processing and manipulation system if desired at the later stage. f. The numerical data and textual information of the database management system will be done in Myanmar language. However, the computerised database system must have a built-in capability to generate the output tables (i.e. the planning tables) of numerical data together with the pre-defined names of rows and columns of each data table in both Myanmar and English languages. The textual information related to each table will however be available (in final output tables) in Myanmar language only. g. This database management system will be administered by the DRD at its head office in Nay Pyi Taw while the system together with its data and processed information will be hosted on the cloud. h. The database management system will also provision for independent township specific database system that will be installed at the DRD township office. i. The database management system must allow for data entry/processing to be done at the township level. Once data has been entered, verified and approved, they will be imported into the DRD head office cloud based Database Management System. Then different levels of users should be able to connect to the database management system remotely via Internet and to extract/review data and reports for different administrative hierarchy as authorized. j. In cooperation with the Database SystemOfficer, the Programmer will conduct comprehensive testing of the database management system at the DRD head office in Nay Pyi Taw and at two townships (near Nay Pyi Taw), with a set of data, information and knowledge pieces of several villages that have already been collected and manually processed. k. As part of testing of the database system, the data entry task will be done with the help of DRD Development Planners. l. Provide input to the Database System Analysis who will be responsible for preparing a set of Technical Manual and User Manual for the database management system in Myanmar language. The Manual will be translated into an English version by a DRD project staff. Page 4 of 6
m. Together with the Database System Analysis, train approximately 15 DRD staff from both head office and Township level in operation of the newly developed VDP database management system. The training will be conducted in Nay Pyi Taw for 3 days. Effective delivery of the above tasks will require the consultant to work in a team with the Database System Officer. 1. Deliverables The consultant (Database Programmer) will be required to accomplish the following deliverables: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) A technical note on the scope and coverage of Programming that must be perform for development of a computerised database system specified above. A fully developed, successfully tested and error-free computerised database system. Technical Manual and User Manual for the database management system. Technical contribution to a final assignment report that will prepared by the Database System Officer Education/Experience/Language requirements a. Education A Master s degree in computer science, information management or related field is required. Additional two years of similar experience and training with a Bachelor s degree will be considered as equivalent. b. Work Experience At least 3 years experience in designing and programming database management system. Must be able to perform software development fundamentals, problem solving, debugging, tuning, and database security is required 1 year of experience in managing database under server environment including installation, backup, debugging, SQL and VBA scripting) is required Experienced in using software.net is an asset. Experience in writing and maintaining database design documentation and operating manuals would be grate asset Experience in training or assisting personnel in the use of database management and different software is desirable. c. Language Fluency in English and Myanmar is required. Competencies Strong team work skills Ability to work with minimal supervision Good analytical skills, resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgment Page 5 of 6
Ability to deliver in time and work under pressure Ability to be flexible and respond to changes to text/layout as part of the review and feedback process Strong interpersonal skills, able to communicate and work with diverse people Participate effectively in team-based, information-sharing environment, collaborating and cooperating with others Focus on impact and results for the client Contract type, level and duration Contract type: Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA) Contract level: LICA 9 Contract duration: 2 months (August to September 2016) (Possible extension subject to satisfactory performance and budget availability) For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link: https://www.unops.org/english/opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/pages/individual-contractor- Agreements.aspx THIS POSITION IS FOR MYANMAR NATIONAL ONLY. Additional Considerations Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS. It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks. Duty station. The assignment will be undertaken at Nay Pyi Taw at the head office of the Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. The assignment may be extended, upon review and recommendation by the Senior Strategic Adviser, if additional work is to be done to ensure that computerised database system is comprehensive and fully functional. Page 6 of 6