Individual Consultant - Energy Statistics Expert

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Individual Consultant - Energy Statistics ExpertLocation :Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIAApplication Deadline :25-Aug-22(Midnight New York, USA)Time left :21d 4h 2mAdditional Category :ManagementType of Contract :Individual ContractPost Level :International ConsultantLanguages Required :EnglishDuration of Initial Contract :3 Months with Posibilty of ExtensionExpected Duration of Assignment :3 Months with Posibilty of Extension - 65 Working Days **UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.**Terms of Reference (ToR) for Individual ContractorPost Title:Energy Statistics ExpertAnticipated Starting Date:TBCDuration:65 working daysDuty station :Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaProject:100619 -Institutional Support to StatisticsNational/International :International -Project descriptionIn the energy sector, The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been aimed to play an essential and comprehensive role in advancing development and to draw up a vision for an economy with mix energy resources especially for less dependent on oil resources. This is confirmed by the Kingdom?s Vision 2030 through diversification of energy sources such as renewable and alternative energy by producing 5.9 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030. As for the electricity sector, have contributed effectively to improvement of the standard of living and in the delivery of electricity to all regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including villages and rural area, with a 100% delivery rate to the residential sector while reducing the emissions and the impacts of global warming. Therefore, the vision and mission of energy statistics department is to be a world-class, innovative statistical reference for Saudi Arabias Energy Resources, Production, Efficient, and Consumption and to provide comprehensive, reliable, up-to-date statistics and value-added services for Saudi Arabias Energy Resources, Production, Efficient, and Consumption in line with international standards and take the lead in developing a modern Energy Key indicators in order to support decision making. To Support the General Authority of Statistics(GASTAT)in the preparation for the future of Energy Statistics plan and in the context of Institutional Support to Statistics project,UNDP is seeking to recruit an expert to lead and provide technical support for developing Specification and Standardization of new Energy Statistical Publications as well as modernizing these products by integrating other sources of data within the current publications as well as to help the Energy Department to increase the publications frequencies specially for Oil and Gas publication, as the international practices and to support energy department on the indicators related to the development such as (SDG#7). Develop new indicators in the energy field related to international standard such as (climate change), and to review the current Energy statistical publications.-Scope of WorkTechnical supportThe assignment aims at improving the quality of current products and to develop new ones that would help decision makers as well as Energy-related organizations make sense of all Energy-related activities. The expert responsibilities to: * Review the best practices in publishing Energy statistics publications, how it?s done, periodicity, data sources, survey questionnaire, etc. and adapt our publications to better reflect Energy Statistics in Saudi Arabia in a standardized way.* Provide advice and methodology of implementation for improving (registry data/big data/alternative data) intakes to better reflect Energy reality within the country.* Design and review the Energy statistics (survey and publications templates) and advise on a plan for collecting data at the indicator level (Design, data collection, processing, analysing, and dissemination) that is aligned with the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM).* Then Develop Energy Balance statistics in Saudi Arabia that is aligned with international practices. In this context, the expert is expected to produce :* A document specifying sections/tables of data that needs to be reported.* A document specifying activities needed to be carried out in order to publish the Energy Balance Statistics, so we can base our planning accordingly.* Fine-tune the survey to best serve the data collection process.* A template for the final publication/reporting.* Review and design the Energy Efficiency statistics in Saudi Arabia and align them with international practices. The expert is expected to produce:* A document specifying sections/tables of data that needs to be reported.* A document specifying activities needed to be carried out in order to publish the Energy Efficiency Statistics, so we can base our planning accordingly.* Fine-tune the survey to best serve the data collection process.* A template for the final publication/reporting.* Review and design the Energy Indicators related to climate change in Saudi Arabia, align them with international practices, and identify potential improvements to current energy statistics publications, and to support in SDG goal 7 indicators and other international Energy organizations indicators.* Improve the periodicity of Oil and Gas publication to be on a monthly basis.* To develop accounting system for Energy-related sectors? GDP and Jobs contribution at all sources of energy, then layout a plan for enhancing data streams to serve other statistics like environmental economic accounting using his expertise and international practices in this fields as well as make sure he is following the standard that should be available through IEA or UNSD. Outlining the steps of how to execute this methodological framework and what data sources have to be used, taking into account all resources (including open data) and building the capacity to disaggregate it from all Energy accounting.* To suggest a method for publishing and visualizing the statistics using an interactive visualization technique.* Identify where big data or open data could be a credible source for energy statistics indicators like (amount of radiation per square km or wind speeds during months of year in a location and energy generation potential and much more).* Develop methods to generalize survey data more accurately and solve the data processing issues in a way that automates reporting and shortens its time.Capacity Development* In addition to delivering the abovementioned technical support, the Energy Statistics Expert will advise Energy Statistics Department on principles and best practice in relation to Energy Statistics methodologies and frameworks. Delivering training to Energy Statistics Department staff in calculating Energy and maintaining Energy databases. Providing coaching and on-the-job-training for the Energy Statistics Department staff as needed. Capacity building including : 1- Energy data processing and indicators calculating 2- Energy balance sheet development 3- Energy statistics publications standards -Expected Deliverables and OutputsDeliverablesDescription of deliverablesEstimated Duration to CompleteTarget Due Dates% of PaymentReview and Approvals RequiredDeliverable 1:Energy statistics situation analysis Report Assess the overall situation of the country with regards to Energy stati

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