UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Family Type
Family
Residential location (if applicable)
Grade
PR3
Staff Member / Affiliate Type
Professional
- Staff members will not normally serve in International Professional positions in the country of their nationality. In addition, in case of a first appointment upon recruitment, the assignment must be outside the staff member’s country of nationality.
In practical terms this means that you are not eligible to apply for International Professional vacancies advertised in the country where you are national of.
Reason
Regular > Regular Assignment
Remote work accepted
No
Target Start Date
2024-08-01
Job Posting End Date
December 21, 2023
Standard Job Description
Statistics and Data Analysis Officer
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
The UNHCR Data Transformation Strategy 2020-2025 envisions that by 2025 UNHCR becomes a trusted leader on data and information related to refugees and other persons of concern, thereby enabling actions to protect and to empower persons of concern. The Strategy stipulates investing in four complementary priority areas: data management and governance; information systems; capacities and skill development; and culture for evidence-informed decision-making. The strategy envisages data and information management functions in UNHCR carried out in a complementary and inter-linked manner between Headquarters Divisions and Services, Regional Bureaux, Country Operations and key external partners, including persons of concern.
Under the supervision of the Senior Statistics and Data Analysis Officer, Senior Statistician, Senior DIMA Coordinator or other designated manager, the Statistics and Data Analysis Officer is responsible for supporting statistical and data analysis activities in the relevant Offices or Service for evidence-informed planning, advocacy, and coordination.
As a member of the data and information management team within an office or a service, his/her primary functions are to help coordinate and support statistical and data analysis activities, provide relevant technical expertise and advice, and serve as a liaison with other UNHCR offices, technical sectors and partners on related statistical and data issues. This includes programme and protection colleagues, technical units (e.g. health, livelihoods, shelter, energy, and education) as well as key external stakeholders and other agencies, including Government partners in the national statistical system.
The Statistics and Data Analysis Officer provides technical support for the design, data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination stages of the statistical process. S/he will provide the necessary quality assurance and technical support for statistical and data analysis activities to Headquarters, the Regional Bureaux, and operations; ensure these processes are in accordance with technical and ethical statistical standards; and undertake regional or country-specific statistical and data analysis activities.
Relevant activities include coordination of or support to: the production of official statistics; statistical support for assessment, targeting, and monitoring activities; indicator development and reporting; application and evaluation of statistical and analytical methodologies and tools; statistical analysis and dissemination; sampling and survey design; statistical estimation and triangulation; data anonymisation; and promotion and monitoring of ethical standards for statistics in UNHCR and partner activities.
S/He provides support on statistical matters to the technical services, country and regional offices, depending on location; for liaising with relevant global, regional and national bodies on statistical matters; monitoring the quality of statistics and application of statistical methods in country/regional offices or Headquarters; supporting the implementation of global, regional or country-based data and information management strategies and systems; capacity building of staff, partners and national authorities on statistics and data analysis; and to communicate the status, value and importance of statistics and analysis.
S/he will support multi-stakeholder, multi-sector, and multi-country activities in relation to planning, funding and advocacy efforts, as well as internal and external assessments, regional and country-based planning and monitoring activities.
All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.
Duties
Strategy/Standards/Policy
- Contribute to data, information management and registration strategies with statistical and data analysis elements with a vision on the use of statistics and analytical data products, particularly in planning, programming and advocacy, at the country, regional and HQ levels as appropriate.
- Input into the processes establishing or implementing UNHCR’s policies and procedures on planning and reporting on UNHCR’s operational activities (results-based management and planning figures).
- Provide technical advice on statistical analyses and indicators; take part in regional planning processes (regional RRP, regional migration response plans, etc.) and in those at the country level as appropriate and where support is needed.
- Contribute to the development or revision of statistical concepts, definition, standards and classifications used in UNHCR for research and decision-making.
- Contribute to the development of new or improved statistical methods and quantitative models for analyses and projections on forced displacement and statelessness.
- Ensure coherence and compliance with organisational standards, methodologies, and support for data analysis activities such as surveys, secondary data reviews, targeting and vulnerability assessments, indicator definition, population estimation, statistical analysis, predictive analytics, big data, international recommendations, data visualisation, official statistics and other statistical and data analysis activities.
- For all data collection or statistical analysis activities, lead in developing plans and monitor implementation to ensure statistics and analysis are of highest standards.
- Ensure statistical and analytical products produced by UNHCR or with partners meet required standards and are compliant with relevant policies to uphold integrity, veracity, reliability and credibility.
Implementation/Delivery/Support
- Compile, consolidate, validate and disseminate official statistics on populations of concern to UNHCR at country, region or global level, including annual statistics.
- Contribute to the development or revision of methodological approaches and standards for statistical surveys conducted by UNHCR or partner organizations in support of monitoring, assessment, targeting, evaluation, operational plans and results reporting.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of relevant statistical analytical products and oversee their production, including quality assurance.
- Undertake data analysis activities, including on persons of concern derived from UNHCR’s data systems such as, registration and identity management, results-based management, back office or other sectoral data systems.
- In coordination with sectoral and other data staff, apply statistical scenarios and models based on historical, recent and seasonal information to support comparative country, regional and global analysis, including political and sociodemographic trends.
- Advise on the appropriate methods and tools to be used in statistical and data analysis activities to be undertaken in region or country, or by other Headquarters units.
- In coordination with sectoral and other data staff, review indicators to be used to report on UNHCR’s populations of concern and develop new ones in line with international standards (SMART).
- In close collaboration with relevant experts, analyse technical and sectoral reports and recommend required follow-up actions with regard to the strengthening of statistics and data analysis.
- Draft statistical reports for UNHCR and/or with partners.
- Contribute to the preparation of analytical reports, manuals and web sites in the area of forced displacement and statelessness in the region, notably with regard to statistical methods.
- With information management staff, ensure consistency in the analytical approach at global, regional and/or country level, including for the purpose of cross-border analysis and response.
Partnerships/Coordination
- Contribute to partnerships and activities relevant to statistics and data analysis in the country, region, or globally and engage with country operations, partners and Governments, as appropriate.
- Participate on behalf of UNHCR in meetings or conferences.
- Represent UNHCR’s position in regard to refugee statistics and statistical methods with external bodies.
Capacity Building
- Design and implement capacity strengthening activities for UNHCR and other stakeholders, including national statistical partners on statistics.
- Organize and participate in missions, workshops, seminars, working groups and expert meetings as a regional technical resource person, providing technical documents and drafting relevant reports.
- Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
- Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For P3/NOC – 6 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 5 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 4 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education
Social Sciences; Statistics; Demography; Geography/GIS
Epidemiology Economics Physical Sciences Data Science or related field
Certificates and/or Licenses
Operational Data Management Learning Program
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
- 4 years in data or statistical field, 2 years in international context, 2 years in humanitarian or development situation.
- Experience with national and/or international statistical systems.
- Experience with data analysis in developmental or humanitarian contexts.
- Strong understanding of the principles and concepts of international protection and UNHCR.
- Experience in data collection and analysis in field situations.
- Ability to translate planning-specifications into technical briefs for data collection and analysis, and vice versa.
- Understanding of different data collection methodologies.
- Familiarity with planning, programming, strategic planning, project development, budgeting and resource mobilization.
- Experience working with partners, including host and donor Governments, humanitarian and development partners.
Desirable
- Field experience, preferably in the context of UNHCR.
- Knowledge of international protection, human rights and international humanitarian law.
- Demonstrated knowledge of UNHCR and interagency policies, standards, programmes and operations.
- Knowledge of GIS and geospatial systems and techniques.
- Understanding of civil registration and other national population registration systems.
- Experience working with or in national statistical offices.
Functional Skills
DM-Data collection methodologies
DM-Data Management
DM-Database Design & Development
DM-Data Collection and Analysis
DM-Metadata Creation & Management
IM-Statistics Analysis
DM-Open Source Software & Data
DM-Population census and econometrics
DM-Protection Data Management Systems
CL-Cluster Information Management Tools, Resources and Approaches
PG-Needs Assessment and Response Analysis
DM-Data Interoperability
DM-Data governance, quality assurance and preservation
DM-Data science methodologies
DM-Development of and revision of data standards
DM-Qualitative data analysis
DM-Quantitative data analysis
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Fluency in English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination and abuse of power.
As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.
This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.
Desired Candidate Profile
Experience working in statistics, ideally an international context in humanitarian or development situation.
Experience with national and/or international statistical systems and experience of working with national statistics offices.
Strong understanding of the principles and concepts of international protection and UNHCR.
Familiarity with UNHCR population statistics reporting.
Experience working with partners, including host and donor Governments, humanitarian and development partners.
The ideal candidate will have an intimate knowledge of the EGRISS Recommendations and Compilers Manuals and familiarity methodological aspects related to EGRISS implementation and/or promotion.
Proficiency in the use of statistical language R is key.
Previous experience of working in the America and knowledge of the regions is an asset.
Spanish language is an asset.
Required languages (expected Overall ability is at least B2 level):
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Desired languages
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Operational context
Occupational Safety and Health Considerations
To view occupational safety and health considerations for this duty station, please visit this link: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel
Nature of Position
This position is based at UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for the Americas in Panama City. The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Senior DIMA Coordinator.
The incumbent will be responsible for supporting all operations in the Americas in the production and reporting of UNHCR Official statistics for the Americas region, i.e. Annual Statistical Reports and Mid-Year Statistical Reports, as well as for reviewing and validating of the reports. The incumbent will be also responsible for supporting the Nowcasting official estimates for the Americas.
He/she will monitor the quality of statistics and application of statistical methods in country operations and Multi Country Offices in the region.
Another key area of responsibility is support for statistics inclusion of forcibly displaced and stateless in national statistical systems and EGRISS implementation, both through supporting country operation in their advocacy and projects with Nation Statistical Offices and Systems, and through regional processes, specifically SICA-CENTROESTAD, MIRPS and ECLAC / Statistical Commission of the Americas. S/he will promote the forging of regional partnerships in the area of statistics.
The incumbent will also support the relationship with the UNHCR-World Bank Joint Data Center at technical level on JDC-supported projects in the Americas in support of statistical inclusion and other related projects.
S/he will also closely coordinate within DIMA and with other Units and Pillars in support of validating figures for infographics, dashboard and other products and validating figures for a wide range or reports including the regional chapters of flagship reports such as the Global Appeal and Global Report, and in supporting quality assurance of COMPASS indicators, particularly those related to statistics or derived from secondary microdata coming from national household surveys and censuses.
The incumbent will be in close contact with the Statistics and Demographics Section in the Global Data Service. He/she will lead capacity building of staff, partners and national authorities on statistics and data analysis; and to communicate the status, value and importance of statistics and analysis.
Living and Working Conditions
Panama City is classified ‘A’ Duty Station (Family) and has good infrastructure (health, housing, banking, transportation, telecommunications and recreational facilities) and good supply of goods and services, with no particular health hazards. -In terms of security Panama is relatively safe compared to other cities throughout Latin America and it is rated as security level ‘1 minimal’ whereas for Darién Province (border with Colombia) it is security level ‘2 low’. The city is a communication hub and it is possible to fly to all countries of the region with direct flights and it offers good options for travelling in general. -UNHCR offices are located in the Canal Zone, in a green area outside the city centre called ‘Ciudad del Saber’ where most of the other UN Agencies are also located, as well as International Schools, NGOs and research centres, etc. -The cost of living is relatively high for the region (reflected in the post adjustment), especially for housing and health, but it is easy to find accommodation on the private market, including in the area of the office in houses or in the city centre towers in modern apartments. Most of the food is imported except for sea products and some fruits and vegetables. There is a wide range of international schools, several of them offering IB curriculum including some in the office area. -In terms of recreational activities, Panama being a hub for the purchasing of goods for neighbouring countries, the city offers a lot of malls and doing shopping and going to malls is a common week end activity. Cultural offer is limited but there is a good offer of restaurants and a dynamic nightlife. Beaches on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts are reachable within one hour by car or by boat directly from the city and there are some options for hiking too. There is also a relatively good range of sports activities.
Skills
Additional Qualifications
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA): Data Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Demography, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Economics, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Epidemiology, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Bachelor of Arts (BA): Geography, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Physical Sciences, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Social Science, Bachelor of Arts (BA): Statistics
Certifications
HCR Operational Data Management Learning Program – UNHCR
Work Experience
Competencies
Accountability, Analytical thinking, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Empowering & building trust, Innovation & creativity, Judgement & decision making, Organizational awareness, Teamwork & collaboration, Technological awareness
UNHCR Salary Calculator
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Compendium
Add. 2 to Bi-annual Compendium 2023 – Part B
Additional Information
Functional clearance
This position requires Functional Clearance
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