The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is implementing a project on Improved mapping and monitoring of solar energy access for enhanced climate policy action and socio-economic resilience in ESCWA member States. The project aims to enhance the capacities of government officials and policymakers working in statistics, energy, and GIS-active research centres on using digital and geospatial tools to map and monitor solar energy data, review data snapshots and baselines, and generate KPIs to strengthen data-driven analysis and improve evidence-based policymaking for climate action and socio-economic resilience.

The GIS and renewable energy data analyst would review the existing data sets on detected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Djibouti, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen; apply statistical analysis methods to improve the accuracy of the data sets; and add socio-economic GIS layers to the existing data sets to strengthen data-driven analysis and improve evidence-based policymaking for climate action and socio-economic resilience.

Under the overall supervision of the Leader of the Climate Change and Natural Resources Sustainability Cluster, the analyst will report directly to the Project Coordinator and be responsible for the following overall duties linked to the outcomes and outputs of the project document, namely:

• Review and assess the existing geospatial datasets of detected solar PV systems in Djibouti, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen to identify inconsistencies, data gaps, duplicates, quality issues, and potential sources of uncertainty.
• Conduct a comprehensive review of the existing solar PV geospatial datasets, including an assessment of data quality, completeness, spatial accuracy, attribute consistency, metadata availability, and reliability.
• Prepare a comprehensive final technical report and presentation summarizing the methodology applied, improvements made to the datasets, analytical findings, limitations, and recommendations for future updates.

Desired Candidate Profile

A master's degree in statistics, mathematics, GIS or related field is required. A first-level university degree with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. A minimum of five years of experience working on data analytics related to energy or renewable energy is required. Demonstrated professional experience working on energy datasets is required. English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English. Knowledge of Arabic is desirable.