Duty Station: Kabul, Afghanistan* (* Currently, Kabul/Afghanistan is a non-family duty station)
Duration: 30 October - 13 December 2016
Closing Date: 29 October 2016
Purpose of the mission
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) through its 4th Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) supports the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA) in capacity enhancement in the areas of Population and Development, including data management and data utilization for policies and programmes.
UNFPA has been providing technical assistance to the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) for the conduct of the Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey (SDES). The SDES has been completed in ten provinces (Bamiyan, Ghor, Daikundi, Kabul, Parwan, Kapisa, Samangan, Takhar, Herat and Nimroz) with funding assistance from the Government of Japan, UK-DFID, and USAID.
UK-DFID is the main donor of the survey and has undertaken three annual reviews. In the last annual review, an action plan is needed in order to improve some aspects of the survey. The initial action plan has been prepared and submitted to DFID. However, in the light of the current security situation, the survey field work has been postponed and will be continued only when the security situation in the country improves. DFID has then re-focused the project to utilization and dissemination of SDES data from the 10 provinces in which the SDES has been carried out as well as capacity building for CSO staff on data analysis and data generation and exploring/proposing other data collection methods such as remote sensing, satellite imagery and area estimations.
In view of the above, the service of an experienced consultant who will draft and finalize the structured action plan that would cover the above mentioned activities from January 2017 to December 2018, is needed.
Scope of work
- Work with CSO and UNFPA staff on the preparation of a structured action plan that would cover data utilization, dissemination, capacity building, and use of SDES data to generate population characteristics of non-SDES provinces and propose other data collection methods such as remote sensing, satellite imagery and area estimations.
- The plan should cover the period January 2017 to December 2018 and should include the resources that would be required as well as the timeline of its implementation;
- Use as reference the good practices of statistical offices of other countries on data dissemination and utilization for policy making, programme development, project monitoring and other data collection methods such as remote sensing, satellite imagery and area estimations.
- Design a monitoring tool to determine the progress/development of the activities in the plan as well as the assessment tool to determine the usefulness/contribution of the activities to the over-all outcome; and
- Conduct the training for CSO staff and prepare the manual on the estimation of mortality indicators derived from SDES.
The main deliverables are the following
- Final version of a structured action plan for SDES data utilization, dissemination, capacity building and use of SDES data to generate population characteristic of non-SDES provinces; and other data collection methods such as remote sensing, satellite imagery and area estimations.
- Monitoring and assessment tools
- Training materials and report on mortality indicators
- Training for CSO staff conducted
Duration and working schedule
The consultancy period will for the duration of 35 days that would cover the first and last week as home-based. The contract would commence from 30 October to 13 December 2016. All the above listed deliverables are expected to be accomplished within the consultancy period
Under the overall guidance of the UNFPA Representative and direct supervision of the Census Technical Specialist, the consultant shall undertake the tasks mentioned above. The Technical Specialist and Programme Officer will provide technical assistance to the consultant and will attend to the consultant’s inquiries. Discussion will be scheduled whenever necessary.
Expected travel
Mainly within Kabul City
Required expertise and qualifications
- Master’s degree or higher in demography, statistics, economics, social sciences, or population and development studies;
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in the preparation of analysis of data from population censuses or socio-demographic and economic surveys;
- Experience in data dissemination, utilization and advocacy for population and development issues;
- Experience in post-conflict countries is an advantage;
- Experience in field of data gathering in challenging work environment is an advantage;
- Experience in technical capacity building or training in developing countries is considered an asset;
- Excellent writing and communication skills. Fluent spoken and written English are essential; and
- Excellent inter-personal and general communication skills.
Core Competencies
- Values/Guiding principles
- Performance coordination
- Developing people/Fostering innovation and empowerment
- Working in teams
- Communicating information and ideas/Knowledge sharing
- Appropriate and transparent decision making
- Self-management/Emotional intelligence and conflict management/Negotiating and resolving disagreements
- Analytical and strategic thinking/Results orientation
- Problem solving attitude
Functional Competencies
- Excellent spoken and written English skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Flexibility and ability to work in a pressured environment with strict deadlines
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to digest, analyze and synthesize information;
- Excellent interpersonal, cross-cultural and representational skills
Inputs / services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner
Technical assistance
Payment and benefits
The consultant will be paid upon satisfactory completion of all the deliverables under this assignment.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants with the required qualifications and experience should submit a written letter of application, a copy of curriculum vitae (CV), the completed UN P11 form (/resources/p11-un-personal-history-form) and relevant education certificates to the e-mail address: recruitment.afg@unfpa.org.
Note: Only those candidates in who meet all qualifications and experience will be contacted for further consideration.
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
