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Consultancy: Data management consultant - D&A, DRP - NYHQ, Requisition# 508218

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location:
  • Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Statistics
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
    • Statistics and Monitoring
  • Closing Date: Closed

- Compile and clean data with the purpose of building out UNICEF’s global MNCH master database for utilization in interactive data visualization tools. - Document any web/pdf scraping tools (code) that facilitate more efficient data processing

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Background & Rationale

  • UNICEF maintains a series of global databases for tracking the situation of children and women globally. The databases include only statistically sound and nationally representative data from household surveys and other sources. They are updated annually through a process that draws on a wealth of data maintained by UNICEF’s network of 140 country offices. 
  • Data and Analytics team is leader in providing data support and tools that are useful for programming and planning at the regional and country levels.
  • This consultancy serves to address the need for a documented process of building out master databases for UNICEF’s global MNCH database from which the team can reliably and efficiently update, analyse, and visualize data.

Purpose

  • Compile and clean data with the purpose of building out UNICEF’s global MNCH master database for utilization in interactive data visualization tools.
  • Document any web/pdf scraping tools (code) that facilitate more efficient data processing.

Expected results: (measurable results)

  • Structured MNCH database reflecting current state of available data and documentation of web/pdf scraping tools (code) that facilitate more efficient data processing. 

Duty Station

  • Remote-based (travel not needed) or NYHQ 

Timeframe 

Start date:   November 15, 2017                        

End date: January 31, 2018      

Deliverables

(See the last page for guidance on formulating deliverables)

Duration

(Estimated # of Days)

Deadline

  • Compile and clean data and then build out UNICEF’s global MNCH master database

15

Dec 10, 2017

  • Document any web/pdf scraping tools (code) that facilitate more efficient data processing. 

5

Dec 31, 2017

  • Other data management related activities

20

Jan 31, 2018

total

40

 

Key competences, technical background, and experience required Deadline

  • Academic qualification and required level of education (Advanced University Degree, Bachelor, Master, PhD, etc.)
    • First university degree (Bachelor’s) in demography, public health, social sciences, epidemiology or statistics
    • Advanced degree in these areas is an asset
  • Specialized training needed
    • R, Excel
    • Experience working with data from household surveys, particularly DHS/MICS
  • Indicate if the number of years of work experience required in the relevant area of the consultancy is at the junior/mid level.
    • Three years of work experience in data wrangling, analysis, and database management
  • Languages needed
    • English
  • Any other specified skill needed and related to consultancy
    • Web and PDF scraping
    • APIs

To view our competency framework, please click here

Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable).  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Remarks

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.   

At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

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