Egypt, Cairo, Cairo
Nonprofit/Community/Social Services/International Cooperation
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Date: 24/05/2023 (Expiry date: 22/06/2023)
The Position:
The Technical Specialist, Data post is located in the Arab States Regional Office (ASRO). The annual work plan of the Technical Specialist, Data will be guided by the ASRO Deputy Regional Director (DRD) and the Chief of Population and Development (PDB) at HQ, who will oversee regional and global deliverables, respectively. Primary supervision is provided by the ASRO DRD; the PDB Chief is a secondary supervisor reporting performance indicators only on global areas of work. Whenever possible, regional and global areas of work will be mutually reinforcing, targeting regional needs and priorities but contributing to the evaluation and global scale-up of operational guides and tools.
The UNFPA Arab States Regional Office is mandated to support the implementation of the ICPD Program of Action in the Arab Region within the framework of the Global Agenda 2030. The specialist will support regional and global needs for population and development data,addressing needs across the humanitarian-development continuum, including tracking progress on SDGs, LNOB, the ICPD progress and related indicators and indices. The specialist will take the lead on relevant research and statistical approaches, demographic analysis, and track new developments in migration and refugee statistics, and humanitarian data.As applicable, the specialist will respond to Country Office (CO) requests for technical support,and coordinate within the region and with HQ including but not limited to census, CRVS,population projections, SDGs,gender data, migration and humanitarian data.
The Technical Specialist, Data will contribute to population and development capacity strengthening in the region, census and coordinate needed expertise from a wide network of partners. S/he will lead on global data deliverables in the region. Supporting COs to generate annual updates on common operational datasets on population statistics (COD-PS), and contribute to global expert groups on innovative approaches to data challenges, including in humanitarian settings. The latter may include, but not limited to population estimates in highly mobile populations, better estimates of GBV in humanitarian settings,or rapid screening for acute vulnerabilities, among others. The Technical Specialist, Data will also support the Country Offices under the purview of the Regional Office in census work.
In the Regional Office(RO), s/he will work closely with the Regional Population and Development (PD) Adviser, Regional Humanitarian Advisor, and the ASRO Syria Regional Response Hub UNFPA. In HQ, s/he will work closely with PDB staff,and [potentially] with inter-agency technical groups, e.g. on UN Global Compact on Migration Data Sub-group; UN Legal Identity Expert Group; various humanitarian data committees, etc. S/he will excel in team communication and coordination, and bring synergies working with specialists in humanitarian data based in other ROs and in HQ.
You will report directly to the Deputy Regional Director, Secondary Supervisor on global deliverables to Chief, PDB HQ.
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA's new Strategic Plan (2018- 2021), focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender based violence and harmful practices.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody the international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
The Technical Specialist, Data will support regional needs for data in humanitarian settings and provide technical guidance, generate and execute data capacity development packages for COs and partners in the region with a focus on humanitarian settings. The incumbent will actively participate within the joint UN efforts to improve the scope and precision of data on vulnerable subpopulations of concern (e.g. pregnant women, youth/adolescents, persons with disabilities, age and sex-disaggregated data, etc.) in humanitarian situations – including enhancements to UNFPA's Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP) calculator, advice to country offices on Multi-sectoral Initial Rapid Assessments (MIRA). The specialist will support COs to generate annual common operational datasets on population statistics (COD-PS); and contribute to Humanitarian Needs Overviews (HNOs)and Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs). The Technical Specialist, Data will provide analysis of migration-related data and research to inform policy discussions with ASRO stakeholders through innovative data support in collaboration with MHub and other fora.
The Technical Specialist, Data will coordinate and deliver technical advice to COs on the generation, processing and use of modern census, the conduct of surveys, expansion of CRVS and registry data, geospatial data, and the use of these data for generating demographic intelligence. They will support the generation of UNFPA priority SDG indicators and related indices of the UNFPA mandate, and provide analytic support to periodic estimations of those at risk of key poor reproductive health outcomes and/or human rights violations, e.g. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child marriage, gender based violence (GBV)in humanitarian settings, and contribute data for the Common Country Analysis (CCA).
Main Tasks & Responsibilities You would be responsible for:
Lead UNFPA ASRO data portfolio to position UNFPA in the Arab region as a leading UN organization in population related data in development and humanitarian settings.
- Lead on the identification of the overall population data needs and processes in the Arab
- States Region including in the context of humanitarian settings including humanitarian needs overviews. Provide guidance documents such as terms of reference and concept notes for the technical planning and implementation of the different activities, research advice and methodological oversight to assure quality of data, support censuses and research activities;
- Perform the overall information and knowledge management duties for UNFPA country and regional programmes, including providing regional quality assurance on databases and key indicators in key thematic areas of responsibility in sexual and reproductive health (SRH), migration, gender equality, harmful practices, gender based violence (GBV), youth, and demographic dividend;
- Support the annual production and clearance of Common Operational Data Sets on Population Statistics (COD-PS) for all humanitarian preparedness and response countries in the region;
- Support to UNFPA country offices contributing to Humanitarian Needs Overviews (HNOs) and Humanitarian Response Plans (HRPs);
- Oversee the visualisation of UNFPA programme data, and coordinate communication flows, written, verbal and electronic with internal and external stakeholders. Coordinate and align these efforts with relevant ASRO teams including the ASRO Humanitarian Hub.
Contribute to the development of training materials and tools for population data generation, management, and analysis; contribute to the design and testing of global shared learning products; adapt and develop specialized training in response to training priorities in ASRO. Use the advancements in technology to strengthen ASRO's skills in monitoring the ICPD-based SDGs and in humanitarian settings.
- Provide the required information management and data analysis for supporting COs to generate SDG indicators, and contribute to the ICPD Monitoring Framework, and track progress in the programme evaluation in UNFPA thematic areas;
- Provide technical support and the necessary guidelines to Country Offices (COs) on the generation and use of census,expansion of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), production of national and sub-national population projections, and population estimates, including in humanitarian settings;
- Provide support and the necessary guidelines to Country Offices(COs) for generating and improving Common Operational Data Sets on population statistics (COD-PS) in alignment with humanitarian data colleagues in HQ and other Regional Offices, OCHA, and relevant ASRO teams, including the ASRO Syria Hub;
- Buildon the existing learning/training materials and in coordination with pertinent Regional Advisors advance the preparation/development of relevant training tools and resources;
- Coordinate quarterly and yearly revisions of required population data needs, respective tools, relevant sampling methodologies and be responsible for data analysis and write-up of required reports.
Perform any other duty as may be directed by the Deputy Regional Director.
Work Relations:
- External partners include national statistical offices (NSO), appropriate regional bodies, UN agencies, donor and programme countries, regional organizations including Centers of Excellence, NGOs,Academic and Research Institutions, professional associations, and regional experts in order to maintain technical networks and partnerships that ensure that evidence and thematic knowledge are integrated within ASRO functions and deliverables.
- Internal ASRO partners across all thematic and cross-cutting areas, including the Syria Response Hub, M&E staff within ASRO Country Offices;Humanitarian Office colleagues, and population data colleagues within the Population and Development Branch at HQ; and assuring regional and HQ linkages for promoting knowledge sharing; exchange of lessons learned and documentation of success stories as well as promoting an effective use of population data population for development and humanitarian preparedness and response.
Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Advanced University Degree with relevant work experience in quantitative Social Sciences, data management such as Public Health Epidemiology, Statistics, Demography, Sociology, Economics or related discipline. The graduate or post-graduate degree should be directly related to the substantive area identified in the post.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Demonstrated experience working with a range of population data sources, including census, registry and survey data; proven expertise in population estimation and projections; and prior experience in generating and delivering capacity building in humanitarian data, CRVS and registry data, the development and conduct of censuses, and the integrated use of various sources of population data, including in humanitarian settings;
- 7 years of substantiated experience in demographic or population data collection, analysis, visualization, dissemination, database management and research within an academic or development institution;
- Demonstrable knowledge and application of statistical methodologies, including strong competencies in the use of statistical packages such as R, STATA or SPSS. Expertise in demographic and statistical approaches such as regression analysis, hierarchical linear modeling, survival analysis, Bayesian (probabilistic) estimations, and small area estimation; Mastery of methods and techniques for data quality assessment, processing and analysis using a variety of health and population sources, including in humanitarian emergencies (DHS, MICS and population census);
- Ability to provide advice and guidance on the analysis, interpretation and application of data to produce regional and individual CO data for profiling and situational analysis;
- Strong interpersonal communication skills;
- Excellent report writing, strong data visualization and compelling oral presentations; Familiarity with the UN system is desirable.
Languages:
Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is required. Proficiency in French is an asset.
Required Competencies Values:
- Exemplifyingi ntegrity
- Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system
- Embracing diversity in all its forms
- Embracing change
Core Competencies:
- Achieving Results
- Being Accountable
- Developing and Applying Professional Expertise/Business Acumen
- Thinking analytically and Strategically
- Working in Teams/Managing Ourselves and our Relationships
- Communicating for Impact
Functional skillset:
Aligning data management in humanitarian settings with the organization's strategic direction;
UNFPA Work Environment
UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality,teamwork, Embracing diversity in all its forms, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. We are committed to maintaining our balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities for all including persons with disabilities.
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Working hours (%): 80-100%
80-100%Type of contract: Staff (Permanent and Fixed Term)
Duration: 1 year
Macro-area: Middle East and Northern Africa
Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than 5 years
Area of work: Health and Nutrition
Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations
