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Location: Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life, as envisaged by 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We are on the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, working with governments and people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges to help empower lives and build resilient nations. The United Nations Development Programme UNDP Indonesia Country Programme 2016-2020 developed in partnership with the Indonesian Government addresses the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goals and support national efforts to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
The programme contributes directly to MoH National Action Plan 2015-2019, objective 1) increasing the health status of society and; 2)increasing the responsiveness and protection to society towards social and financial risks related to health and Outcome 2 of the UNDP country Programme for Indonesia (2016-2020), which are aligned with the Indonesian Government Health Sector’s Objectives, commitment to Universal Health Coverage, SDG3 Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages (target 3.8 in particular) and other Sustainable Development Goals. One of its efforts is to be involved in supporting the transformation of health technology in the Ministry of Health through Network Strengthening and the Bio Informatic Biomedical & Genome Science Initiative (BGSi).
BGSi is a new initiative of the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH). The initiative will act as a multi-institutional ecosystem that aims to support collaborative biomedical and genomic activities in Indonesia by leveraging strengths in technology and infrastructure including biobanking, data management, high throughput sequencing and bioinformatics.
The initiative aims to build a national asset established under the Indonesia Ministry of Health with two major focusses. First, to establish a national biobank focussed on six conditions (diabetes, cancer, stroke, tuberculosis, psoriasis, and rare/genetic diseases) which will store samples from participants where each sample will be connected to a registry that manages all information associated with the participant (demographic and clinical) and second, to generate Whole Genome Sequence information, for each of those participants, that will be curated in a national database. Samples and genomics information from healthy participants will also be collected and generated by this initiative. All samples and data will be made available to researchers nationally and internationally through BGSi.
The initiative will be organised around a headquarter facility located in Jakarta, housed in the MOH repository building and the historical Eijkman building, that will host the biobank and WGS labs respectively. BGSi HQ will manage the registry system and provide technical support for the Hubs and the entire ecosystem. A second and just as important part of the ecosystem is the hospitals (referred to as HUBs) where each HUB is in charge of managing activities related to recruitment, sample collection and tertiary analysis for the disease it has been assigned.
Therefore, UNDP needs 1 Data Engineering Associate who will advancing capabilities in managing and extracting insights from various of datasets including genomic data.
Duties And Responsibilities
Scope of Work
- Genomic Data Architecture and Genomic Data Privacy and Compliance
- Assist to improve the architect and implement scalable, high-performance data structures specifically designed for genomic data storage, retrieval, and analysis.
- Assist Collaboration with bioinformatics experts, geneticists, and other stakeholders to collect genomic data requirements.
- Assist in ensuring genomic data privacy and compliance with compliance teams.
- Support security implementation to safeguard sensitive genomic information.
- Extract Transform and Load (ETL) Pipeline Development
- Assist in designing and developing robust ETL processes to efficiently ingest, transform, and load genomic data from diverse sources into a unified and structured format.
- Support in implementing data transformation algorithms to process and standardize genomic data.
- 3Database Management and Performance Tuning and Optimization
- Assist in designing, implementing, and optimizing databases for efficient storage and retrieval of genomic data, considering factors such as data volume, variety, and velocity.
- Support in database management schema, indexes, and queries to ensure optimal performance.
- Assist in monitoring and optimizing the performance of genomic data systems, identifying and resolving bottlenecks and optimizing storage and retrieval processes.
- Support in implementing best practices for genomic data performance tuning.
- The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions;
- Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”;
- Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender is respected within all implementations including data production.
- Differentiated needs of women and men are considered.
- Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created;
- Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced
Institutional Arrangement
The direct supervision for this activities is IT System Integration Architect Coordinator for BGSIShe/He will work closely with project team (BGSI, FMTA, and other projects in HEART related to Bio Informatic Biomedical & Genome Science Initiative), operations units, and programme staff in the office to provide Technical Assistance and advice regarding biomedical and genome science-related issues and to ensure adequate exchange of information.
Competencies
Core
Core
Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline
Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements
Learn Continuously: LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback
Adapt with Agility: LEVEL 1: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible
Act with Determination: LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident
Engage and Partner: LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships
Enable Diversity and Inclusion: LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination
Cross-Functional & Technical competencies
Thematic Area Name Definition
Business management
Digital Awareness and Literacy Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skillfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as needed
Business management Working with Evidence and Data Ability to inspect, cleanse, transform and model data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions and supporting decision-making
Information Management & Technology
Solutions Architecture
Ability to design and manage an IT architecture, integrate of one or more applications or services within a coherent and effective IT architecture
2030 agenda- people Gender Gender mainstreaming
Business management
Monitoring
Ability to provide managers and key stakeholders with regular feedback on the consistency or discrepancy between planned and actual activities and programme performance and results
Information Management & Technology
Project management
Capacity to manage ICT projects, using IT methodologies and approaches such as agile deployment and/or waterfall system development methods
Information Management & Technology Research and Development Following new technologies and technical trends, research the technologies that are applicable and beneficial to the organization and develop the systems
Required Skills And Experience
Min. Academic Education
Secondary education is required, or
University Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or equivalent field will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.
Min. Years Of Relevant Work Experience
A minimum of 6 years (with high school diploma) or 3 years (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in informations technologies, data engineering of relevant related field is required.
Required Skills And Competencies
Advance knowledge of spreadsheet/excel and database packages, Microsoft words, power point, outlook, etc.;
Desired Additional Skills And Competencies
- Experience and knowledge in computer programming languages
- Experience in cloud platforms for deploying data solution
- Experience and knowledge of database systems and data warehousing concepts
- Experience in supporting of designing, implementing and optimizing database
Required Language(s) (at working level) English and Bahasa Indonesia
Professional Certificates
Disclaimer
Important information for US Permanent Residents (‘Green Card’ holders)
Under US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment.
UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.
Applicant Information About UNDP Rosters
Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
Non-discrimination
UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.
UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
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