Digital Impact Specialist (Data Engineer), Digital Impact Division, Digital Foundations - Technology, Valencia

## Digital Impact Specialist (Data Engineer), Digital Impact Division, Digital Foundations - Technology, Valencia - Organization:UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund - Office:UNICEF in Valencia, Spain UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child, the right to Digital opportunities How can you make a difference? The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy, and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop, and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations. Strategic office context: UNICEF’s Digital Impact Divisionbuilds and operates UNICEF’s digital foundations, including modern enterprise platforms, digital products, infrastructure and AI capabilities, and sets the digital guardrails that keep them secure and resilient through cybersecurity and risk-informed security, while partnering with programme teams, country offices and governments to responsibly scale digital solutions, including digital inclusion initiatives such as Giga and the adoption of AI, digital public infrastructure and digital public goods, to strengthen national systems and accelerate results for children, including in emergencies. Digital Foundations (DF)creates and sustains transformative, data- and AI-ready digital solutions grounded in human-centered design. Leveraging resilient, scalable cloud technologies provides a secure and adaptable technology backbone to deliver results for children with greater efficiency and agility. Through forward-looking technology roadmaps and continuous improvement, the Digital Foundations function modernizes core systems, strengthens cybersecurity, and fosters innovation to ensure future-resilient systems. As a key enabler of UNICEF’s digital transformation, it enhances data-driven decision-making and enables operational excellence to achieve sustainable results for children. Data Transformation (DT) To efficiently deliver on its mission, UNICEF must become data enabled and AI ready. The Data Transformation – Enabling Global AI Initiative (DT&AI) is a foundational project to make that a reality, leveraging technology to deliver in an increasing resource constrained environment, improving how we make decisions, measure results, address risks, and serve children more effectively across the world. DT&AI will establish the foundations needed to transform UNICEF into a more efficient, data-informed organization and to fully leverage AI. Key actions include building robust data and AI governance, improving data quality and insights, enabling innovation through new technologies, developing foundational infrastructure for immediate 'quick wins' and scalability and gathering evidence to reduce future investment risks. Some of the quick wins are enhancing corporate dashboards to support AI adoption. Under the supervision of the ICT Manager/Data & Analytics lead, the incumbent will contribute to the design, implementation, and delivery of UNICEF’s Data Warehouse migration project, supporting the transition from legacy analytical platforms to a modern lakehouse and analytics architecture. This includes supporting migration planning and execution activities, design and validation of target architectures, parallel runs and business testing, data products, and consumption layers. The role ensures that migrated solutions preserve data integrity, performance, and reporting continuity while enabling modern analytics and scalable data consumption across the organization. Key functions include: - Migrate Oracle data warehouse to Databricks - Prepare extraction and validate mappings - Support architecture design workshops - Assist testing and issue resolution - Migrate downstream analytics assets - Develop Bronze Silver Gold transformations - Implement Unity Catalog governance If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:JD_Digital Impact Specialist (Data Engineer) P3 TA_00137299.pdf To qualify an advocate for every child you will have… - Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Information technology management, data science, and any other related fields. Alternatively, a first level university degree in a relevant field combined with two (2) additional years of qualifying professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. - Work Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience in Information Communication Technology, Databricks, Lakehouse, Analytics, Data, Modeling, ETL and any other related fields. - Skills: Communication, Troubleshooting, Multitasking Learning, Results, Attention to detail - Language Requirements: Proficiency in English is required. - Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset. - Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Oracle, DevOps, Agile, Scrum or Git is considered an advantage. - Databricks certifications (data engineer associate or data analyst associate course). - Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. For every Child, you demonstrate... UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values UNICEF competencies required for this post are… (1) Builds and maintains partnerships(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness(3) Drive to achieve results for impact(4) Innovates and embraces change(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity(6) Thinks and acts strategically(7) Works collaboratively with others Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels. UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orienta