Data Expert Consultant: 2050 Regional Data and Evidence Systems (remote with travel for 24 months)
Salary not disclosedPosted today
Closes in 13 days
About the role
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child, the right to advocacy How can you make a difference? The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) is the region’s premier political and economic policy organisation and serves as the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum. Guided by the Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum (2005) and the decisions of Forum Leaders, PIFS supports Forum Members to strengthen regional cooperation and integration and advance shared priorities for economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security. PIFS leads regional coordination for the implementation of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. The Strategy calls for a long-term regional commitment to act as one “Blue Continent” as the means to achieve development aspirations.
Key responsibilities
- Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
About the successful candidate
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
- Knowledge of another Pacific language is an asset.
- Demonstrated experience mapping, accessing and triangulating data from multiple regional or international data sources, including SDG monitoring systems, household survey data, and regional data platforms such as the Pacific Data Hub, to strengthen evidence bases for reporting or policy analysis;
- Demonstrated experience designing or contributing to data governance frameworks, evidence architectures, or data partnership arrangements in a regional or international development context;
- Demonstrated experience coordinating or supporting quantitative household surveys, preferably MICS or a comparable national survey, including survey planning, questionnaire adaptation, training, fieldwork monitoring, data processing, analysis and report writing;
- Strong understanding of survey data used to monitor the situation of children and women, including Sustainable Development Goal indicators and regional or national reporting processes;
- Experience working with, or in, Pacific Island countries and regional organisations (e.g. SPC, PIFS, CROP agencies, UN agencies) is highly desirable;
- Proficiency in statistical analysis and data visualisation tools such as Excel, R, Python, SPSS, Power BI or Tableau; familiarity with SQL is an advantage;