Overview
The Monitoring Specialist is responsible for ensuring that UNICEF Sierra Leone has timely, updated, useful, valid and reliable data & information and has capacity for effective use of analytical data.
Tasks Summary
- Data Collection, Analysis, Use and Quality Assurance.
- Methodological Development
- Situation Analysis and Assessment of Children and Adolescents
- Programme Performance Monitoring and Reporting.
- Capacity Development and Country Support
- Data Dissemination and Advocacy
Experience Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional experience at the national or international levels in data collection and analytics.
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis tools, approaches, and methods to formulate monitoring strategies.
- Knowledge of household survey methodology to design household surveys and provide technical support to Statistics Sierra Leone, Line Ministries and Districts Information Management Unit implementing household surveys with focus on monitoring children's well-being.
- Knowledge of applied theories of change, results frameworks and performance indicators to guide the planning of programmes that can be effectively monitored and evaluated.
- Knowledge of sampling, probability theory, statistical methods and new protocols and indicators for data collection to select and/or oversee sampling for data collection, use tools and protocols to analyse representation, analyse and interpret data, and advise on survey implementation.
- Knowledge of AI techniques and platforms combined with Computer Science, Mathematics & Statistics education to perform data science activities such as training and executing models over big data to generate evidence in support of programming and monitoring for children's wellbeing.
- Knowledge of existing statistical measurement frameworks, classifications, and standards in collecting and compiling sectoral, cross sectoral indicator data to assess the quality and suitability of data for different types of analysis.
- Proven experience in the planning, design, organization and coordination of nationwide House Hold Surveys (MICS, DHS, Nutrition Surveys, other national surveys).
- Proven experience in analyzing household surveys such as MICS and DHS, and its use in policy and programming.
- Proven experience analyzing, compiling and presenting data, using combination of different data sources (e.g. household surveys and administrative data).
Qualification Requirements
An Advanced University Degree in Statistics, Demography, Social Sciences with strong quantitative academic background and experience is required.
