Data and Monitoring Consultant for Child Protection and Early Childhood Development, Office of Strategy and Evidence

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How can you make a difference?

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide support to the CPDD team in the areas of ECD and with respect to some specific topics within child protection, namely birth registration, violence and children living outside of family care. The consultant will be supervised by the Senior Adviser, Statistics, Child Protection, Development and Disability within the Data and Analytics Section of the Office of Strategy and Evidence - Innocenti.

The consultant will be responsible for supporting with the preparation and production of data-driven products and publications, designing and advancing methodological work, undertaking capacity-building efforts and outreach/dissemination initiatives, and providing technical assistance to countries.

Specific Tasks

• Data compilation, preparing draft charts/tables/maps and drafting accompanying key messages and technicalnotes, drafting short pieces of text, fact-checking, and proofreading/reviewing data-driven publications duringthe design/layout stage
• Design and support methodological work to develop, validate and launch new data collection tools
• Design and promote the adoption and uptake of statistical classifications
• Undertake and facilitate capacity-building efforts, workshops and initiatives
• Provide technical assistance to countries for the implementation of data activities and to ensure the effective useand interpretation of data to inform programming

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC ToR.pdf .

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

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Masters’ Degree in Demography, public health, other social sciences field
• Work Experience:
  • At least 10 years of experience working in the area of data, statistics and monitoring, preferably at the international level as well as in project management, preferably around data activities and initiatives.
  • Demonstrated previous experience with data compilation and analysis and preparation of data content for publications.
  • Demonstrated previous experience with designing and implementing testing and validation of data collection instruments.
• Language requirement: Fluency in English is required
• Skills:
• Technical knowledge and expertise on data related to the topics of ECD and child protection.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills in interacting with colleagues at all levels.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills.
• Ability to take ownership and initiative and can work both independently and effectively in a team environment.

Desirables:

Exposure to international professional contexts and/or multicultural environments within the United Nations System.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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