• Country: New York, USA
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A
• Organization: UNDP
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: 2024-01-29

Duties and Responsibilities

Support survey development and data collection for the Monitoring and Accountability Framework (MAF)

• Support the update Commitment Dashboard directory (check inconsistencies, matching different datasets using STATA or Excel) under the supervision of the Research and Data analyst
• Support quality assurance process of the survey data, including organizing datasets and cross-checking the survey data with the Global Platform Data to ensure consistency
• Assist in developing and implementing the Accountability Framework annual survey using STATA
• Support and prepare analytical outputs, including graphs, figures and tables with STATA/R/Excel/Tableau.

Research and data analysis to support the implementation of the Monitoring and Accountability Framework (MAF)

• Support mapping of available gender-specific indicators, mapping of data gaps, compile data and conduct analysis related to the Global Acceleration Plan indicators using UN Women and other global gender indicator databases.
• Provide research and data assistance support related to the production on the annual Monitoring and Accountability Report.
• Provide substantive support to the supervisor and Accountability Framework Lead as requested;
• Work on other assignments as and as requested by management
• Learning objectives
• Increase understanding of UN Women’s work and the UN system;
• Increase knowledge of women’s rights and gender equality;
• Increase knowledge regarding applied gender-responsive research and gender policy work;
• Increase knowledge regarding quantitative research methods and gender statistics;
• Work as a team member in a multicultural setting

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Functional Competencies:

• Interest in development, research, advocacy, and gender policy work.
• A good understanding of quantitative research methods.
• Interest and some background in statistical programming or database programming
• Experience on Stata/Tableau will be an added advantage.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• University studies in social science with a focus on statistics, gender, social, economic, or political aspects of development.
• Meet one of the following:
  1. Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
  2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
  3. Be enrolled in a mandatory national service programme of which the internship may form a part;
  4. Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
• Working knowledge of another UN language is a strong advantage.

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