Overview
The consultant will support Rajasthan’s Directorate of Economics and Statistics and other relevant ministries/agencies to assess inequalities in CRVS Rajasthan and conduct an assessment, analysis, and redesign of birth and death registration processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct desk review of relevant legislation, strategies, and global good practices.
- Support the establishment and functioning of a state-level CRVS Core Team.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of an inception workshop.
- Prepare a short inception note.
- Identify and map available data sources for assessing CRVS inequalities.
- Conduct quantitative analysis of birth and death registration completeness and disparities.
- Apply indirect demographic methods to assess under-registration and population coverage gaps.
- Investigate behavioural drivers impacting civil registration.
- Prepare draft analytical sections for the CRVS inequality assessment report.
- Support consultations with CRVS stakeholders to document “as-is” CRVS business processes.
- Develop detailed process descriptions and maps.
- Support CRVS stakeholders to identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and delays.
- Support the organisation and facilitation of BPI consultation workshops.
- Contribute to the development of redesigned (“as-desired”) business processes.
- Support the design and delivery of workshops and training sessions on CRVS inequality analysis and business process improvement.
- Provide technical inputs during workshops and document discussions and outcomes.
- Support ongoing engagement and communication among CRVS stakeholders.
- Contribute to the preparation of draft and final reports.
- Support the organisation of a validation and dissemination workshop.
- Assist in the development of a consolidated CRVS strengthening roadmap.
- Organize Project inception workshop (1 day).
- Organize one state-level capacity building workshop (3 days).
- Organize validation and dissemination workshop – CRVS inequality assessment (1 day and 0.5 day).
- Organize ‘As-Is’ workshop for CRVS Business Process Improvement (2 days).
- Organize ‘As-desired’ workshop for CRVS Business Process Improvement (2 days).
- Develop key recommendations and prioritization.
Required Experience
- At least three years of experience in providing technical assistance to strengthen national data systems (such as CRVS systems), including support to statistical production, administrative systems, or related institutional frameworks.
- At least 2 years of experience in official statistics, preferably with demonstrated experience in demographic analysis is desirable.
- Understanding of official statistics in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Working experience with a national statistical office in the Asia-Pacific region is desirable.
- Strong understanding of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems and other data sources for estimating vital statistics.
- Demographic modelling and estimation skills, specifically in indirect techniques for demographic estimation.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences or related fields is required. Advanced degree in Demography, Statistics or related fields will be an advantage.
