Online Volunteer Opportunity in Analysis and Visualization of Mobility and Location Data at UNV

The United Nations Volunteers Program offers an online volunteer opportunity in the field of data analysis and illustration of motorcycle mobility and its various locations. Tana River County is one of the border counties in Kenya, which has suffered since its independence in 1963 from fragility, instability, social and economic marginalization, and insecurity, in addition to the increase in the frequency of natural disasters such as droughts and floods, which in turn leads to an increase in competition for natural resources between pastoralists and farmers. Here comes the need to reduce and prevent the potential for resource-based conflicts. Local peace institutions, such as Peace Committees, have proven to be useful local peacebuilding tools with good success in areas frequently affected by resource-based conflicts. The role of Peace Committees is wide-ranging covering many angles of peacebuilding such as early warning of conflicts, supervision of peace agreements, documentation of them, and communication with other groups across the country, despite facing many challenges including but not limited to the need to The necessary logistical support, which makes most of these committees dysfunctional, so the Accelerator Lab in Kenya purchased 12 motorcycles and distributed them to 9 community groups of peacebuilding. These bikes are equipped with GPS trackers to collect their navigation and location data with the goal of helping the lab understand in depth their use, how the peace committees move, and address the logistical challenges that impede their various functions.

You will be responsible for:

• Collecting and processing different daily and weekly data from 12 motorcycles on Excel.
• The datasets collected over a 6-month period include variables such as fuel consumption, miles traveled, start and finish locations, stopping times, etc.
• Data analysis in order to understand where users (Peace Committees) start their journeys and where they end.
• Obtaining navigation data, GPS coordinates, and route information through various maps such as heat maps, flow maps, destination and origin maps, congestion maps, activity maps, transit, etc.
• Your data visual analytics should provide sufficient coverage of travel across the county to help the organization understand the travel patterns of the respective peace committees and how those patterns vary over time.

You must have:

• Experience working with and processing large sets of data, and performing statistical analyses.
• The ability to work with different programming languages such as Python, R, and SQL.
• Experience creating effective visualizations that communicate insights on data.
• Experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• You should be familiar with web-based mapping tools such as Google Maps, Mapbox, and ArcGIS Online, and the technologies that can be used to create a wide variety of maps that include positioning.
• Knowledge of data visualization libraries and tools such as matplotlib, ggplot or Tableau.
• Some understanding of transportation, urban planning, or logistics.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Ability to think critically and creatively about how mobility data can be used to solve specific problems or answer key questions.
• Ability to work with various stakeholders to identify key challenges and develop data-driven solutions.
• Communication skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and ideas to a non-technical audience.
• Proficiency in English.

About UN Volunteer:

International UN Volunteers promote peace and development in communities around the globe while upholding the ideals and aspirations of the United Nations. They come from 160 countries, representing many cultures and backgrounds, and bring a wide variety of perspectives and approaches.

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