National MICS Consultant

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Under the overall supervision of the Monitoring and Evaluation (Child Rights) Specialist, and the Survey Coordinator from the SSC, the National MICS Consultant (NMC) will support UNICEF Turkmenistan and the SSC with the preparation, implementation and completion of the MICS+ survey in Turkmenistan. The NMC will advise the SSC, especially the Survey Coordinator and sampling and data processing experts, during the MICS+ planning, questionnaire design, sampling, training, fieldwork, data processing, data analysis, and dissemination, ensuring that MICS protocols and recommendations are being followed at all times. The NMC will communicate effectively between the UNICEF CO and SSC, responding promptly to MICS related technical needs and issues as they arise.

The NMC will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the work of other resource persons UNICEF may hire to provide technical assistance to the MICS process. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the survey team, the stakeholders, and Steering and Technical Committees and will represent UNICEF in meetings and workshops in relation to the survey as needed. The NMC will also work in close collaboration with the Regional MICS Coordinator at the UNICEF Regional Office (RO) and the MICS Team at UNICEF Headquarters (HQ), as well as with the Turkmenistan MICS Team.

Main Tasks Related to the Job:

• Provide technical and facilitating support to the MICS+ survey.
• Present the MICS+ methodology, tools, and guidelines to partners/stakeholders (e.g. ministries, UN Agencies, etc.).
• Finalize, in collaboration with the SSC and UNICEF CO, the Survey Plan and Budget, including timetable and share with the Regional and Global MICS teams.
• Ensure that the Ethical Protocol and other ethical recommendations are addressed in the survey implementation process and that all MICS-related documents are shared with the Ethical Committee on time for approval.
• Oversee each stage of the survey process and ensure that the MICS+ protocols and standards are followed by the SSC, more specifically during training and monitoring.
• Communicate regularly with the UNICEF CO and/or the UNICEF MICS Team responding to all MICS related issues in a timely manner.
• Take part in the calls with the MICS teams and provide updates on MICS+ activities.
• Coordinate the work of SSC specialists and the UNICEF MICS Team and other resource persons assigned by the UNICEF CO and/or the UNICEF MICS Team to support different survey stages.
• Ensure that external technical reviews by experts (i.e., Sampling, Data Processing, and Household Survey expert consultants) are carried out at key survey stages and coordinate the feedback and response between the CO, the UNICEF MICS Team and the SSC.
• Ensure that all survey related documents and deliverables are properly archived throughout the survey process (for example: Memorandum of Understanding, Survey Plan and Budget, questionnaires, manuals, sample design, training/pre-test reports, expert reports, CAPI application, output and tabulation plan tables, syntaxes, datasets, Survey Findings Report, Statistical Snapshots, dissemination materials etc.).
• Participate in the MICS Steering and Technical Committee meetings.
• Organize, as required, and facilitate in training for interviewers and supervisors, and the national Data Interpretation and Report Compilation Workshop for MICS+.
• Ensure that lessons learned, problems, and good practices are documented throughout the MICS process and rapidly shared with the MICS community (other MICS implementing countries and the UNICEF MICS Team) through all means available.
• Provide technical guidance on the dissemination methods and tools for MICS+ data nationally and sub-nationally.

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

Education:

• University degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences or any other related technical field is required.

Skills and Experience:

• Proven minimum of 5 year experience in the coordination and/or management of quantitative household surveys.
• Strong computer skills and strong expertise in statistical analyses
• Experience with MICS or CAPI data collection.
• Training experience and ability to organize and facilitate training and presentations.
• Experience in data analysis and survey report writing.
• Excellent knowledge of Russian and English. Turkmen is desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communications in language(s) required.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and to establish harmonious and effective relationships both within and outside the organization, more specifically with State Statistics Committee

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/580145

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