Consultancy: Net Software Developer - Data & Analytics Section Tender, USA - 34832413

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Consultancy: Net Software Developer - Data & Analytics Section

Deadline : 01 Aug 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34832413

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATION CHILDREN`S FUND
3 United Nations Plaza 44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues New York, Country code 1 City code 212 Tel: 326.7000 - Switchboard UNICEF House Facsimile: 887.7465 - Primary/ 887.7454 - Secondary
USA
URL :www.unicef.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultancy: Net Software Developer - Data & Analytics Section; Division of Data, Research & Policy/DACU Unit- NYHQ- REQ# 524010.

UNICEF works in some of the world-s toughest places, to reach the world-s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

Background & Rationale

Problems that go unmeasured often go unresolved and we believe that smart demand, supply, and use of data drives better results for children. When the right data are in the right hands at the right time, decisions can be better informed, more equitable, and more likely to protect children-s rights. Decades of partnerships, capacity building, and technical work have put UNICEF in a global leadership position on data for children. As UNICEF works toward improving the use and sharing of data on and for children we have an opportunity to build on those assets and adapt our work to a shifting data environment.

UNICEF-s Division of Data, Research and Policy (DRP) was created in 2014 to more effectively link and lead the organization-s data, research, policy and strategy functions, so that UNICEF can better track a rapidly changing world and strengthen policies and advocacy in an integrated way. The Data and Analytics (D&A) Section within the division maintains representative global databases used to guide UNICEF-s advocacy and policy programming, analyses data for programmatic policy and decision-making, and innovates on new methodologies, indicators, and monitoring tools. Our team works closely with other divisions and units across the organization, leveraging the potential of data to deliver results for children, especially the most vulnerable and hard to reach. **

Purpose

The Data and Analytics team is implementing Helix, a data management initiative that brings UNICEF-s disparate data sources under one roof, sharing storage and reference data, as well as conforming to a common set of structural and communications standards via Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX).

As the custodian for ten sustainable development goals (SDGs), and co-custodians for another seven, UNICEF collaborates at country level and with other international agencies across the international development community sharing data and standards as part of delivering SDGs.

We-re looking for a software developer to join our growing team as we focus on building and connecting the components that manage our data lifecycle, including integration, validation, analysis, and exchange. You-ll work closely with subject matter experts, communication specialists, and information managers to gather requirements, specify designs, and implement working software that will be deployed on UNICEF-s cloud services platform.

Expected Results

Specification, design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software components in support of the following products:

Statistical working system components
Data consultation tool
SDMX API support to data products
Data source metadata retrieval tool
Duty Station

Rome, Italy or New York, USA. Occasional work on evenings, weekends, or holidays if required to meet deadlines.

Time Frame

Start date: 2019 End date: 07 February 2020

Deliverables **

Duration

(Estimated # of Days)

Deadline

Component that retrieves data source metadata and renders it as standards-compliant XML and JSON

20

2019-09-06

Data consultation tool

60

2019-11-29

SDMX API support to data products

20

2020-01-03

Support to statistical working system components

20

2020-02-07

total

120 days **

Key competencies, technical background, and experience required**

You are an experienced software developer with a solid history of working on data-driven products. You champion service/component-based designs that adhere to good practices of high cohesion, and loose coupling. You are standards-oriented, and driven by a desire to create test-driven, well-architected code that is efficient, maintainable, well-documented, and easy for other developers to read. You are sensitive to the varied needs inherent to the widely divergent domains that fall within UNICEF-s mission, and thrive within a global, multi-lingual, multi-cultural environment.

Required

Bachelor-s Degree or equivalent in computer science, software engineering, mathematics, or related discipline with 3+ years professional experience
Good working knowledge of .Net Core and C#
Experience implementing client-side solutions using JavaScript frameworks and Bootstrap
Relational data modelling experience and proficiency with SQL
Experience producing and consuming REST APIs **
Desirable

Experience developing software for data-centric products
Experience deploying to Azure cloud using CI/CD pipelines **
Confidentiality

This position will be working with data which may not be public or not yet made public. Non-disclosure of UNICEF data is a contract condition.

Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Remarks

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant-s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF-s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at :Here

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. **

How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=524010

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