HIV Statistics Consultant

OSE, Integrated Health Analytics Unit Florence, Italy

8 months

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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to health

How can you make a difference?

The Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) sets the corporate direction for evidence-informed analysis, strategic planning, programme monitoring, and performance management. Within UNICEF it provides global leadership and oversight for evidence, including the generation, governance, quality, and strategic use of evidence. Within the Office, the Data and Analytics Section serves as the organisation’s primary source of global statistics on children. It leads the collection, validation, analysis, use and communication of the most statistically sound, internationally comparable data on the situation of children, adolescents and women around the world. It curates administrative records, household surveys, geospatial information, and other large datasets, maintains their quality and public availability through data.unicef.org, and drives investments that help national statistical systems measure what matters most for children.

The Integrated Health Analytics (IHA) seeks to advance UNICEF’s role as a global leader in turning data into action, embedding analytics into decision-making processes at both policy and operational levels. It works with countries to strengthen and institutionalize capacities to generate robust, reliable, relevant and responsive population level data and analytics that are contextualized, operational, scalable, and aligned with national systems. IHA is central to tracking progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), supporting data-driven programme improvements, and positioning UNICEF as a global leader in health analytics. This unit embodies UNICEF’s commitment to evidence-based action—bridging the gap between data collection and impact, and transforming fragmented data into integrated, actionable insights. When analytics are timely, trusted, and locally owned, they become powerful tools for improving service delivery by highlighting gaps, informing prioritization of scarce resources, and saving lives

Against this backdrop, the primary function of this consultancy is to improve relevance, quality, availability and use of data and contextual information on children, adolescents and women, with particular emphasis to the areas of HIV/AIDS. The main functions are to support data analyses and database management of HIV related indicators of primary concern to UNICEF, including with quality assurance of data; to assist in the analysis of core HIV intervention coverage results to inform corporate reports and the strategic Plan; communicating and disseminating findings through different types of media (e.g. webinars, website and corporate reports); and to support other interagency related activities as guided.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToRTMC0006505.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...

Minimum requirements:

Education: Advance University Degree (Masters) in epidemiology, public health, Demography, Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, or a closely related health analytics field
Work Experience: At least 4 years of experience in data analytics, preferably in the health sector.
Documented proficiency in R, Python or STATA as well as data visualization tools (Shiny, Tableau, Infogram).
Experience conducting statistical analysis of household surveys (MICS, DHS, PHIA) and administrative data (DHIS2/HMIS}
Hands-on experience conducting statistical analysis of HIV/AIDS related data and the production of key reports and associated analytic products and dashboards
Proven experience maintaining global databases on HIV/AIDS related indicators, including HIV estimates
Experience working with Git/GitHub for version control
Hands on experience with cloud services for data storage and processing
Experience working in or with low- and middle-income countries is highly desirable.
Skills: Technical knowledge of current quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches, tools, and practices.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholders.
Language Requirements: Excellent written and spoken English

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Financial proposal TMC0006505.docx

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not downloadable on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

HIV Statistics Consultant, OSE, Integrated Health Analytics Unit Florence, Italy, 8 months, remote with travel, # 595961