Coordination and Technical Consultant

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Description

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Under the guidance of STATIN and DESA focal points, liaise with, and support, the core national team (led by STATIN), other national stakeholders/collaborators (including representatives from the government agencies, international organizations, academia, civil society and private sector, etc.), international consultants (technical consultants, methodological experts, etc.) hired by the project, and DESA staff for effective delivery of training and advisory services under the project.

Responsibilities

• Strengthening data integration and data management capabilities, including cloud technologies, interoperability standards, and data linkage/matching methods, and modernization of IT infrastructure necessary to handle the data sources and implement the methods, based on the IT infrastructure of the NSO.
•  Strengthening capacity of national staff to disseminate and communicate disaggregated and high-frequency SDG-related data, including through web-based, integrated, and open access to national SDG datasets, as well as data visualizations, maps, dashboards, data stories and other analytic products.
• The activities highlighted above require close collaboration across multiple organizations contributing to a wide range of data assets, technologies, skills, knowledge and expertise. They also require close coordination between the DATAS national team led by STATIN and representatives of DESA’s UNSD and SIDS unit, GPSDD, the World Bank, UNDP and SDSN, as well as the Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO), UN country team, donors and other international partners supporting statistical development initiatives in the country.
• Ensuring quality of source data and methods to produce statistical indicators on the areas that the country has identified as a priority (related to the Sustainable Development Goals and targets).
• Increasing skills and knowledge on data quality, including data and metadata standardization, exchange, and validation methodologies.
• Strengthening capacity of national staff in statistical estimation and data science methods to produce specific statistical indicators on the areas of priority.   • Validating and documenting statistical indicators produced on the areas of priority.
• Improving capacities of national statistical offices and other members of the National Statistical Systems to independently and sustainably reproduce, update, and improve high-quality, timely and disaggregated data on key areas related to specific Sustainable Development Goals and Targets. • Streamlining workflows based on data sharing agreements and collaboration for data integration among the various members of the national statistical systems in target countries.

Qualifications/special skills

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in development studies, economics, international relations, public administration, or a related field.
• A bachelor’s degree in combination with seven (7) years of experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
• Experience in project coordination or management, and stakeholder engagement in statistics or related area is required. 
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in social sciences, including statistics or economics, or a related field is required Good knowledge of national planning processes in Jamaica and the landscape of development partners in the country is required.
• Knowledge of the Sustainable Development Goals and national efforts to implement them is desirable. Experience in developing statistical capacities, engaging with national governments, is desired. Experience working with National Statistical Offices is desirable.

Languages

Full command of spoken and written English is required. Knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/257482?language=en

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