Consultant - Capacity Development, Data For Now initiative

United Nations; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United Nations in New York seeks a Consultant for Capacity Development under the Data For Now initiative. The role emphasizes delivering defined outputs by deadlines, including detailed workplans, monthly progress reports, and a final comprehensive overview for donors.

The incumbent will coordinate with the Department of Economic and Social Affairs to ensure timely, diplomatically managed engagement and the preparation of guidance materials, reports, and assessments across multiple milestones.

Job description

Consultant - Capacity Development, Data For Now initiative

Job Opening

Job Opening ID: 285587

Job Network : -

Job Family : Statistics

Category and Level : Affiliate Personnel – Consultants/Individual Contractors , CON

Recruitment Type : Consultant

Department/Office : Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Below are the outputs and performance indicators for this Consultant position:

Outputs by deadline

• By 1 December:
  • Output 1: Detailed workplan with key outputs and targets
  • Output 2: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks
  • Output 3: Final revised draft of the metadata guidance developed under Data for Now and the Collaborative of Administrative Data
• By 1 January:
  • Output 4: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks
• By 1 February:
  • Output 5: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks
  • Output 6: Draft Annual Progress Report for submission to donors
• By 1 March:
  • Output 7: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks
• By 31 March:
  • Output 8: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks
  • Output 9: Final report providing an overview of all contributions made and a recommendation for next steps for the project overall.

Performance indicators

• Communication with the countries and the degree to which in-country contacts are handled diplomatically
• Quality of the workshop contributions, assessment report and guidance materials prepared and development; including the degree of them being reader-friendly, concise, clearly structured, organized and written.
• Collaboration with the UNSD project team and other key stakeholders to the project.
• Timeliness of delivery of outputs