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Consultancy Title: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys GIS Expert Consultant
Section/Division/Duty Station: Division of Analysis, Planning & Monitor, Programme Group, UNICEF NYHQ
Duration: 31 January 2025 to 30 June 2026
Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote
About UNICEF
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BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:
Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) allow international locations to provide statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of a spread of indicators on the scenario of youngsters and girls, in areas resembling well being, training, early childhood growth, child safety, water and sanitation, and vitamin. For many international locations, MICS surveys are among the many most essential sources of information used for scenario analyses, coverage selections, programme interventions, and for informing the general public concerning the scenario of youngsters and girls.
Currently, the MICS programme is in its seventh spherical, with 2025 and 2026 anticipated to be the years with most survey exercise within the spherical.
In parallel to the core upkeep, growth, and servicing of the standard MICS bundle, the Programme is engaged in numerous improvements which can be at the moment mainstreaming into the Programme.
One such facet is to work on continued mainstreaming geospatial knowledge availability in MICS surveys titled “the MICS GIS Initiative”.
Scope of Work:
In order to proceed the roll-out and mainstreaming of the MICS GIS initiative, UNICEF HQ intends to interact a GIS knowledgeable advisor with earlier MICS or related family survey GIS expertise.
The integration of GIS in MICS entails operational tweaks, largely of minor items in processes and protocols, however with a couple of bigger course adjustments, resembling integrating GIS into sampling associated actions (mapping & itemizing exercise, levels of urbanisation) and to allow and automate a number of geospatial covariates on the ultimate knowledge units. The GIS area may also embody retrospective survey work, together with finalization of a geospatial knowledge repository and availability of GIS knowledge for surveys in earlier rounds of MICS.
In session with the HQ MICS Team members, as required, underneath the general supervision of the Statistics Specialist (Household surveys), the next duties are to be supported by the GIS knowledgeable advisor.
- Maintain and replace GIS-related instruments to make sure their performance and relevance for MICS7 surveys.
- Establish and handle the geospatial covariates repository whereas integrating covariates into MICS GPS datasets and documenting the method in a methodological paper.
- Integrate Degree of Urbanisation (DEGURBA) into MICS surveys, carry out DEGURBA calculations for MICS and MICS Plus surveys, and develop instruments for seamless integration, together with a methodological paper for MICS Plus.
- Support international locations with the GIS associated duties, together with the GPS Data Collection and finalisation of GIS datasets.
- Maintain and replace QGIS plugin to help GIS-related workflows in MICS.
- Provide GIS-related emergency help to international locations conducting MICS.
- Develop GIS capability-constructing supplies and ship coaching classes to boost stakeholders’ expertise.
- Provide tailor-made GIS analytical help to deal with advert-hoc requests.
- Review GPS knowledge request coming by way of the MICS web site and help the combination of NADA on the web site.
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:
Task 1: Maintenance of GIS Tools
- Maintenance of and replace MICS7 GIS-related instruments at the least twice to ensure their relevance and performance for present and future MICS surveys (22 November 2025)
- Develop three tutorial movies for using MICS GIS instruments, together with GPS Data Collection and GIS anonymisation device (30 June 2026)
Task 2: Geospatial Covariates
- Finalise a complete geospatial covariates knowledge repository (10 June 2025)
- Integrate geospatial covariates into new and present MICS surveys with GIS knowledge accessible (22 November 2025)
- Develop and finalise a methodological paper outlining approaches, processes, and purposes of geospatial covariates (30 June 2026)
- Perform upkeep to and replace the geospatial covariates repository at the least twice (30 June 2026)
Task 3: Integration of Degree of Urbanisation (DEGURBA) into the MICS surveys
- Calculate DEGURBA for MICS Plus surveys to facilitate the disaggregation of outcomes by DEGURBA (28 February 2025)
- Develop a methodological paper for the combination of the DEGURBA into the MICS Plus surveys (10 June 2025)
- Develop instruments and workflows to streamline DEGURBA integration into MICS7 (22 November 2025)
- Perform DEGURBA calculations for MICS surveys to boost spatial analyses (05 February 2026)
- Test updates on integrating DEGURBA into the geographical displacement methodology of cluster geocodes (30 June 2026)
Task 4: GIS – Related Survey Support
- Prepare the GIS datasets for 4 surveys (16 whole), together with the evaluate, cleansing and anonymisation of the GPS datasets, and the Survey Boundaries (28 February 2025)
- Prepare the GIS datasets for 4 surveys (16 whole), together with the evaluate, cleansing and anonymisation of the GPS datasets, and the Survey Boundaries (10 June 2025)
- Prepare the GIS datasets for 4 surveys (16 whole), together with the evaluate, cleansing and anonymisation of the GPS datasets, and the Survey Boundaries (22 November 2025)
- Prepare the GIS datasets for 4 surveys (16 whole), together with the evaluate, cleansing and anonymisation of the GPS datasets, and the Survey Boundaries (05 February 2026)
- Support two surveys for GPS knowledge assortment and the era of the GIS datasets, together with the evaluate, cleansing and anonymisation of the GPS datasets, and the Survey Boundaries (30 June 2026)
Task 5: QGIS Plugin (MICS Geocode Plugin) Maintenance
- Update the QGIS plugin to help GIS-related processes (e.g., geographical displacement of cluster geocodes and geospatial covariates calculation), making certain reliability for 2025 (28 February 2025)
- Perform evaluate of suggestions to and replace the QGIS plugin for 2026 (30 June 2026)
Task 6: GIS Emergency Support
- Prepare 2 progress experiences detailing GIS-related emergency help supplied to 2 international locations, addressing pressing spatial analytical or operational necessities in 2025 (28 February 2025)
- Prepare 2 progress experiences detailing GIS-related emergency help supplied to at least one nation, addressing pressing spatial analytical or operational necessities in 2026 (30 June 2026)
Task 7: Capacity Building in MICS GIS
- Develop 2 units of complete GIS capability-constructing supplies, together with displays, pattern knowledge, manuals, and coaching sources, particularly to deal with template coaching for particular person surveys – one set of supplies for advocative and planning efforts and a second for the information finalisation and evaluation part (10 June 2025)
- Deliver 2 MICS GIS capability-constructing trainings for two surveys to UNICEF Country Offices and National Statistical Offices in 2025 (5 February 2026)
- Deliver 2 MICS GIS capability-constructing trainings for two surveys to UNICEF Country Offices and National Statistical Offices in 2026 (30 June 2026)
Task 8: Ad-Hoc GIS Analytical Support
- Prepare 2 progress experiences detailing advert-hoc GIS analytical help to deal with particular requests and distinctive challenges supplied to 10 MICS implementing international locations in 2025 (22 November 2025)
- Prepare 1 progress report detailing GIS-related work, such because the era of thematic maps and different analytical outputs in 2026 (30 June 2026)
Task 9: MICS Programme Website Support
- Prepare a set of complete survey-based mostly datasets for 16 surveys for harmonisation with the combination of NADA into the MICS Programme web site (dealt with by the Data Advocacy and Communication Unit, Data & Analytics Section), i.e., match dataset variables with web site NADA classes (28 February 2025)
- Review and course of at the least 100 monthly GPS knowledge requests submitted on-line by way of the MICS Programme web site (dealt with by the Data Advocacy and Communication Unit, Data & Analytics Section) (30 June 2026)
Qualifications
Education:
Advanced college diploma (Bachelors) in Geography or Social Sciences with vital GIS-related coursework and vital measurement or evaluation elements.
Work expertise:
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *:
- A minimal of two (2) years of expertise with geospatial work in family surveys is required. Experience with MICS knowledge on this facet is most popular.
- Expert expertise in QGIS and ArcGIS is a requirement.
- Experience with SPSS is extremely fascinating.
- Experience with the MICS CSPro knowledge assortment platform by way of fieldwork assignments (Supervisor or Interviewer) through the sixth or seventh spherical of MICS is most popular.
- Knowledge of the Global MICS Programme is fascinating.
- Excellent information of MS Office is important.
- Fluency in English is a requirement. Knowledge of different official United Nations. languages, particularly Arabic, French, Russian or Spanish is a bonus.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal expertise.
- Demonstrated skill to work in a multicultural setting and set up harmonious and efficient relationships with nationwide companions.
Requirements:
Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and
– Upload copy of educational credentials
– Financial proposal that may embody/ mirror :
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- the prices per every deliverable and the full lump-sum for the entire task (in US$) to undertake the phrases of reference.
- journey prices and each day subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or journey is required as per TOR.
- Any different estimated prices: visa, medical health insurance, and dwelling prices as relevant.
- Indicate your availability
– Any emergent / unexpected responsibility journey and associated bills shall be lined by UNICEF.
– At the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate will need to have in place present medical health insurance protection.
– Payment {of professional} charges shall be based mostly on submission of agreed passable deliverables. UNICEF reserves the proper to withhold fee in case the deliverables submitted are less than the required customary or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the advisor.
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 underneath a distinct visa, the advisor and his/her family members are required to vary their visa standing to G4, and the advisor’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 underneath the visa held previous to switching to G4.
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of
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Remarks:
Individuals engaged underneath a consultancy won’t be thought of “staff members” underneath 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 (resembling depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service shall 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 fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.
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