Consultants – Risk Stratified Analyses at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

To provide technical expertise to analyse pooled datasets of individual data to identify risks of mortality and impaired childhood development. 

Deliverables: 

Specific deliverables will be pre-defined for each consultancy.   The consultant is expected to perform a variety of tasks, including but not limited to the following:

• Provide technical expertise to ensure integrity of the pooled datasets including documentation of source datasets, analysis of source variables including their case definitions and frequency of collection, characterizing missing data points, harmonizing and creating new variables as needed plus other tasks related to high quality data management.
• Develop a detailed analysis plan to achieve the aims of the project recognizing the data available in the pooled dataset.
• Contribute to the overall implementation of the analyses.
• Prepare reports including PowerPoint presentations of the pooled analyses as per the analysis plan.
• Prepare and review essential documentation including manuscripts for external peer-reviewed journals.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages.

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in Statistics or Epidemiology.

Desirable:

• Qualification in public health or nutrition.

Experience

Essential:

• Over 10 years’ relevant experience in statistical analyses of child health outcomes. 
• Substantive experience in child growth outcomes and child survival interventions implemented in low resource settings.

Desirable:

• Experience in analyzing growth velocities.

Skills

• Knowledge of the WHO Growth Reference Standards. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and programme management skills.
• Proven capacity to develop presentations to inform policy and programme actions.
• Ability to function effectively in team settings in multi-stakeholder and cross-cultural environments.
• Ability to function effectively under pressure and respond effectively in short timelines.

Closing Date: Feb 22, 2023