Overview
This consultancy aims to strengthen UNICEF Maldives’ evidence generation, data analysis, and knowledge management functions within the Health and Nutrition programme. The overall objective is to enhance health and nutrition data analysis and evidence generation for the health programme.
Tasks Summary
- Conduct analysis of key health and nutrition datasets to generate data profiles, dashboards, and thematic insights.
- Support survey activities such as MICS, School health assessments, and child environmental health assessments.
- Provide technical, coordination, and operational support for planned data collection activities.
- Conduct research and data analysis on priority health or nutrition topics to inform programme design, advocacy, and policy dialogue.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of one year of relevant professional experience is required, preferably in public health, health research, epidemiology, data analysis, or other relevant areas.
- Experience in health research or data analysis, including health and nutrition data analysis, streamlining data collection processes, improving data systems, and supporting field-level data quality assurance.
- Expertise or high-level command of excel, SPSS, and other data entry and analytical tools.
- Ability to develop dashboards, visualizations, and analytical briefs for decision-making and programme use.
- Exposure or experience with Health systems is an asset.
- Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment.
- Ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel.
- Strong organizational and coordination skills, including experience working with government counterparts, schools, and field teams.
- Experience working in organizing events/initiatives with young people will be an added advantage.
- Self-motivated ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines.
- Past experience working in research initiatives is desirable.
- Experience producing research reports, literature reviews, policy briefs, or thematic analyses.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings, and humanitarian contexts is desirable.
Qualification Requirements
A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Health Research, Statistics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, or another relevant technical field.
