[open-government] Pulse Lab Jakarta openings

Wed Nov 7 12:46:56 UTC 2012

All,
I thought the announcement below could be of interest to some people on the list.
Josema.

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Pulse Lab Jakarta (http://www.unglobalpulse.org/pulse-lab/jakarta), a new facility established by the United Nations and BAPPENAS, is hiring. Deadline to apply is 11 November 2012. 

The Lab functions like an R&D sandbox for taking on projects that explore the use of Big Data & real-time analytics (including social media and twitter analysis methods and tools) for social development issues. 

We are seeking to fill the following 3 positions, ideally by individuals holding Indonesian citizenship (but other eligible candidates are also encouraged to apply): 

Pulse Lab Jakarta Manager http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=33436
Data Scientist http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=33435
Data Engineer http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=33437 

About: 
Global Pulse functions as an R&D laboratory - exploring the utility of new, digital data sources that could be useful to development, and testing/developing useful technologies or analytical tools that can be employed to make use of that data. We do this through collaborative research projects with partners from private sector and academia who often provide the data or the tools, together with our UN agency and government partners who provide the subject matter expertise andproblem-statements. 

Pulse Lab Jakarta 
Jointly established by the UN and the Government of Indonesia (Ministry of Development Planning), the Lab will include a mix of data scientists, social scientists, partnership managers, communications specialists, academics and technologists who provide “innovation as service,” by 1) working with partners from across the UN system to brainstorm and define problem statements and hypotheses, 2) designing exploratory research projects, 3) working through private-sector technology partners to conduct the research and prototype applications, and 4) sharing findings, and support the operational adoption of any open-source technology solutions that are developed.