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Mission and objectives
The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) was established on 9 August 1973 pursuant to Economic and Social Council’s resolution 1818 (LV). Its purpose was to stimulate economic activity in member countries, strengthen cooperation between them promote development.ESCWA's objectives are to support economic and social development in member countries, to promote interaction and cooperation between member countries, to encourage the exchange of experience, best practice and lessons learned, to achieve regional integration and ensure interaction between Western Asia and other regions, and to raise global awareness of the circumstances and needs of member countries.ESCWA provides a framework for the formulation and harmonization of sectoral policies for member countries, a platform for congress and coordination, a home for expertise and knowledge, and an information observatory.ESCWA activities are coordinated with the divisions and main offices of the Headquarters of the United Nations, specialized agencies, and international and regional organizations, including the League of Arab States and its subsidiary bodies, and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Context
The UN Volunteer is expected to provide various data-driven workflows and application solutions using the latest software development tools and technologies, with focus on ESCWA Data Ecosystem.
Task description
Under the supervision of the IT Assistant (Data Architect Lead), the UN Volunteer is responsible to perform the following functions:• Analyze, design, and develop new pipelines and applications per the UN ICT strategy and ESCWA’s needs.• Develop detailed system and other functional specifications and user documentation.• Maintain, upgrade, or enhance existing user systems and integration of many interrelated systems and program elements.• Develop data-driven web-based data visualization and data analytics solutions to support ESCWA initiatives.• Organize and perform unit and integrated testing, designing, and utilizing test bases; and assist users in acceptance testing.• Develop training materials and user manuals.• Train staff on completed systems/applications.• Any other related tasks required or assigned by the supervisor.
