Consultant (Statistician and Data Analyst)

Position Title : Consultant (Statistician and Data Analyst)

Duty Station : Gaziantep, Turkey

Type of Appointment : Consultant, four months with possibility of extension

Estimated Start Date : As soon as possible

Closing Date : 26 March 2021

Context:

Under the overall supervision of the Senior Programme Coordinator and direct supervision of the Data Analytics officer, the successful candidate will be responsible for data mining techniques and research skill to support all stages of national scale household surveys: sampling, data collection and quality, analysis and reporting. Likewise, to extent lessons learnt in the household surveys to other program periodical data products.

Core Functions / Responsibilities:

1. Support in the development of complex survey and research samples at national scale and its weighting

2. Establish data quality checks to ensure data coherency, outlier handling, missing data, similarity patterns and other quality control measures.

3. Review and analyze data from producing summary tables, crosstabulation and support with hypothesis testing.

4. Support on the analysis of collected data and of big data using R, contributing to automation, reproducibility and timely release of analysis, visualizations, and reports.

5. Contribute in the identification of relevant secondary analysis, supporting from data wrangling and merging to identification of indicators and modelling.

6. Provide regular information dissemination/ statistical updates to reporting team and other colleagues on statistical nuances of sampling, data collection and analysis.

7. Contribute to the maintenance and development of the in house developed R package for the program data analysis

8. Identify procedures and techniques identify in household survey and assess its adaptation and implementation to other program data products

9. Perform such other duties as may be required.

Performance indicators for evaluation of results (Satisfactory completion of tasks in the Post description)

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Social Sciences, Economics, Computer science or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience.

• University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.

Experience

• Proven experience as Data Analyst or quantitative research. Previous experience with design, implementation and reporting of household surveys in these setting is an advantage.

• Ability to design and implement statistical data quality procedures around new data sources.

• Excellent analytical, methodical thinking and problem-solving ability, innovative at creating solutions and technical skills in data science.

• Ability to present analytical results visually including the use of advanced data visualization tools.

• Ability to identify and develop data driven insights and provide analytical support and statistical analysis.

• Fluent with R programming language is a must.

• Knowledge of ArcGIS or any enterprise GIS software, MS Office. Knowledge of Python, SQL and/or Power BI is an advantage.

Languages

Fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of Arabic is an advantage.

Notes

1 Accredited Universities are the ones listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database

(https://whed.net/home.php).

Required Competencies:

Values – all IOM staff members must abide by and demonstrate these three values:

• Inclusion and respect for diversity: respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible.

• Integrity and transparency: maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.

• Professionalism: demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.

Core Competencies – behavioural indicators level 2

• Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.

• Delivering results: produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner; is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.

• Managing and sharing knowledge: continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.

• Accountability: takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own action and delegated work.

• Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.

Other:

The consultant must adhere to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Data Protection Principles (IN/138) and maintain confidentiality.

The consultant will be responsible to follow IOM writing guidelines and latest glossaries in all given assignments for accurate translation.

Any offer made to the candidate in relation to this vacancy notice is subject to funding confirmation.

Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.

No late applications will be accepted.