Data visualization and mapping

United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA

Volunteer Closes 30 Mar 2026 13 days left

Overview

Develop high-quality static and interactive maps, produce user-friendly dashboards, infographics, and visual summaries to support analysis, reporting, and decision-making for UNFPA South Sudan.


Key Responsibilities
  • Develop static and interactive maps illustrating humanitarian program coverage, service availability, population needs, and humanitarian response indicators.
  • Produce user-friendly dashboards, infographics, and visual summaries.
  • Compile, clean, and harmonize datasets.
  • Support spatial analysis of needs, gaps, and service delivery coverage.
  • Generate visual products for reports, presentations, and advocacy materials.
  • Maintain and update geospatial datasets, shapefiles, and mapping layers.
  • Collaborate with teams to identify priority indicators and visualization needs.
  • Contribute to data quality assurance processes.
  • Support inter-agency information management initiatives.
  • Develop simple templates, guidance notes, or tools to standardize visualization formats.
  • Provide mentorship or technical support to implementing partners on basic data visualization and mapping techniques.
  • Ensure all visual products adhere to UNFPA branding, data protection, and ethical data use standards.
Required Experience
  • At least 3 years of experience in data visualization, geospatial analysis, mapping, or information management, preferably in humanitarian contexts.
  • Strong technical proficiency in relevant tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QGIS/ArcGIS, Excel, and/or data visualization libraries such as Python, R, or similar.
  • Proven ability to translate complex datasets into clear, user-friendly visual products for non-technical audiences.
  • Experience managing, cleaning, and validating datasets from multiple sources.
  • Familiarity with humanitarian data standards, indicators, and coordination mechanisms is an asset.
  • Experience in or familiarity with a humanitarian setting is a major asset.
Qualifications

• Master’s degree in data science, GIS, Geography, Statistics, Information Management, Computer Science, or a related field.

Other Details
Languages Required
• English, Level: Fluent, Required
Languages Preferred
• Arabic, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable
Contract Duration
12 weeks
Work Modality
Online
Remuneration
Not specified
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