Qualifications and Experience:
- At least a master's degree in demography, statistics, economics, population studies, public health, or social sciences.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum 3 years proven track record in demographic analysis, population estimation and projection, population modeling, census or survey data analysis, statistics, and handling fragmented survey data or related fields.
- Household surveys (IELFS, MICS, AHS, DHS, and census-related surveys) data analysis of household facilities, health and population themes.)
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Stata, R, PAS, Spectrum and required demographic analysis software packages
- Demonstrated proficiency in demographic analysis and population projection methodologies, particularly the Cohort Component Method (CCM).
- Strong knowledge of fertility, mortality, migration, and population estimation techniques.
- Experience in data cleaning, harmonization, triangulation, and management of large-scale survey and administrative datasets.
- Ability to conduct demographic diagnostics, including age-sex accuracy assessment, age-heaping analysis, and consistency checks.
- Deep understanding and familiarity with UN demographic methodologies, international statistical standards.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Experience with population, demographic, socio-economic, and official statistics data,
- Candidates with experience in household survey monitoring, quality check, and data analysis,
- Experience working with National Statistical Offices (NSOs), statistical agencies, UN agencies, international organizations, development partners or other institutions involved in the production, analysis, and dissemination of statistics.
- Experience in developing population estimates, demographic indicators, life tables, or population projections at national and sub-national levels.
- Publications, technical reports, or research work related to demography, population studies, or statistics will be considered an advantage.
Language requirements:
- Excellent command of written and spoken English.
- Dari and Pashto are necessary as working languages in Afghanistan.
Inputs/services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g. support services, office space, equipment), if applicable:
The consultant is expected to provide all necessary equipment to complete the assignment (computer, software, phone, etc).
UNFPA will provide all relevant background information and documentation regarding the regional and country contexts as well as relevant documents on the related position.
UNFPA Work Environment:
UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.
Disclaimer:
Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.
UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.
Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.
