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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN’s global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life, as envisaged by 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We are on the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, working with governments and people on their own solutions to global and national development challenges to help empower lives and build resilient nations. The United Nations Development Programme UNDP Indonesia Country Programme 2021-2025 developed in partnership with the Indonesian Government addresses the unfinished business of the Millennium Development Goals and support national efforts to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
The programme contributes directly to MoH National Action Plan 2020-2024, objective 1) increasing the health status of society and; 2)increasing the responsiveness and protection to society towards social and financial risks related to health and Outcome 2 of the UNDP country Programme for Indonesia (2021-2025), which are aligned with the Indonesian Government Health Sector’s Objectives, commitment to Universal Health Coverage, SDG3 Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages (target 3.8 in particular) and other Sustainable Development Goals. One of its efforts is to be involved in supporting the transformation of health technology in the Ministry of Health through Network Strengthening and the Bio Informatic Biomedical & Genome Science Initiative (BGSi).
BGSi is a new initiative of the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH). The initiative will act as a multi-institutional ecosystem that aims to support collaborative biomedical and genomic activities in Indonesia by leveraging strengths in technology and infrastructure including biobanking, data management, high throughput sequencing and bioinformatics.
The initiative aims to build a national asset established under the Indonesia Ministry of Health with two major focusses. First, to establish a national biobank focused on six conditions (diabetes, cancer, stroke, tuberculosis, psoriasis, and rare/genetic diseases) which will store samples from participants where each sample will be connected to a registry that manages all information associated with the participant (demographic and clinical) and second, to generate Whole Genome Sequence information, for each of those participants, that will be curated in a national database. Samples and genomics information from healthy participants will also be collected and generated by this initiative. All samples and data will be made available to researchers nationally and internationally through BGSi.
The initiative will be organized around a headquarter facility located in Jakarta, housed in the MOH repository building and the historical Eijkman building, that will host the biobank and WGS labs respectively. BGSi HQ will manage the registry system and provide technical support for the Hubs and the entire ecosystem. A second and just as important part of the ecosystem is the hospitals (referred to as HUBs) where each HUB is in charge of managing activities related to recruitment, sample collection and tertiary analysis for the disease it has been assigned.
Therefore, UNDP is seeking a Bioinformatics Assistant to support the collection, management, and analysis of genomics data using computer-based tools and systems. He/she will assist in performing primary analysis of human Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) data and contribute to the development and maintenance of bioinformatics pipelines for processing data generated from various Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms. The role also includes providing operational support by coordinating service requests, following established procedures, and proactively addressing potential timing or delivery issues to ensure smooth execution of bioinformatics workflows.

KNOWLEDGE GENERATION

Ability to research information and to turn it into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated need. Ability to apply existing concepts to new situations, and to develop new concepts to generate workable solutions and new approaches. Knowledge of relevant concepts, conceptual models, and theories that can be useful in addressing new situations

MIN. ACADEMIC EDUCATION

Secondary education is required. or
University Degree in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology/Computer Science will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.

MIN. YEARSOF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 5 years (with high School) or 2 years (with bachelor’s degree) of working experience including at least 1 year experience in Whole Genome Sequencing/Genome Assembly Construction/ Transcriptome/Exome Data Analysis/ Omicsdata (metagenomics) is required.

REQUIRED SKILLSAND COMPETENCIES

• Experience in performing qualitative and/or quantitative analyses to support clinicians/scientists at the assigned hospital/Hub for each stage of bioinformatics analysis
• Excellentskill in usingcomputers and officesoftware packages (MS Word, Excel, etc), advance knowledge of spreadsheet and database
  Packages.

DESIRED ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Experiencewith Cloud computing (AWS, Google Cloud), Linux/UNIX, Python, R/Bioconductor packages and scripting.
• Experiencewith SQL databases and topics such as bulk data entry,query optimization, schema design and ORMs.
• Experienceworking with a variety of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data formats and NGS data manipulation tools.
• Broad knowledge of related bioinformatics resources and databases
• Knowledgeof variant callingand annotation tools.
• Experiencein Application of statistical methodsto data analysis

RIGHT TO SELECT MULTIPLE CANDIDATES

UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.

2. Support knowledge building, knowledge sharing and capacity building

• Participate in training and organize briefings on internal procedures for the project staff. Provide support to other capacity building activities, including to the design and delivery of tools, materials for workshops, or platforms that tap into the collective intelligence of communities and mobilize action.
• Provide support in the dissemination and sharing of relevant data and lessons learned within the CO and regionally. Keep pulse on emerging best practices nationally, regionally, and internationally that relate to the work of the assigned project.
• Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice. Support compiling and systematizing project knowledge, products and tools as well as their wide distribution to partners

1. Support in managing Genomics Data

• Support the preparation for the certification of BGSi genomics laboratory
• Supports team in the development bioinformatics tools
• Reviews and analyses requirements or problems and assists in the implementation of bioinformatics analysis
• Develop databases to compile vast amounts of information from activities such as annotation, variant calling, etc
• Performs qualitative and/or quantitative analyses to support clinicians/scientists at the assigned hospital/Hub for each stage of bioinformatics analysis
• Recommends improvements and alternative solutions to resolve problems
• Provides follow-up with Hubs, external collaborators and various stakeholders

1. Support knowledge building, knowledge sharing and capacity building

• Participate in training and organize briefings on internal procedures for the project staff. Provide support to other capacity building activities, including to the design and delivery of tools, materials for workshops, or platforms that tap into the collective intelligence of communities and mobilize action.
• Provide support in the dissemination and sharing of relevant data and lessons learned within the CO and regionally. Keep pulse on emerging best practices nationally, regionally, and internationally that relate to the work of the assigned project.
• Make sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice. Support compiling and systematizing project knowledge, products and tools as well as their wide distribution to partners.

The incumbent performs other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.

1. The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that

• Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions.
• Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”.
• Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender is respected within all implementations including data production.
• Differentiated needs of women and men are considered.
• Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created.
• Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced