Organization Mission

Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD) supports the private sector and foundations to become transformative partners in development through research, advocacy for inclusive business, facilitation of public-private dialogue and brokering partnerships. IICPSD, established in 2011 in partnership with the Government of Türkiye, is one of UNDP”s six Global Policy Centres. It leads UNDP’s global work on private sector and foundations and supports UNDP’s offices all over the world. The Center focuses on four thematic areas:

1. Inclusive Business;

2. Private Sector Engagement in Skills Development;

3. Impact investing;

4. Resilience and Crisis Response.

The Center also hosts four global initiatives: Business Call to Action, SDG Philanthropy Platform, Global Islamic Finance and Impact Investing Platform and Connecting Business Initiative.

Context

The OV will provide the trainings in English. the OV will be requested to develop a curriculum for the trainings as well as any presentation materials required. By the end of the training students will need to be able to visualize collected data and create dashboards with their findings, as well as create plug-ins and conduct data quality control and estimations.

Key Responsibilities

The SDG AI Lab is looking for an online volunteer trainer, who will be conducting a QGIS workshop to demonstrate how to analyse Kobo-collected data together with other GIS layers (administrative boundaries, satellite imagery, population data, etc.)as well as provide custom Python AI plug-ins and scripts for data quality control and estimations. In this workshop, the volunteer will also develop the necessary maps and visuals together with the trainees to be able to visualize data.

The OV will be responsible for creating the training, materials if required and practical tasks. The training will take place during the weekday.

Required Skills and Experience

Kobo toolbox, data visualization, Python AI plug-ins, presentation and mentoring skills, communication skills.