DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

• Under the overall guidance of the Unit Lead, the incumbent will perform the following tasks:
• Develop requirements and provide direct ongoing support to various teams across the organization for data and metadata harmonization.
• Maintain reference data repository and administer centralized processes on behalf of and in collaboration with all technical programmes across the organization.
• Support the DDI Monitoring, Forecasting and Inequalities team with set up and development of data stores for DDI technical activities including data harmonization, validation and cleaning.
• Support the DEX team through the development of visualizations including national and sub-national level maps and infographics.
• Support the Surveys, CRVS and Health Service Data team develop data models for streamlining member state information requests.
• Build technical expertise with WHO enterprise data management systems and database technologies and support data managers in technical units and regions; collaborate with IMT to develop training materials as warranted.
• Support the DDI Coordination & Governance team to develop strategies and processes for the implementation of new data management policies.
• Collaborate with the Data Exchange team and other divisions to expand the breadth of data in the GHO.
• Collaborate with technical units and regions to understand data sharing needs; recommend and execute new initiatives and processes to support.
• Build and maintain external relationships with other UN agencies to identify best practices and areas of opportunity to streamline or collaborate on data management.
• Generate reports on the efficacy, performance and utilization of data tools, policies, databases, and processes and collaborate with IMT to make recommendations for continuous improvement and adoption.
• Support special projects related to all above duties.
• Perform other duties as required by the supervisor.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education

• Essential: A first-level university degree related to computer science or statistics.
• Desirable:Masters level degree in public health or biostatistics;
• certificates in analyzing large data sets.

Experience

• Essential:At least five years hands-on experience in data and database management or database administration;
• Experience developing or utilizing professional ETL tools for data integration;
• Experience evaluating and improving dataset structures for database performance;
• Experience with data cleansing and deduplication for continuous operational data;
• Experience advising and supporting data owners with data integration, analysis or other data preparation needs;
• Experience with utilizing, monitoring and maintaining data standards;
• Desirable:Demonstrated experience in data analysis in scientific research or R&D settings;
• Experience as a data engineer working with Microsoft Azure products;
• Experience with Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau, and ArcGIS visualization products;
• Familiarity with WHO policies, strategies and activities related to data dissemination and data standards;
• Experience within WHO or another UN international organization.

Skills

• Proven skills in database administration, data integration, and data analysis.
• Excellent knowledge of statistical application packages such as STATA, SPSS, SAS or R.
• Expertise working in both SQL and NoSQL database environments.
• Strong facilitation skills to scope data requirement with owners in a consultative manner.
• Ability to work in a flexible manner under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner.
• Ability to develop detailed visualizations using web-applications, tools, and languages, such as Javascript / D3, highcharts, etc, and using business intelligence frameworks such as PowerBI and Tableau.

WHO Competencies

• Teamwork
• Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences
• Communication

Use of Language Skills

• Essential: Expert knowledge of English.
• Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of French.

Source:https://careers.who.int/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2000787&tz=GMT%2B05%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FColombo