Data Management & Analysis Officer ESUPS*

in Bonn

The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with a contract duration until October 31, 2024. Employment location will be Bonn, Germany.

The position is dedicated to the Emergency Supply Pre-positioning Strategy (ESUPS) project of Welthungerhilfe’s HD Strategy Team in the Humanitarian Directorate. The objective of ESUPS is to establish strategic pre-positioning of relief items at the national and sub-national levels in accordance with the prevailing hazards in these geographic areas. Through the strategic optimizations in pre-positioning of relief items in the run-up to disasters, ESUPS makes an international and national humanitarian contribution to the emergency preparedness in the field of humanitarian logistics.

As Data Management & Analysis Officer you will address data modelling and analysis issues within the ESUPS project. This will be done through two main aspects of the role:

1. A strategic aspect to define the technical strategy and coordination required in order to implement a model to optimize strategic pre-positioning of relief items.

2. A technical aspect to lead the technical implementation of the defined strategy to ensure clear visualization and accuracy in the analyses and recommendations provided.

Your responsibilities

Strategic duties:

• Design and manage the technical strategy for the STOCK of Humanitarian Organizations Logistics Mapping – STOCKHOLM analysis platform
• Coordinate with academics, corporate partners, and data owners to develop the project’s analytics products and strategy
• Coordinate with data scientists and project management at the STOCKHOLM developers and with respective stakeholders to implement the existing linear optimization model using R, Python, and Gurobi
• Managing the mathematical and technical requirements with the developers of the STOCKHOLM platform
• Lead the assistant/intern in collecting, entering, cleaning, and analyzing disaster history and automating manual processes using R, Python, VBA, and Tableau
• Collaborate with ESUPS team and developers to ensure accuracy in visualization of disaster history and inventory data

Technical duties:

• STOCKHOLM platform: design and implement high quality data management tools, databases, and management techniques to ensure completeness of data collection, accuracy, and legitimacy of recommendations provided
• Coordinate with developers and humanitarian partners (e.g., Logistics Cluster and its data sharing platform, etc.) to establish a common approach to maps and shapefiles that will facilitate further collaboration between existing platforms and STOCKHOLM
• Establish a standard procedure for data management, data analysis, and data visualization for ESUPS
• Work with the project manager to identify and negotiate procurement of relevant data analysis and visualization tools and software
• Ensure ESUPS products are produced to the highest standards by assisting the Project Manager and Communications Officer with ESUPS deliverables on data presentation issues

Your profile

• A university or college degree in data science, mathematics, computer science, management or related field.
• Expertise in data analysis and visualization software, including solid, good working knowledge of R, Python, Visual Basic Applications (VBA), Power BI, Excel, etc., to enable automation of data analysis
• Familiarity with or demonstrated experience in coding data and a high level of quality awareness for coding data
• Skills in writing simple code for retrieving data from the Google API
• Good understanding of complex mathematical models such as optimization models, predictive models, etc.
• Skills in processing large amounts of data and presenting it in easily to understand analytics
• Knowledge of the logistics industry and professional experience in the humanitarian sector
• Logical and analytical understanding with good problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication skills and ability to build working relationships with stakeholders from diverse cultures.
• Good time management (including under stress and deadlines) and organizational skills and high quality consciousness
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required

Our offer

We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees and the balance of their work and private life. This includes flexible working hours as well as working from home. Remuneration is based on our gender-independent salary scale. In addition, Welthungerhilfe offers numerous other benefits, which are listed under “Our benefits”.

Please send your application via our online recruiting system by November 9, 2023. Your contact person is Nawid Ketabi. Welthungerhilfe is committed to fighting terrorism in all its activities. Accordingly, any applicant who is offered employment will be screened against lists of known and suspected terrorists.

*Welthungerhilfe values diversity and ensures an inclusive, non-discriminatory working environment. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.