Consultancy - State of the World’s Children 2022 on immunization, and MICS analysis, Consultant, Data and Analytics (D&A) Section, DAPM NYHQ (remote based)

UNICEF plays a leading role in the development of statistics and analyses on child immunization coverage levels and trends. The focus of UNICEF’s flagship report State of the World’s Children in 2022 will be on immunization, including an emphasis on describing the characteristics of children who are unreached and underserved with vaccination and other health and social services. Part of UNICEF’s work on immunization includes in-depth analyses of data from household survey programs such as the Demographic and Health Surveys and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to gain a better understanding of populations of children who are missing out on routine immunization services. This consultancy will contribute to UNICEF’s immunization analyses and to the State of the World’s Children report.

Consultancy Title:  State of the World’s Children 2022 on Immunization, and MICS analysis

Section/Division/Duty Station: Data & Analytics (D&A) Section, DAPM, New York HQ

Duration:  18 April 2022 to 04 August 2022

About UNICEF

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. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

UNICEF plays a leading role in the development of statistics and analyses on child immunization coverage levels and trends. The focus of UNICEF’s flagship report State of the World’s Children in 2022 will be on immunization, including an emphasis on describing the characteristics of children who are unreached and underserved with vaccination and other health and social services.  Part of UNICEF’s work on immunization includes in-depth analyses of data from household survey programs such as the Demographic and Health Surveys and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to gain a better understanding of populations of children who are missing out on routine immunization services.  This consultancy will contribute to UNICEF’s immunization analyses and to the State of the World’s Children report.

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

(In close collaboration and working with the Senior Advisor, Health and HIV, the Consultant will support the Health and HIV Team to support UNICEF analyses on the characteristics of zero dose children for UNICEF programming and coordination with GAVI on priority actions for reaching underserved children.  To prepare an analysis and write up on zero dose and under vaccinated children for inclusion in the State of the World’s Children 2022 report on immunization.  Specific tasks include:

1. Preparation of a draft report based on analysis of MICS and DHS surveys, focusing on an analysis of immunization data by a set of stratifiers (e.g., wealth quintiles, urban/rural residence, women’s empowerment, ethnicity, sex of the child, subnational regions).
2. Revision of the draft report with additional analyses and data visualizations for inclusion in UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 2022 that is on immunization.
3. In-depth equity analyses of 35 MICS surveys (from 2017-2021) focused on the immunization data (7 different antigens by 11 stratifiers), including preparation of estimates (point estimates, standard error, 95% confidence interval, and weighted and unweighted sample size), quality assurance of the data, and preparation of additional equity analyses (e.g., slope index of inequality and concentration index with standard errors).

Qualifications

(1) Education

• An advanced degree in public health, statistics, epidemiology, or a relevant field.

(2) Work experience

• 10 years of work experience at the national or international level in statistical data analyses, equity analyses, and working with large data sets
• Extensive experience using statistical software such as STATA, SAS, R
• Extensive experience undertaking equity analyses including double disaggregations
• Extensive experience analysing large data sets coming from household survey programs such as the Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.

 (3) Competencies

• Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills
• Good judgment, initiative, high sense of responsibility, tact and discretion
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and ability to establish harmonious working relations in a multicultural environment.

Requirements: 

• Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11) Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include:
• your daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference 
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

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.  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

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UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.