Mission and objectives

UNDP supports strategic capacity development initiatives to promote inclusive growth and sustainable human development. Together with national, regional and local authorities, civil societies, private sector, UNDP strives to support Ukraine in its efforts to eliminate poverty, develop people’s capacity, achieve equitable results, sustain the environment, and advance democratic governance. UNDP is in line with 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to achieve national strategic capacity development.

Context

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is a UN agency that works in about 170 countries and territories, helping eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience. It thereby helps them sustain progress and achieve Sustainable Development Goals. In Ukraine, UNDP operates in three programme priorities, such as Democratic Governance and Inclusive Social Fabric, Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Recovery and Growth, and Sustainable Environment and Energy Transformation. Since the start of the hostilities in 2014 and the full-scale invasion in 2022, UNDP in Ukraine has been present on the ground, through its hubs around the country, supporting regional and local authorities and civil society partners in their emergency response and crisis management. Lessons from the past years informed the development of UNDP’s Country Programme Document (2025-2029) and the scale-up of the Area-Based Recovery (ABR) Framework. The Framework’s programmatic pillars of Reconstruction, Returns, Resilience, and Reforms are focused on ensuring community recovery and creating conditions for the return to a development pathway in Ukraine. Addressing the country’s complex reconstruction and recovery requires a holistic, systems-based response that empowers all parts of society — including government, local authorities, the private sector, and citizens — with the capacity and resources to respond effectively. To ensure a whole-of-society approach, the framework offers an integrated, participatory, and inclusive methodology to advance recovery in communities most affected by the war.

Task Description

The purpose of this assignment is to support the UNDP ABR team in ensuring high-quality, timely, and coherent data management, monitoring, reporting, and visualization processes. The UNV Information Management Officer will play a key role in maintaining and improving information systems, strengthening colleagues’ capacity to use data tools effectively, and contributing to evidence-based analysis, reporting and programming. Under the direct supervision of the Monitoring, Reporting and Research Specialist, the UNV Information Management Officer will undertake the following tasks: • Provide technical support to existing reporting systems (such as the ABR Activity Monitoring System, IMRP, and others), including guiding colleagues on proper data entry and system use, monitoring timely data submission, conducting regular data quality checks and cleaning, identifying and reporting inconsistencies, and supporting overall system administration. • Contribute to the development and administration of new reporting systems as needed. • Support the maintenance and updating of ABR team dashboards (e.g., ABR Activity Monitoring, Community Profiling, Annual WG Survey dashboard), as well as secondary data repository stored in SharePoint for knowledge management purposes. • Participate in the organization, data collection, and analysis of in-house and partner research conducted by the ABR team. • Provide assistance in preparing various reports by generating up-to-date results from the reporting systems. • Support the implementation of ad hoc in-depth assessments and prepare visual presentations of analytical findings to inform programme and policy planning, ensuring alignment with both subnational needs and national recovery priorities. • Generate and update frequencies, pivot tables, and charts of relevant indicators for planning and monitoring purposes as well as on-demand requests by ABR team. • Support the development and implementation of online and offline data collection tools to meet monitoring, evaluation, and reporting needs of the ABR team, while ensuring that UNDP’s Quality Assurance (QA) requirements are being met. • Archive and back up database systems, ensure database security, and perform database administration functions. • Provide technical support and capacity-building for UNDP ABR staff and local authorities on data input processes, analysis, and visualization techniques. • Provide technical expertise and support during interagency initiatives related to information and data management, to enhance information sharing between organizations (including governmental institutions), strengthen access to information from other organizations and clusters, and contribute to intersectoral dashboards and reports. • Collect and document lessons learned, achievements, and gaps to continuously improve ABR team effectiveness. • Perform any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

Competencies and values

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Commitment and Motivation • Communication • Creativity • Ethics and Values • Judgement and decision-making • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Self-management • Integrity • Technological Awareness

Living conditions and remarks

As it is a national UN Volunteer's assignment, the UN volunteer shall organize his/her accommodation by themselves. This is a remote volunteer assignment. Entitlements of National UN Volunteer Specialist >> USD 1587 The contract lasts for the period indicated in the vacancy with the possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity, and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment. This is a full-time contract. Allowances: • Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA): A Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) USD 1587 (equivalent in UAH) is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities, and normal cost of living expenses. This includes Well-Being Differentials for the period while the ICSC applies hardship classification to duty stations in Ukraine as “E”. • USD 400 entry lump sum, one-time payment. Medical and life insurance: • Medical insurance: The UN Volunteer and eligible PFU dependents will receive UNV provided medical insurance coverage. Coverage for UN Volunteers begins from the Commencement of Service and normally ceases one month after the last day of the UN Volunteer Contract date. • Life Insurance: UN Volunteers are covered by life insurance for the duration of the UN Volunteer assignment. If a UN Volunteer dies during the UN Volunteer assignment, the eligible designated beneficiaries will be entitled to receive a life insurance lump sum. Leave entitlements: • Annual leave: UN Volunteers accrue an entitlement to 2.5 days of Annual Leave per completed month of the UN Volunteer assignment. Unused accrued Annual Leave up to a maximum of 30 days is carried over in case of a contract extension within the same UN Volunteer assignment. Unused accrued Annual Leave may not be carried over in case of reassignment or a new assignment. • Learning leave: Subject to supervisor approval and exigencies of service, UN Volunteers may request up to ten working days of Learning Leave per consecutive 12 months of the UN Volunteer assignment, starting with the Commencement of Service date, provided the Learning Leave is used within the contract period. • Certified Sick Leave: UN Volunteers are entitled to up to 30 days of certified sick leave based on a 12-month cycle. This amount is reset every 12-month cycle. • Uncertified Sick Leave: UN Volunteers receive seven days of uncertified sick leave working days in a calendar year. This amount will be reset at the established interval period.