The consultant will provide technical coordination and support for a multi-national project on:

• Strengthening population data systems in humanitarian settings;  
• Generating new insights into the drivers and consequences of adolescent/youth migration to/through major city transit hubs in the Middle East, North and East Africa; and
• Demographic data quality assessments and descriptive statistical analyses of population/demographic data from refugee and humanitarian settings.

The consultant will provide coordination and research assistance to Population and Development Branch’s (PDB) mixed migration and humanitarian data projects. Responsibilities will include:

• Program coordination with UNFPA country offices, regional offices, and institutional partners;
• Conducting and supporting background research;
• Maintaining bibliographic databases and constructing literature reviews;
• Supporting the quality assessment of field-based data collection work, and quality assurance of field operations;
• Contributing to periodic mixed-methods analyses;
• Provide ongoing communication and routine note-taking during meetings, focus group discussions, and workshops;

Interim deadlines

• Literature review synthesis: mid-July 2017
• Weekly data quality assessment mini ports: July – August, 2017
• Mixed methods analysis report: September 30, 2017
• Draft summary report of mixed migration data: November 15, 2017 
• Final deadline: 31 December 2017

Possible travel to support consultative workshops and/or field work in the Middle East, North and East Africa

Qualifications and Experience1

• 1-2 years experience in international health/development field research
• Bachelors degree (required); Masters degree (preferred)
• Strong communication skills and expertise in project coordination
• Proven organizational capacity in complex, multi-national work environments
• Literature review construction and bibliographic database management
• Excellent writing skills, and synthesizing research/policy reports
• Prior exposure to social science methods – both qualitative and quantitative
• Prior exposure to management of human research ethics an asset
• Prior exposure to migration and SRH issues in low/middle income countries an asset
• Competency with productivity software:
•  Microsoft Office, including MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
•  Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets

Language Skills: English (essential), French (preferred) & Arabic (preferred)

How to apply

Applicants are requested to send a CV with "Coordination and Research Assistance" in the subject line to: Romesh Silva, rosilva@unfpa.org, with copy to Madeline Sacco, sacco@unfpa.org, by 14 July 2017