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.
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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.
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For every child, a digital future
Digital Impact Division (DID)
Digital Impact Division (DID) is at the heart of reshaping how UNICEF delivers lasting results for children. We are committed to harnessing the full potential of emerging digital technologies to advance UNICEF’s mission.
DID works in close collaboration with regional Digital Impact teams and colleagues across headquarters divisions, regions, and country offices to leverage technologies and capabilities that accelerate progress on UNICEF’s goals, strengthen community resilience, and expand access to essential digital services and information.
Our mission is to enhance UNICEF’s integral digital impact by promoting equitable access to information and services, empowering communities to create lasting, positive change for children, and fostering a more inclusive, interconnected, and sustainable world for every child, everywhere.
UNICEF’s Digital Inclusion (DI)
programme supports governments and partners to improve equitable, affordable digital access for children, schools, and communities. The programme engages with regulators, operators, and public institutions to explore innovative approaches to connectivity, infrastructure governance, and digital public goods.
How can you make a difference?
We are seeking a data analyst consultant to assist in various data analysis priorities of the Giga initiative, a joint partnership between UNICEF and ITU. The analyst will collaborate with the Data & Mapping product team, Country engagement team, as well as external partners to develop innovative products and data solutions for the Giga Initiative.
Scope of Work
Work closely with the data and product teams to support data analysis on new product features and assess their impact.
Develop and maintain templates for school and health data quality assessment of dashboards and related documentation.
Support the creation of analytical reports and visual summaries to help country teams monitor project engagement, adoption, and progress.
Contribute to data quality reviews, identifying gaps and inconsistencies across country datasets.
Enrich datasets with metadata and data documentation to improve discoverability and usability in the organization’s data catalog.
Assist in data cleaning, standardization, and integration across multiple country-level data sources.
Collaborate with the team to streamline data workflows and automate routine analyses.
Deliverables
Work Assignments Overview Deliverables/Outputs Delivery deadline
- Conduct product data analysis to assess the impact of key features (e.G., uptime tracking, email collection).
Prepare visual summaries and share findings with the product team. Product Analytics Reports 30 April 2026 - Design and generate dashboards with country-specific product insights.
Validate data accuracy and automate updates where possible. Country Insights Dashboards 31 May 2026 - Develop school master data quality assessment dashboard - Create and finalize supporting documentation. School Data Quality Dashboard & Documentation 30 June 2026 - Build health master data quality dashboard
Document framework, definitions, and data validation approach. Health Data Quality Dashboard & Documentation 31 July 2026 - Enrich datasets with standardized metadata and documentation for data catalog integration.
Coordinate review with data and product teams. Metadata & Documentation Enrichment 31 August 2026 - Create metadata for school and health master, connectivity, demographic, and infrastructure datasets.
Validate and finalize entries for inclusion in the data catalog. Metadata for Core Datasets 30 September 2026
Location/Duty Station
The assignment is fully remote without travels.
Financial Proposal
Please indicate your ability, availability and your overall rate – or rate per deliverable (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a rate will not be considered.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data, Statistics, Network Engineering, or related field.
Work Experience:
A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in engineering, data science or analysis.
Strong knowledge of time-series analysis, geospatial data processing, data modelling, visualizations and engineering for networks
Strong research and analytical skills and proven experience in developing practical, viable, solutions
Experience with product analytics
Technical experience:
Languages: python, Jupyter Notebooks, R,
Cloud services: Azure, AWS, etc
Geospatial DBs, libraries and data structures
Data visualization libraries
Sql and NoSQL database systems
Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
Payment Details And Further Considerations
Payment of professional fees will be based on the submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.
The consultant is responsible for his/her own health and travel insurance.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
Builds and maintains partnerships
Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
Drive to achieve results for impact
Innovates and embraces change
Manages ambiguity and complexity
Thinks and acts strategically
Works collaboratively with others
Remarks
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable
female candidates
are encouraged to apply.
Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
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.
Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.
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