National Individual Consultant – Data Analyst at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Job Title: National Individual Consultant: Data Analyst, Abuja, Nigeria – NOB

Description
How you can make a difference:

• UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices.
• These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
• In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
• UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Purpose of Consultancy

• The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical leadership and oversight in the management, cleaning, and statistical analysis of data collected during the Emergency
• Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) assessment in selected states.
• The consultant will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and usability of the dataset support the production of high-quality analytical reports and evidence-based recommendations. 
• Under the supervision of the Assistance Representative, the consultant will support the development of digital data collection tools, perform real-time data quality assurance,
• and lead the statistical interpretation of survey results.
• The consultancy will also provide key data outputs, including cleaned datasets, statistical tables, charts, and graphs to guide report writing and policy dialogue.

Scope of Work – Description of  Services, Activities, or Outputs

• Lead the development of the electronic data collection system using CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing) tools, including scripting of questionnaires with built-in validation checks and skip logic.
• Review and contribute to the refinement of training materials, including user guides, field protocols, and mobile tool operation manuals.
• Facilitate training sessions for data collectors, with a focus on digital data entry, quality assurance procedures, and troubleshooting during fieldwork.
• Participate in all preparatory and planning meetings to ensure technical readiness for data collection.
• Provide technical oversight and daily quality checks of incoming data during fieldwork, including real-time validation, troubleshooting, and guidance to field
  teams on correcting errors.
• Coordinate with field teams to monitor data collection activities, provide supportive supervision, and ensure adherence to sampling plans and data quality standards.
• Review and validate data capture, collation, and coding processes, ensuring consistency, completeness, and alignment with predefined indicators.
• Review and clean the site list codes derived from the sampling frame to support accurate field-level data tracing.
• Develop and implement a data cleaning protocol and conduct iterative data cleaning to prepare a reliable dataset for analysis and preliminary findings.
• Analyze state-specific datasets, generate descriptive and inferential statistics, and support interpretation in collaboration with technical staff.
• Merge and harmonize datasets from the three project states to enable comparative and aggregate-level analysis.
• Produce statistical outputs including tables, charts, and graphs, and contribute to the interpretation of results for use in the draft and final technical reports.
• Work closely with the report writing consultant to provide cleaned datasets and summary findings needed for the state-level and consolidated reports.
• Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Country Representative or Deputy Representative in support of the successful delivery of the assessment.

Additional Information:
Place where the services are to be delivered:

• Adamawa, Kwara, and Sokoto States, Nigeria

Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy, etc.): 

• The consultant shall submit all electronic and hard copies of deliverables to the Assistant Representative

Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline: 

• The consultant shall submit a weekly progress report and provide periodic updates (as applicable) to the Assistant Representative.

Supervisory arrangements: 

• The consultant will work directly under the Assistant Representative. The Resident Representative, Deputy Representative and Head, Population and Development Unit shall provide overall oversight to the consultant in the execution of the ToR.

Expected travel: 

• To be determined.

Educational Qualification

• Post-Graduate University Degree in Statistics, Demography, Computer Science or other related field with experience in database management.

Knowledge and Experience:

• At least 3 years of professional experience, and strong technical knowledge and expertise in mobile data collection technologies and applications.
• Experience in undertaking any Health facilities assessment Survey is desirable.
• Proficiency in the following – Current Microsoft Office software applications, Statistical Packages (STATA) and Geo-spatial packages (GIS).
• Extensive experience conducting reproducible and well-documented data analysis using STATA, including data cleaning, management, statistical modeling, and automation of analytical workflows to ensure consistency and transparency across projects.

Languages:

• Excellent command of oral and written English is essential.
• Working knowledge of other major local languages is desirable.

Inputs/services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable: 

• Remote work  

Required Competencies:
Values:

• Exemplifying integrity
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system
• Embracing cultural diversity
• Embracing change

Core Competencies: 

• Achieving results
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen
• Being accountable
• Thinking analytically and strategically
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships.

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to lead, develop and motivate a diverse team
• Advocacy/advancing a policy-oriented agenda 
• Results-based programme development and management
• Leveraging the resources of national governments and
  partners/building strategic alliances and partnerships
•  Innovation and marketing of new approaches
• Resource mobilization for Programme Activities

Work Environment:

• UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply.
• Individuals from minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply.
• UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA’s workforce.

Compensation and Benefits
This consultancy assignment offers an attractive remuneration package.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is on 6th July, 2025; 17:00 Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Official Job Website: https://www.unfpa.org/jobs

Note

• Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks. 
• UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. 
• This consultancy assignment is only for Nigerian Nationals.