The consultant will provide technical coordination and support for a multi-national project on:
- Strengthening population data systems in humanitarian settings;
- Generating new insights into the drivers and consequences of adolescent/youth migration to/through major city transit hubs in the Middle East, North and East Africa; and
- Demographic data quality assessments and descriptive statistical analyses of population/demographic data from refugee and humanitarian settings.
The consultant will provide coordination and research assistance to Population and Development Branch’s (PDB) mixed migration and humanitarian data projects. Responsibilities will include:
- Program coordination with UNFPA country offices, regional offices, and institutional partners;
- Conducting and supporting background research;
- Maintaining bibliographic databases and constructing literature reviews;
- Supporting the quality assessment of field-based data collection work, and quality assurance of field operations;
- Contributing to periodic mixed-methods analyses;
- Provide ongoing communication and routine note-taking during meetings, focus group discussions, and workshops;
Interim deadlines
- Literature review synthesis: mid-July 2017
- Weekly data quality assessment mini ports: July – August, 2017
- Mixed methods analysis report: September 30, 2017
- Draft summary report of mixed migration data: November 15, 2017
- Final deadline: 31 December 2017
Possible travel to support consultative workshops and/or field work in the Middle East, North and East Africa
Qualifications and Experience1
- 1-2 years experience in international health/development field research
- Bachelors degree (required); Masters degree (preferred)
- Strong communication skills and expertise in project coordination
- Proven organizational capacity in complex, multi-national work environments
- Literature review construction and bibliographic database management
- Excellent writing skills, and synthesizing research/policy reports
- Prior exposure to social science methods – both qualitative and quantitative
- Prior exposure to management of human research ethics an asset
- Prior exposure to migration and SRH issues in low/middle income countries an asset
- Competency with productivity software:
- Microsoft Office, including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
- Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets
Language Skills: English (essential), French (preferred) & Arabic (preferred)
How to apply
Applicants are requested to send a CV with "Coordination and Research Assistance" in the subject line to: Romesh Silva, rosilva@unfpa.org, with copy to Madeline Sacco, sacco@unfpa.org, by 14 July 2017
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
