Duties and Responsibilities:


The consultant will work under the overall leadership of the UNITAC Hamburg Programme Management Officer, and closely coordinate with the UNITAC Hamburg team and partner entities. He/She will perform the following: •
Convert the prototype into a product
 Develop a comprehensive product plan
Create detailed technical documentation including system architecture
Deployment and distribution of tool o Publish source code
Create user manuals and system administrator guides
Support adoption of Digital Job Card by local towns in Namibia
Create demonstration materials highlighting key features, benefits and case studies
Prepare for and attend Product Launch
Provide technical support and feedback to the UNITAC project team
Participate in regular progress reviews and technical meetings
Document technical challenges and solutions
Establish key performance indicators to measure adoption the consultant will work under the overall leadership of the UNITAC Hamburg Programme Management Officer, and closely coordinate with the UNITAC Hamburg team and partner entities


Qualifications/special skills


Bachelor's degree, in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a directly related field is required.
A minimum of four years of experience in implementing open data management/ platforms and (geospatial) data standards (e.g., OGC) with a focus on the data collection and transformation side of the process is required.
Previous involvement in data collection from either on-site sources (e.g., sensor data and surveys) or REST APIs, web scraping, and other third-party partners is desirable.
Experience in ETL process: data extraction, orchestrating data pipelines, and data transformation using Apache Airflow (other data orchestration tools would be an advantage.
Previous experience with applied statistics, machine learning algorithms (classification, prediction, and deep learning methods), and at least one machine learning tool (e.g., TensorFlow, Pytorch, or Keras) is desirable