Consultancy - Survey specialist to support methodological work on new survey modules (Consultant), Data & Analytics Team (DAT), DAPM NYHQ (remote-based)
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Consultancy Title: Survey specialist to support methodological work on new survey modules (Consultant)
Section/Division/Duty Station: Data and Analytics Team (DAT)/DAPM/NYHQ (remote-based)
Duration: 8 January 2024 to 28 June 2024 (6 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
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
The consultant will oversee the upcoming stages of methodological work in the development of survey modules on child protection and development topics. This will involve preparing materials, tools and protocols for the next stages of testing. The modules under development include: inclusive education, violence, and adolescent participation and empowerment.
Scope of Work:
To fill gaps in global measurement standards in key areas of child protection and development, UNICEF has undertaken methodological work towards the development of survey modules in key areas including inclusive education; violence; and adolescent participation, empowerment, and civic engagement. The modules are independent from one another, but all designed to be implemented in the context of a population-based household survey. Some of the modules are designed to be administered to adolescents and young adults, and others are designed to be administered to caregivers of children. The modules are each at a slightly different phase of development, but all on track to be ready for field testing in 2024.
The current scope of work includes supporting the preparation of data collection tools and protocols that will undergo validation through a dedicated field test in 2024. In particular, this will include:
- Outlining survey design and implementation requirements
- Drafting survey tools and data collection protocols
- Preparing training materials for enumerators
Inputs to the consultant’s work will include the current drafts of each module, which will require review, editing and formatting for proper implementation (skips, checks) as well as for consistency. The consultant will advise on other components needed for the field test, drawing from standard survey modules to cover demographic basics and other individual and household-level characteristics needed for implementation, disaggregation and analysis.
The consultant will be supervised by the Child Protection and Development team in Data & Analytics, who will provide input materials and will provide guidance and oversight through the process.
Terms of Reference / Deliverables:
Work assignment/overview:
1. Develop survey requirements for field test, including guidance on sampling requirements and survey design
Deliverables/output: Outline of survey design and implementation requirements
Deadline: 15 February 2024
2. Prepare questionnaires, drawing on existing draft modules, and incorporating at least two rounds of review from the project team
Deliverables/output: First draft questionnaires; Second draft questionnaires ; Final questionnaires for all modules
Deadline: 30 April 2024
3. Prepare interviewer guidelines and survey protocols, incorporating at least two rounds of review from the project team
Deliverables/output: First draft interviewer guidelines and protocols; Second draft interviewer guidelines and protocols; Final interviewer guidelines and protocols
Deadline: 31 May 2024
4. Develop training package for enumerators, incorporating at least two rounds of review from the project team
Deliverables/output: First draft training package; Second draft training package; Final training package
Deadline: 28 June 2024
Qualifications:
(1) Education
- At least a master’s degree or equivalent in Social Sciences, Demography, Statistics, Epidemiology, or other related technical field with significant measurement or analysis component is required.
2) Work experience
- At least 10 years’ working experience of which 8 years should be related to the design and coordination of quantitative household surveys. Prior experience with the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey or Demographic and Health Survey programmes is highly desirable;
- Previous experience in validation of measurement instruments; Prior experience with validation of measurement instruments related to child protection and development indicators is highly desirable;
3) Competencies
- Fluency in English. Intermediate skills in a second UN language would be an advantage;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective relationships with national partners;
Requirements:
- Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system
- Upload copy of academic credentials
- Financial proposal that will include:
- the costs per each deliverable and the total all-inclusive (lump-sum) fees for the whole assignment (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, 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.
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Remarks:
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. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.