SCOPE OF WORK
The Statistics Analyst will contribute to the statistical work at HDRO, with a particular focus on supporting the computation and refinement of the GKI and other knowledge products by the Knowledge Project. The Statistics Analyst reports jointly to the Chief Statistician at HDRO and the Policy and Data Specialist at the Knowledge Project. She/he will work closely with the entire HDR team and Knowledge Project team, establishing working relationships with international data agencies and other specialized agencies and research institutes in the process of data collection and measurement development related to the GKI, interact with UNDP’s Regional Bureaux and country offices to provide support, as well as with country governments and other external users of the GKI for information outreach.
The Statistics Analyst will assume the following responsibilities and duties:
1. Contribute to the production of UNDP’s GKI
• Research sources of relevant statistics and conduct independent evaluation of data quality and reliability;
• Clean and validate the raw data collected ensuring its accuracy, and conduct the various statistical steps leading to the calculation of the index (data treatment, normalization and index weighting);
• Apply statistical modelling and other quantitative techniques to obtain estimates as required;
• Conduct sensitivity and scenario analyses to understand the impact of different assumptions or external factors on the GKI;
• Research the best practices relating to data analysis including data imputation to address the problem of missing data among others;
• Support the production of the GKI tables, including taking part in the editing and quality control of the GKI tables to ensure accuracy, consistency and clear presentation.
2. Contribute to GKI-related statistical information outreach
• Contribute to the materials for the launch of GKI, including presentation materials and data visualization related to statistics and analysis;
• Support in drafting the GKI’s statistical methodology;
• Participate in meetings and consultations with data and statistical agencies and prepare meeting notes as needed;
• Work with national and international statistical agencies and UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States and country offices to enhance the general understanding of the use of GKI in the report and to improve the international data availability and reliability of basic human development indicators;
• Develop case studies illustrating how GKI data and insights have informed policy decisions, highlighting the practical value and impact of the index.
3. Contribute to the innovative use and elaboration of human development statistics and measures for policy analysis and advocacy
• Follow the current debates on key human development indicators in a broad range of thematic areas;
• Work on human development measures, exploring new data and measures that reflect HDRO’s current work;
• Provide feedback and input to development of innovative measures and indices for each year’s global HDR;
• Contribute to the conceptual and methodological development of composite indices for measuring human development both for improving existing indices and for designing new ones.
4. Contribute to the thematic analysis of the HDR and support other HDRO activities and publications
• Participate in the brainstorming and team discussions on various aspects of the Report production, and contribute to the preparation and finalization of the structure and content of the Report;
• Research sources of relevant statist“ics, collecting and assessing data from these sources; work with the chapter authors on the application of these statistics;
• Provide statistical inputs for other HDRO activities and publications;
• Contribute to the review and substantive assessment of national and regional HDR and the organization of discussions throughout the human development network.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OF THE SUCCESSFUL IPSA
Min. education requirements
– Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent from an internationally accredited university in statistics, demography, economics, economic development, public policy or relevant social science; or
– A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two (02) year(s) of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree;
– A strong training in applied statistics/quantitative analysis is desired.
Min. years of relevant work experience
Up to two (02) year(s) (with master’s degree) or two (02) year(s) (with bachelor’s degree) of relevant professional work experience with international data and statistics.
Required skills
– A good grasp of statistical software for analyzing data (particularly STATA), and other standard office software such as Excel and Word are required.
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section
– Good understanding of th
Location: New York, NY
Posted: Oct. 24, 2024, 1:44 a.m.
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