Result of Service

• Enhanced system efficiency and system optimization for (1) IRIS for SDGs, (2) Global Footprint Tool, • Implementing early warning systems in three countries namely Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, in alignment with the sub-allotment activities, objectives, and deliverables of the branch to the Nairobi Convention. • Azure AD for authentication for the PIR systems for GEF Co reporting,

Expected duration

8.5 months

Duties and Responsibilities

Background and Organizational Settings 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. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. The Indicator Reporting Information System (IRIS) is a reporting system developed within the Early Warning and Assessment Division (EWAD). It provides efficiency and capacity building on the reporting process and needs for member countries in meeting their reporting obligations at the regional and global level, ensuring consistent, reliable, up-to-date information collection for guiding research, preparing assessments, SDG data collection, and thematic reporting. Thus, IRIS supports UNEP’s goal of assisting Member States in building capacity on environmental management issues. Currently, IRIS is being developed within the Early Warning and Systems Analytics unit, supporting the Early Warning and Assessment’s work across the division and organisation at large. 1.2 Explain the requirement for a consultant/individual contractor The Early Warning and Data Analytics branch continues to support the UNEP’s mandate of keeping the environment under review and developing appropriate actions and policies. This consultancy is necessary as it will bring on board expertise to the System Analytics and Early Warning and EWAD in the development of richer, more extensive digital solutions of data and knowledge flows and sustain more extensive networks of expertise to provide substantiated, contextualized knowledge about how the environment is changing on global, regional, national and local scales and link this to relevant policy analyses and actions. Specific tasks and responsibilities; Under the supervision of the Officer-in-Charge, Early Warning and Data Analytics Branch, Early Warning and Assessment Division, the consultant will perform the following tasks; 1) Development of offline and training versions for demonstrations. 2) Performance improvements and API infrastructure expansion. 3) Organizing workflows between users and the Global Footprint Tool using indicator templates. 4) Updates to SDG indicators templates in the IRIS. 5) Prepare the platform for the next reporting period, including putting the results from the 2024 reporting period somewhere accessible and preparing the 2025 form. 6) Ensure reducing repetitive data entry by updating 2025 entries from 2024 results

Qualifications/special skills

A first-level university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Information Systems or a related field is required. An Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems is desirable. A minimum of 4 years of experience in information technology or related areas is required. - Experience in system analysis and design, computer programming including advanced programming skills in PHP, MVC Frameworks and Docker hub is desirable. - Experience in API integrations with Drupal CMS and the development of applications using MS SQL and relational databases including web technologies such as HTML 5 and CSS.3 is desirable. - Experience in the United Nations system or other comparable international organization is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another UN Language is desirable.