Consultancy - Excess mortality for children and youth, Data and Analytics (D&A) Section, DAPM NYHQ - home based

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Consultancy Title: Estimation of excess mortality for children and youth due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Duration: 4 months

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 is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Delivering and sustaining results for children requires action by both governments and the public at large. Child survival monitoring is one of the main activities for UNICEF as a response to the commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international agreements. UNICEF monitors and assesses child mortality indicators at the global, regional and country level and to these efforts, the organization is engaging governments, civil society, international organizations, academic organizations and individuals working in this area. UNICEF and other members of the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) including WHO, the UN Population Division and the World Bank Group generate child mortality estimates every year for monitoring progress on child survival. UN IGME and its Technical Advisory Group aim to work on improving the methodology to assess data quality and to estimate child mortality and stillbirth.

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

The main objective of this consultancy is to estimate the excess mortality due to COVID-19 from administrative data. The consultant will work on the modelling of the excess mortality by age and sex with the respective breakdowns needed for the child, adolescent and youth mortality estimation work of the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).The scope of work will include:

• Consolidated database of administrative data

• Modelling of excess mortality due to COVID-19

• Estimate adjustment factors for excess mortality due to COVID-19 pandemic by age and sex

• Prepare results, presentation, documentation, input datasets and R-code

Qualifications

(1) Education

• University degree (PhD) in demographics, statistics, or related social science.
• Advanced experience in statistical programming with R.

2) Work experience

• More than 5 years of proven experience in statistical and demographic analysis of mortality and excess mortality.
• In depth knowledge of methods of demographic analysis, child mortality estimation, excess mortality modelling due to pandemics.

3) Competencies

• Excellent communication and writing skills;
• Detail-oriented;
• Ability to take initiatives and work independently;
• Creativity and enthusiasm;
• Fluent in English.

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 (can be downloaded here: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_consultancy_assignments.html
  • 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

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

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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.