Humanitarian Database Development National Consultant

Job Purpose 

To develop a comprehensive and secure online humanitarian database, with a corresponding dashboard that is interoperable with other existing databases and is readily available to organizations involved in disaster management at both levels of government and partners in Kenya.
The consultants will work closely with the UNFPA and NCPD technical team  under the direct supervision of Population Data Specialist UNFPA.

Scope of Work
The consultant is expected to:

Design a central database with a data functionality system that ensures seamless integration of new database to the existing data.
Work with humanitarian and government data contributors and data consumers to identify areas of opportunities for data integration. 
Familiarize with existing databases and systems; Check that data and metadata produced and provided by different agencies meet accuracy, consistency, and comparability requirements.
The consultant/firm shall make timely presentations of the database to the technical working group during the development process so that the final product is acceptable to technical working group
The consultant shall install the database and provide training with demonstration on the functionality of the database to the technical working group for final approval.
Consultancy duration : The consultant will work  for 20 days

Consultancy expected deliverables:

Inception report.
Draft database
Final database 
An interactive user-friendly online database The database should have the following capabilities:
A secure humanitarian database system with access level controls
Reporting and  analysis modules with manipulation and retrieval capabilities
User friendly navigation 
Data integration with other databases / Interoperable database
A manual  for the operationalization of the online database in humanitarian setting (hardcopy and digital formats)
Train administrators on database utilization and management.

 Academic Qualifications  and experience 

Masters in either Computer Science or Information Technology or GIS or Software Engineering from a recognized institution. 
At least 10 years’ experience in undertaking a similar assignment in database development or web applications
Experience in working with population data systems.
Experience in database management platforms and programming languages including Hadoop and MapReduce (or other similar systems), HTML and Java among others.
Experience working with a multidisciplinary team of experts.

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