Recrutement de 01 Digital Governance Analyst

Recrutement de 01 Digital Governance Analyst
Niveau d'études: Bac
Expérience: 2 ans
Expire le: 19-03-2023

PNUD
Lilongwe, Malawi
Digital Governance Analyst (NPSA8)

Lilongwe, Malawi

Job Identification
8909

Locations
Lilongwe, Malawi

Posting Date
03/03/2023, 10:19 AM

Apply Before
03/19/2023, 04:59 AM

Degree Level
Advanced/Postgraduate Degree

Job Schedule
Full time

Agency
UNDP

Grade
NB4

Vacancy Type
National Personnel Service Agreement

Practice Area
Governance

Bureau
Regional Bureau for Africa

Contract Duration
1 Year

Education & Work Experience
Master's Degree

Other Criteria
Bachelor's Degree - 2 years experience

Required Languages
English and National Language(s)

Vacancy Timeline
2 Weeks

Mobility required/no mobility
no mobility required

Job Description
Background

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Office/Unit/Project Description

Malawi endures a structural development challenge in the absence of a comprehensive and accurate system of national identification, undermining citizens’ right to identity. The consequences are multi-sectoral and deprive citizens’ access and entitlement to services. Equally, the absence of a centralized and up-to-date national register has led to a fragile capacity for evidence-based planning, beneficiary and service targeting, and accountable administrative systems. Efforts in various arenas have led to fragmented initiatives, creating costly or unsustainable silos of information, while also imposing institutional and technical obstacles to interlink information. The Malawi National Registration Act (No. 13 of 2010) entered into force in August 2015 requiring all Malawians 16 years of age and older to be registered in a National Registry and to be issued with an identity card. Additionally, through the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System (CRVS) Malawian children under 16 years of age, are also required to have compulsory birth registration and issued a birth certificate.

Other components of the national registration system include death registration and issuance of death certificate, marriage and divorce registration and certificates. The National Registration Bureau (NRB) Act mandates the National Registration Bureau (NRB) to fulfil these tasks. To support government efforts in improving the national system of registration, the initial results of the Project were to: design, establish and manage the necessary systems, infrastructure and equipment for the National Registration and Identity system, producing biometrically secure Smartcards; supervise the mass national ID registration for all eligible Malawians (an estimated 10 million) within the country between 2017 - 2021; transition the system to a continuous registration model, develop the capacity and systems of NRB to operate then maintain the system; provide an interface to other public and private sector systems that allows for appropriate data sharing within a legal framework that complies with international principles and standards for the right to privacy and data protection; and to ensure the effective management of the Project.

Following successful implementation of the first phase of National ID registration with over 10 million people registered and smartcards distributed, the project has been revised to address the gap of child registration and issuance of birth certificates to those that are below 16 years of age. It is envisioned that by 2023, 8.4 million children will be registered and issued with unique national identification (ID) numbers and Birth Certificates. The project is now focusing on developing new elements like the strengthening of Digital Public Infrastructure and promoting Digital Public Goods, extending the use of the national ID to social services and other institutions both in the public and private sector. As these services are being extended the issues of data privacy and security and digital human rights are becoming more and more relevant. This new dimension of the project requires the role of a Digital Governance Analyst to address new challenges.

Institutional Arrangement:

The Digital Governance Analyst will report to the CRVS & IDM Specialist. The position is based in Lilongwe, Malawi with visits to the field as required.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Digital Governance Analyst will help the NRIS project to maintain best practices regarding information data security, data integrity, and data accessibility. Under the guidance of the UNDP NRIS Project Manager and the CRVS & IDM Specialist the Digital Governance Analyst will undertake the following responsibilities:
Work closely on the issues of data protection and privacy issues, digital identity, the use of surveillance technologies, online violence and harassment etc;
Examine how to use data and digital technology to govern better using technology to improve services;
Take appropriate steps to address these harmful impacts of disinformation which threatens human rights;
Work to identify and mitigate physical and digital data risks;
Identify and correct vulnerabilities, implement security measures, and monitor data for potential unauthorized access;
Verify data quality to ensure accurate analysis and reporting;
Assist to identify the data needed to produce the most useful insights and future analytics;
Communicate insights and recommendations effectively to the broader team;
Monitor data management processes to ensure data quality and consistency.

Competencies

Core

Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline.
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback.
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident.
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships.
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Business Direction & Strategy
Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop effective strategies and prioritized plans in line with UNDPs objectives, based on the systemic analysis of challenges, potential risks, and opportunities, linking the vision to reality on the ground, and creating tangible solutions.
Business Development

Knowledge Generation: Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need.
Information Management & Technology

Data Management & Analytics: Knowledge in data management, data sciences, ability to structure data, develop dashboard and visualization. Design data warehouses, data lakes or data platforms concepts. Familiarity with Machine leaning natural language processing or generation and the use of artificial intelligence to support predictive analytics.
Digital & Innovation

Data analysis: Ability to extract, analyze and visualize data (including Real-Time Data) to form meaningful insights and aid effective decision making.
Business Management

Working with Evidence and Data: Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making.
Required Skills and Experience

Education:
Master's degree in social science or a related discipline.
Bachelor's degree in relevant field with two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of advanced university degree.

Experience:
Minimum two years (Bachelor's degree) relevant work experience in data governance, data quality management.

Required skills.

Demonstrated experience in the issues of data protection and privacy issues, digital identity, the use of surveillance technologies and human rights.

Desired skills

Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional relationships that result in the adoption of organizational change;
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to effectively run project communications and partner expectations at all levels of the organization;
Demonstrates team working and coordinating skills;
Provides helpful feedback and advice;
Plans and produces quality results to meet established goals;
Generates innovative, practical solutions to challenging situations;
Report writing skills.

Required Language

A high level of written and spoken English is essential.
A high level of written and spoken national languages is essential.
Disclaimers

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Required Skills
Skills
Ability to build cross-functional relationships
Communication skills
Data protection and privacy issues, digital identity, the use of surveillance technologies and human rights
Innovative
Team working and coordinating skills.