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JOB TITLE: Consultant – Big Data Research Scientist
LOCATION: Abuja
Additional Category: Democratic Governance and Peacebuilding
Type of Contract: Individual Contract
Post Level: International Consultant
Languages Required: English
Starting Date: 28th April, 2020
Duration of Initial Contract: 6 months (with possibility of extension)
Expected Duration of Assignment: 6 months (with possibility of extension)
Background
- UNDP Nigeria has established a Knowledge Hub to enhance its ability to make timely and evidence-based interventions, particularly in areas of Preventing and Responding to Violent Extremism, conflict prevention and human security.
- A new type of ‘development intelligence gathering’, i.e. continuous monitoring and data collection, is crucial to inform UNDP’s work for early warning, adjust interventions to maximize preventive efforts and initiate new thematic approaches. Trend analyses and ad-hoc policy briefs will also inform interventions of UNDP’s development partners in this field.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Master’s degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computational Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering or other related technical disciplines.
- A first-level university degree with at least 5 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
- Three years of progressively responsible experience in data analysis or data visualization required;
- Proven familiarity and expertise with analytical techniques such as text mining, sentiment analysis, machine learning, event detection, and modeling of complex systems required;
- Proven knowledge and experience in applying statistical
- Experience coding algorithms (Python, R or an equivalent programming environment), data access and processing (software environment such as Hadoop), analysis and data visualization methodologies for call detail records, mobile data, social media data or any other big data source.
- Demonstrated experience documenting processes and/or writing scientific research articles required.
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Deadline | 23rd March, 2020. |