Consultancy assignment: Supporting UNICEF Activities for Child Mortality Estimation in New York, USA.
If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you.
Purpose:
UNICEF, the world’s leading organization working for the rights of children, seeks a consultant to further maintain, update and optimize the child mortality database, assist in generating child mortality estimates, in preparing for country consultations, preparing for the Child Mortality Report under the supervision of the Statistics and Monitoring specialist in Data and Analytics Section, Division of Data, Research and Policy. For more information, see the TERMS OF REFERENCE and visit the UNICEF website.
Minimum requirements and competencies:
- Minimum Master Degree in statistics, demography or public health.
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in the area of database management, demographic and statistical analysis.
- Advanced experience in statistical programming with R or Splus.
- Detail-oriented.
- Excellent communication and writing skills. • Ability to take initiatives and work independently.
- Creativity and enthusiasm.
- Ability to work well in a team environment.
- Fluent in English.