Consultant - Capacity Development, Data For Now initiative, New York

United Nations; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

The United Nations invites applications for a Consultant - Capacity Development under the Data For Now initiative, within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. This role emphasizes delivering a detailed workplan, producing progress reports, and developing metadata guidance in collaboration with the project team.

Responsibilities include timely delivery of outputs, engagement with country partners, and coordination with UNSD project colleagues to ensure quality, readability, and

Qualifications

• Output 1: Detailed workplan with key outputs and targets.
• Output 2: Monthly report on progress according to listed tasks.
• Output 3: Final revised draft of the metadata guidance developed under Data for Now and the Collaborative of Administrative Data.
• Output 4: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks.
• 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.
• Output 7: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of the listed tasks.
• Output 8: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of the listed tasks.
• Output 9: Final report providing an overview of all contributions and next steps for the project.

Responsibilities

• By 1 December: Detailed workplan with outputs and targets.
• By 1 January: Monthly progress report on activities per tasks.
• By 1 February: Monthly progress report and draft final guidance revision.

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Consultant - Capacity Development, Data For Now initiative

Job Opening

Job Opening ID: 285587

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Job Family : Statistics

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

Recruitment Type : Consultant

Department/Office : Department of Economic and Social Affairs

• By 1 December: o Output 1: Detailed workplan with key outputs and targets o Output 2: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks o Output 3: Final revised draft of the metadata guidance developed under Data for Now and the Collaborative of Administrative Data
• By 1 January: o Output 4: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks
• By 1 February: o Output 5: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks o Output 6: Draft Annual Progress Report for submission to donors
• By 1 March: o Output 7: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks
• By 31 March: o Output 8: Monthly report on the progress on the implementation of activities according to the listed tasks o 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