Consultancy: Qatar MICS Household Survey Expert, 6 months, Qatar Office

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Background

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is an international household survey programme developed and supported by UNICEF. MICS is designed to collect estimates of key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women. Over the past 20 years, MICS has evolved to respond to changing data needs, expanding from 28 indicators in the first round to more than 200 indicators in the current sixth round, and becoming a key source of data on child protection, early childhood education, and a major source of data on child health and nutrition. In addition to being a data collection tool to generate data for monitoring the progress towards national goals and global commitments for promoting the welfare of children, MICS provided valuable data for MDG monitoring as a major source of data for the UN Secretary General’s Final Millennium Development Goals Report.

Since the inception of MICS in the 1990s, over 300 surveys have been carried out in more than 100 countries. As part of the global effort to further develop national capacities to generate and analyse high quality and disaggregated data, UNICEF launched the sixth round of MICS in October 2016, with results of first surveys expected to be available by the end of 2017. This new round is in accordance with the list of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission in 2016, following the global adoption of the 17 SDGs and 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The final SDG indicator framework currently includes 230 global indicators, of which around 30 per cent are household survey-based. Today, MICS, covering almost half of the SDG indicators that are household survey-based, is well positioned to play a central role in this new Agenda alongside other key demographic, health and socio-economic surveys and to complement data from administrative sources and censuses. The MICS questionnaires have undergone rigorous methodological and validation work to broaden the scope of the tools and include new topics that reflect SDG indicators and emerging issues in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development context, including: rapid water quality testing, social transfers, foundational learning skills (children age 7-14), child and adult functioning, migration status, use of clean fuels and technology, and victimisation.

As governments develop national frameworks to monitor progress towards the SDGs and establish baselines, strategic planning and investments will be required to collect robust, more frequent, and timely data. This round of MICS presents a unique opportunity to support this process.

UNICEF Qatar supported the Qatar MICS 2012. Now, pursuant to output 3 of the Gulf Area Office`s Area Programme Document 2019-23 (Generation of knowledge and data), the Office in Qatar will support a MICS as part of the 6th round of the survey programme in 2021/22. To ensure that the implementation of the MICS survey runs smoothly, specific deadlines are met and that the implementing partner, the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) receives the technical assistance necessary to produce statistically sound and reliable data, the UNICEF office in Qatar will hire a full-time national MICS consultant to support the MICS process from preparatory work to release of results. Within the framework of this partnership, the UNICEF office in Qatar and the PSA signed a Memorandum of understanding on the 5th April 2021 detailing the nature of this collaboration.

The 2021-2022 Qatar MICS6 will be implemented using CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing) in which the interviewer uses a tablet to record data. CAPI data collection can reduce the time needed to collect and process survey data, facilitate real time monitoring, improve the quality of the data and reduce survey costs.

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Objectives

Under the overall supervision of the Senior Programme Officer, the Qatar MICS Household Survey Consultant has the responsibility for finalizing preparations for the fieldwork training including leading the training of trainers (ToT), training of field teams and supervising the pilot for the Qatar MICS. Prior to the fieldwork training, the Household Survey Consultant will support the finalization of the training agenda and training materials in close coordination with the regional household survey expert. The consultant will also provide remote technical support including review of field check tables during the fieldwork.

Main tasks

1. Contribute to the finalization of training materials for Qatar MICS ToT and main training, including customisation of interviewer and supervisor manuals

2. Lead MICS Training of Trainers and support main fieldwork training and pilot

3. Provide remote support during fieldwork, including review and feedback on field check tables

Key deliverables

1. Training agenda and presentations

2. Mission report covering ToT, main training and pilot including recommendations for fieldwork

3. Final report summarising technical support provided during fieldwork and lessons learnt

Supervision and cooperation with other consultants

The Senior Programme Officer, Qatar Office and Monitoring and Research specialist, MENARO will provide quality assurance and oversight for the consultant’s work with substantial feedback on the quality of the work.

The consultant will work in close collaboration with staff from PSA and the UNICEF Regional and Global MICS team.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  • An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Demography, Statistics, Epidemiology, or other related technical field with significant measurement, analysis or quantitative research background is required.
  • A minimum of 15 years’ experience in the coordination and/or management of quantitative household surveys.
  • Expertise in leading training for nationally representative household surveys
  • Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously within a multicultural environment and communicate complex ideas.
  • Proactive and dynamic personality with attention to detail.
  • Result driven and strong planning and organizing skills.
  • Desirable skills:
  • Prior MICS/DHS coordination experience
  • Experience with SPSS, Stata

  • Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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.

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

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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).

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