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Individual Consultant (m/f)

Individual Consultant (BiH national) on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) (m/f)

Vacancy Notice: SAR 2018/511132

UNICEF Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina is seeking enthusiastic and qualified candidates for the individual contract:

INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANCY (local) 

Individual Consultant (BiH national) on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)

The duration of consultancy should cover a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 18 months, depending on the time it will take to finalise the whole MICS process. Only candidates that can commit for this whole duration will be considered. 

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. Under the overall supervision of the Child Rights Monitoring/Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, the National MICS Consultant (NMC) will support and provide guidance to UNICEF BiH and BiH Agency for Statistics (BHAS) and other key implementing partners for preparation, implementation and completion of the MICS survey. 

Main Tasks Related to the Job:

1. Provide technical and managerial support to the MICS survey;
2. Present the MICS methodology, tools, and guidelines to partners/stakeholders (e.g. ministries, UN Agencies, etc.);
3. Finalize, in collaboration with partners and UNICEF Survey Plan and Budget, including timetable;
4. Ensure that the Ethical Protocol and other ethical recommendations are addressed in the survey implementation process;
5. Oversee each stage of the survey process and ensure that the MICS protocols and standards are followed by the BHAS and other key implementing partners, more specifically during training and field supervision visits;
6. Communicate regularly with the UNICEF CO, RO and/or HQ responding to all MICS related issues in a timely manner;
7. Provide monthly updates on MICS activities to the UNICEF CO/RO/HQ;
8. Coordinate the work of BHAS  and other key implementing partners specialists and UNICEF regional consultants and other resource persons assigned by the UNICEF CO and/or RO to support different survey stages;
9. Ensure that external technical reviews by experts (i.e. Regional Sampling Consultant, Regional Data Processing Consultant, and Regional Household Survey Consultant) are carried out at key survey stages and coordinate the feedback;
10. 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, etc);
11. Participate in all MICS Steering and Technical Committee meetings;
12. Participate in, and contribute to, MICS Regional Workshops;
13. Ensure that lessons learned, problems, and good practices are documented throughout the MICS process.

Essential Requirements, Qualifications and Experience:

• University degree in, Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences, Epidemiology or any other related technical field is required.
• Proven minimum of 5 year experience in the coordination and/or management of quantitative household surveys (prior MICS or Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)requested; 
• Strong computer skills and strong expertise in statistical analyses (familiarity with data processing and data analysis software, particularly SPSS);
• Experience with CAPI data collection;
• Training experience and ability to organize and facilitate training and presentations;
• Experience in data analysis and survey report writing.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communications in English and BHS language(s) required;
• Familiarity and previous experience of working in BiH and/or in the region highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and to establish harmonious and effective relationships both within and outside the organization, more specifically with National Statistical Offices;
• Demonstrated leadership, managerial and supervisory ability; Ability and willingness to travel extensively in-country and to attend regional workshops.

Please indicate your ability, availability and lump sum amount (in USD or BAM) to undertake the terms of reference above.  Applications submitted without a lump sum fee will not be considered. Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

For further details please contact Human Resources at UNICEF Office in Sarajevo, Ms. Marina Kadic at 387 33 293 606, mkadic@unicef.org 

Only online applications via: http://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/511132?lApplicationSubSourceID= shall be accepted.

Closing date for applications: 8 March 2018

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