Mission and objectives

Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) supports the private sector and foundations to become transformative partners in development through research, advocacy for inclusive business, facilitation of public-private dialogue and brokering partnerships. IICPSD, established in 2011 in partnership with the Government of Turkey, is one of UNDP's six Global Policy Centres. It leads UNDP’s global work on private sector and foundations and supports UNDP’s offices all over the world. The Center focuses on four thematic areas: 1. Inclusive Business; 2. Private Sector Engagement in Skills Development; 3. Impact investing; 4. Resilience and Crisis Response. The Center also hosts four global initiatives: Business Call to Action, SDG Philanthropy Platform, Global Islamic Finance and Impact Investing Platform and Connecting Business Initiative.

Context

The GIS-Based Recovery Dashboard for Borodianka hromada (Kyiv Oblast) is being developed by community volunteers under the Tech4R initiative, in partnership with UN-Habitat Ukraine. The dashboard will consolidate recovery project data, geospatial layers, and environmental risk indicators into an interactive open-source platform that supports data-driven decision-making for local authorities. To ensure high-quality data processing, geocoding, and visualization, the Trainer on GIS Workflows & Dashboard Integration will equip volunteers with the technical understanding needed to manage spatial datasets, build geodatabases, and integrate them into a web-based dashboard. The trainer will focus on introducing open-source tools such as QGIS, GeoServer, and Leaflet, and ensure all workflows align with UN-Habitat’s standards for transparency, accuracy, and usability. This assignment will play a critical role in strengthening the team’s capacity to deliver a scalable, risk-informed dashboard that can be replicated by other municipalities across Ukraine.

Task Description

Under the supervision of the Tech4R coordination team, the Trainer will: Design and deliver a technical orientation session (or short series) on GIS workflows, data integration, and dashboard deployment using open-source tools. Demonstrate methods for geocoding project data and linking attribute tables with spatial layers. Introduce volunteers to GeoServer and Leaflet for publishing and visualizing spatial data online. Provide guidance on setting up metadata structures, basemaps, and project filtering functionalities. Support integration of environmental and hazard data layers for risk-informed visualization. Advise teams on data validation, file organization, and system interoperability. Review early prototypes and provide feedback to ensure technical coherence and usability. Contribute to the documentation of GIS workflows for project handover and replication.

Competencies and values

Living conditions and remarks