MICS-2023 National Consultant (11.5 months). Open for Kyrgyz Nationals only!

Consultant Programme & Policy Monitoring & Evaluation

Overview

Provide technical support for MICS survey processes

You have:

• A University degree in Social Sciences, Demography, Statistics, or any related technical field is required
• A minimum ten-year experience in the coordination and management of quantitative household surveys (MICS or DHS coordination experience is highly desirable)
• Strong computer skills and strong expertise in statistical analyses, particularly SPSS
• A proven experience with CAPI approach
• Training experience and ability to organize and facilitate training and presentations
• Experience in data analysis and survey report writing

Contract

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. And we never give up.

How can you make a difference?

Under general supervision of the UNICEF Planning & Monitoring Specialist, the Consultant is expected to:

1. Provide technical support and expertise to the MICS survey;
2. In collaboration with UNICEF CO, implementing partner, and other stakeholders involved, actively participate in the finalization of the Survey Plan and Budget, including the timetable.
3. Present the MICS methodology, tools, and guidelines to partners/stakeholders (e.g. ministries, UN Agencies, etc.) and oversee each stage of the survey process and ensure that the MICS protocols and standards are followed by the NSC;
4. Compile the package of the survey materials (such as Survey Plan, Questionnaires, survey protocols and manuals, etc,) for submission to the State Ethical Committee for an external ethical review.
5. Communicate regularly with the UNICEF CO, RO and/or Headquarters (HQ) responding to all MICS-related issues in a timely manner;
6. Provide progress reports on MICS activities to the UNICEF CO on a bi-monthly basis;
7. Coordinate the work of NSC specialists and UNICEF Regional Consultants and other resource persons assigned by the UNICEF CO and/or RO to support different survey preparation stages;
8. Ensure that technical support by external experts (e.g., Regional Sampling Consultant, Regional Data Processing Consultant, and Regional Household Survey Consultant) are carried out at key survey stages and coordinate the feedback and response between the CO and NSC;
9. Participate in, and contribute to the MICS Regional Workshops;
10. Ensure that all survey-related documents and deliverables (questionnaires, manuals, expert reports, final report, datasets, etc.) are properly archived throughout the survey process;
11. Ensure that lessons learned, problems, and good practices are documented throughout the MICS process and rapidly shared with the MICS community through all means available.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you must …

- Have minimum technical qualifications:

• A University degree in Social Sciences, Demography, Statistics, or any other related technical field is required
• A minimum ten-year experience in the coordination and management of quantitative household surveys (MICS or DHS coordination experience is highly desirable);
• Strong computer skills and strong expertise in statistical analyses (familiarity with data processing and data analysis software, particularly SPSS).
• A proven experience with CAPI approach
• Training experience and ability to organize and facilitate training and presentations
• Experience in data analysis and survey report writing.

- Submit a financial proposal, using two provided templates HR - Travel Budget -MICS national consultant.xlsx, Fin proposal.docx

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 offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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:

In case of questions regarding the TOR, please send your enquiries to recruitmentkg@unicef.org by 15 July 2023, 2 PM Bishkek time.

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.

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