National Consultant: SBC Data Analyst – Rumours Management (For Sierra Leone Nationals only)

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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 fulfill 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.

For every child, Knowledge.

Please access UNICEF Sierra Leone information here

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Social & Behaviour Change (SBC) Section Chief, and working closely with UNICEF SBC and the Health Education Programme (HEP) team at MoHS, as well as relevant governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, the Consultant will carry out the following activities:

Review, update and maintain the rumours reporting tools and Power BI platform

Build the capacity of MoHS team for sustainable operation of the rumour management system tools including data flow, generation of action points, reporting, and communication pathways to inform county-level and national-level response actions.

Establish a system for using the data collected through digital reporting tools and other SBC/RCCE data collection platforms to inform action and adjust interventions, resulting in a significant increase in the use of data for decision-making within the first 6 months

Work closely with the UNICEF SBC Team and provide technical guidance on appropriate and effective evidence based RCCE interventions, shifts that need to be made in the response, or additional response required from MoHS including the health facilities and other line ministries.

Local travel to address the critical capacity gaps and build key capacities in districts of health education officers and partners for operationalization of the Rumour Tracking System.

Please see attached ToR for detailed information. ToR S- Rumurs Management.pdf

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

• A Master’s degree in social sciences, data science, public health or any other related field.
• A first level university degree in combination with an additional two (2) relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university.
• Minimum 5 years’ responsible work experience in social sciences research, data analysis, monitoring and evaluation, preferably in a humanitarian or development context.
• Experience analyzing data from social monitoring systems, monitoring and evaluation work, or other survey work, and in performing data extraction, cleaning, analysis and presentation for medium to large datasets.
• Strong technical skills in data analysis and visualization using tools such as Excel, Power Bi or other data analytics and interactive visualization software. Proven ability and experience using Power BI is mandatory.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining digital reporting tools and dashboards and presenting findings from different sources (methods, tools etc.)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate technical data and complex ideas in data science to relevant stakeholders.
• Excellent writing skills planning and coordination skills, with proven ability to work independently.

Additional qualifications:

• Experience in public health response and/or social and behaviour change, working with NGOs/UN in/with developing countries, with practical experience in developing methodologies and tools to inform action/programmes/ policies is an asset.
• An inquisitive and creative mindset, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams and countries.
• A passion for empirical research and for answering hard questions with data.
• Proven record of solving challenging problems in emergency and humanitarian settings is an asset
• Excellent project management skills.
• Language: Oral and written proficiency in English. Knowledge of local languages is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

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:

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.