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Consultancy Title: Household survey consultant for Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Section/Division/Duty Station: Division of Analysis, Planning & Monitor, Programme Group, UNICEF NYHQ

Duration: 15 March 2025 to fifteen June 2026

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote

 

About UNICEF

If you’re a dedicated, inventive skilled and are obsessed with making an enduring difference for kids, the world’s main kids’s rights group want to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been engaged on the bottom in 190 nations and territories to advertise kids’s survival, safety and growth. The world’s largest supplier of vaccines for growing nations, UNICEF helps child well being and vitamin, good water and sanitation, high quality primary schooling for all girls and boys, and the safety of youngsters from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded completely by the voluntary contributions of people, companies, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 workers in additional than 145 nations.

 

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment: 

MICS allows nations to provide statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of a spread of indicators on the state of affairs of youngsters and ladies, in areas equivalent to well being, schooling, early childhood growth, child safety, vitamin, water, sanitation, and hygiene.  For many nations, MICS surveys are among the many most necessary sources of knowledge used for state of affairs analyses, coverage choices, programme interventions, and for informing the general public concerning the state of affairs of youngsters and ladies. 

Currently, the MICS programme is in its seventh spherical, whereas finishing the previous few surveys from the sixth spherical. The seventh spherical of MICS helps, along with the face-to-face MICS family surveys, MICS Plus, MICS Link, MICS GIS and MICS Tabulator growth.

The Data Collection Unit is at present engaged on the event of a brand new survey module to measure foundational studying (FL) expertise in studying and math in early and late main. It can be supporting the scaling up of a brand new module to hyperlink MICS knowledge and Education Management Information Systems (EMIS). National survey groups require technical assist to discipline check the brand new FL module. An rising variety of nations are becoming a member of the seventh spherical of MICS and require specialised assist to roll out the brand new FL module in addition to technical help to operationalize the MICS Link to EMIS. This work contains growth of implementation instruments associated to and steerage throughout survey planning, questionnaire customization, pre-check of questionnaires, customization of tabulation plans, fieldworkers coaching, fieldwork monitoring, knowledge evaluation and report drafting.

 

Scope of Work:

This project will contribute to the next outcomes: (1) Support the sphere testing and roll out in MICS of the brand new Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0) for reporting on SDG 4.1.1a (early main) and 4.1.1b (late main); (2) Provide specialised help to nations within the design and operationalization of MICS Link to EMIS; and (3) Support the design and implementation of MICS surveys.

 

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

1. Support the sphere testing and roll out in MICS of the brand new Foundational Learning Module (FLM2.0) for reporting on SDG 4.1.1a (early main) and 4.1.1b (late main). Total variety of anticipated discipline assessments: 4        

1. A set of paperwork on accomplished trainings, fieldwork monitoring actions, and interviewer debriefings for every discipline check.
2. A set of finalized instruments for every accomplished discipline check together with: interviewers’ manuals, pupil booklets, and questionnaires with diversifications ensuing from discipline testing.
3. A set of ultimate commonplace instruments required to assist the rollout of the brand new FLM2.0 in MICS, together with: customization pointers, tabulation plan, discipline check tables, survey findings report narrative, and coaching supplies for UNICEF regional groups and Training of Trainers (ToTs).
4. A report on specialised help to nations within the implementation of the brand new module together with documentation on accomplished coaching and high quality assurance, customization and implementation for every survey supported, together with revised personalized instruments, and instruments developed to assist the implementation (15 May 2025, 31 Aug 2025, 31 Dec 2025, 31 Mar 2026, 15 Jun 2026)

2. Provide specialised help to nations within the design and operationalization of MICS Link to EMIS. Total variety of anticipated surveys 4-5:

5. A set of paperwork on accomplished coaching and high quality assurance of the customization and operationalization of the MICS Link to EMIS module for every survey supported, together with finalized questions, personalized feasibility evaluation, discipline check tables, tabulation plan, and survey findings report narrative describing the customization course of.
6. Compilation of classes discovered and suggestions for steady refinement and strengthening of feasibility evaluation, steerage and implementation instruments (15 Sep 2025, 15 Dec 2025, 15 Mar 2026, 15 Jun 2026)

3. Support the design and implementation of MICS in two nations in ESAR

7. A set of paperwork on survey design, implementation and assist to MICS, particularly, finalised Survey Plan and Budget, Sampling Plan, Questionnaires, Training agenda and associated supplies, Tabulation Plan, and draft Survey Final Report and Snapshots for every survey supported (31 Jul 2025, 31 Nov 2025, 15 Mar 2026)

 

Qualifications

Education: 

Advanced college diploma (Masters) in Social Sciences, Demography, Statistics, Epidemiology, or different associated technical discipline with important parts on statistics, quantitative/qualitative analysis or survey strategies is required.

 

Work expertise:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *: 

• At least 8 years of working expertise in implementation of family surveys at nationwide stage -prior nationwide MICS coordination expertise required.
• Experience in customization of family survey devices and protocols to the native context, together with cultural adaptation of questionnaires and moral protocols.
• Experience in methods and protocols to pilot and discipline check family survey devices.
• Experience supporting nationwide survey groups within the customization, coaching and implementation of survey modules associated to the measurement of foundational studying expertise, integration of MICS and EMIS knowledge.
• Excellent organizational expertise and skill to prioritize and handle a number of duties;
• Demonstrated capability to work in a multicultural atmosphere and set up harmonious and efficient relationships with nationwide companions;
• Strong writing and interpersonal communication expertise.
• Demonstrable experience in knowledge entry application design utilizing CSPro.
• Demonstrable experience in knowledge evaluation with a robust command of statistical software program, significantly Excel, SPSS or Stata. R, Python and GitHub expertise is a big asset, specifically growing and sustaining reproducible codes. The candidate should be adept at using these instruments for advanced knowledge manipulation, evaluation, and visualization to assist resolution-making processes.
• Native or close to-native proficiency in English (oral and written) is required. Knowledge of one other UN language is an asset. Knowledge of native African languages is an asset.

 

Requirements:

Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and

– Upload copy of educational credentials

– Financial proposal that can embody/ mirror :

• • the prices per every deliverable and the overall lump-sum for the entire project (in US$) to undertake the phrases of reference.
  • journey prices and every day subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or journey is required as per TOR.
  • Any different estimated prices: visa, medical insurance, and dwelling prices as relevant.
  • Indicate your availability

– Any emergent / unexpected responsibility journey and associated bills will likely be lined by UNICEF.

– At the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate should have in place present medical insurance protection.

– Payment {of professional} charges will likely be based mostly on submission of agreed passable deliverables. UNICEF reserves the proper to withhold cost in case the deliverables submitted are less than the required commonplace or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa data:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, ought to the chosen candidate and his/her family members reside within the United States below a special visa, the consultant and his/her family members are required to vary their visa standing to G4, and the consultant’s family members (partner) would require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to have the ability to work, even when he/she was licensed to work below the visa held previous to switching to G4.  

Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of

For each Child, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here

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UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict child safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Individuals engaged below a consultancy is not going to be thought-about “staff members” below the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (equivalent to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for your complete interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of absolutely-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and are usually not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF for the length of their consultancy contracts.