Data Analyst

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment. UNEP's Corporate Services Division is the guardian of UNEP's corporate interest, mitigating its exposure to risk and supporting the organization with management tools, plans and related capacity building. It oversees UNEP's efficient and effective management, in line with UNEP's accountability requirements, rules, regulations and UN core values. The focus of the position is to generate and communicate data-driven analyses and insights in support of decision-making processes. This post is located at the Corporate Services Division that benefits from the extensive analysis of data. The incumbent will report to the Data Specialist and will be responsible for the following duties:

• Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes / projects related to Umoja Analytics (SAP Self Service Analytics) and Business Intelligence implementation in UNEP. 

• Locate and define new data analysis process improvement opportunities for the UNEP Enterprise Data Warehouse. • Identify appropriate data sources for analytics projects. 

• Collaborate with data engineers and data scientists to improve data flows, data quality, etc. 

• Develop and implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality in the context of the UNEP Enterprise Data Warehouse.

 • Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns, using basic machine learning techniques, statistical methods to identify relevant features and variables in structured and unstructured sources of information and data. 

• Develop and implement various corporate level analysis, reporting, dashboard and quality control capabilities to identify trends, patterns and insights. 

Requirements:

A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in applied analytics, business intelligence, information management, statistics, project management, stakeholder management or related area is required.

 Experience in using data to inform decisions, strategies and execution is required. Experience with self-service analytics and data visualization applications (MS PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau or similar), or business intelligence tools (SAP Business Objects, etc.) is required. 

Experience with database or programming languages (SQL, Python, R) is required.

 Experience in tools managing version control such as Git as well as in the design and implementation of enterprise data warehouse is desirable

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN official language (French/Arabic/Russian/Spanish/Chinese) is an advantage.

Application link

DDL 09/01