Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the centre of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system's efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 articulates the entity’s strategic direction, objectives and approaches to support efforts to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, including women’s full enjoyment of their human rights. It outlines how UN Women will leverage its normative support functions, UN system coordination and operational activities in an integrated and mutually reinforcing manner in support of transformative results for women and girls. The key monitoring and reporting framework of UN Women is the Integrated Resources and Results Framework (IRRF).

UN Women’s Executive Board requested the Executive Director to submit to the Executive Board at its annual session in June 2024 a Mid-term Review of the Strategic Plan 2022-2025 (MTR) alongside its annual report. The MTR should include an assessment of results achieved and progress made in achieving the vision of the Strategic Plan, as well as information on results jointly achieved with United Nations development system entities. The MTR looks at addressing challenges and gaps identified by evaluations and independent assessments.

The Strategy, Planning, Resources and Effectiveness Division (SPRED) of UN Women was established in late 2019 as a part of the change management process in UN Women HQ. The Division integrates corporate strategy, resources and performance measurement to improve decision-making in order to manage for results while increasing transparency and accountability to its governing bodies and stakeholders. The Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) in UN Women HQ focuses on assisting UN Women and partners to achieve higher-quality development results through an integrated approach that links strategic planning and Results-Based Management (RBM) with more effective and new ways of working.  SPU is the custodian of RBM as well as field and HQ level strategic planning and results-based monitoring and reporting processes as well as data aggregation and analysis to communicate on results with stakeholders.

SPU on behalf of UN Women is seeking a Data Analysis consultant to support the development and implementation of a sound methodological approach for specific aspects of the MTR, aligned with broader organizational transformation that UN Women has undertaken as part of its ongoing business transformation efforts.

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities

The International Consultant will work under the supervision of the Data Analysis and Monitoring Specialist, and in close communication and coordination with the Strategy, Planning, Resources and Effectiveness Division’s mini data team, who will ensure coordination with SPU and other Divisions and Offices and broader MTR processes as relevant. The timely completion, submission and approval of all the deliverables, in full compliance with the duties and responsibilities specified, are the conditions for each corresponding payment to the consultant.

1. Analysis preparation and design
2. Undertake analysis and share draft analysis and key findings
3. Share final analysis and key findings
4. Support technical review of proposed adjustments the Strategic Plan IRRF 2022-2025

Deliverables

1. Analysis preparation and design

• Initial briefings from UN Women SPU on key data analysis questions to inform the MTR
• Review datasets/streams shared with the consultant (including select interagency data such as on common and complementary indicators, UNSDCF and UNSDG Output Indicator Framework indicators and other relevant datasets)
• Draft analysis plan and mock-ups including proposal on what could be hosted in a PowerBI dashboard for annual refresh
• Revise analysis plan and mock-ups based on feedback

2. Undertake analysis and share draft analysis and key findings

• Conduct quality assurance checks and thoroughly review documentation to identify and rectify potential data inconsistencies
• Integrate databases/streams to the extent possible, as jointly determined with UN Women SPU
• Undertake analysis and develop and design insightful PowerBI dashboards that incorporate key visuals and interactive tables, with a focused emphasis on answering critical data analysis queries
• Develop initial PowerPoint presentation that synthesizes the analysis, effectively, interprets the results, and clearly presents the key findings in an engaging manner

3. Share final analysis and key findings

• Incorporate comments, mainly through two sets of feedback from UN Women, but also as needed on an ongoing basis in a limited sense and as per agreed timeline, to produce the final dashboard(s) and slide deck with key findings
• Refresh dashboard(s) to incorporate 2023 annual reporting data and update final slide deck with key findings
• Transfer full accompanying data management and analysis Stata code, together with all working files

4. Support technical review of proposed adjustments the Strategic Plan IRRF 2022-2025

• Review and recommend updates and streamlining of existing procedures, guidance and templates for proposing adjustments to the IRRF (indicators and baselines, milestones and targets adjustments) based on previous MTR
• Incorporate comments to produce the final procedures, guidance and templates
• Support technical review in agreed template, of all proposed adjustments submitted by relevant teams, and follow-up

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies

• Awareness and sensitivity regarding gender issues
• Accountability
• Creative problem solving
• Effective communication
• Effective organizational skills
• Inclusive collaboration
• Stakeholder engagement
• Leading by example
• Analytical and critical thinking skills

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Post graduate degree, preferably in areas of social, demographic, economic or health statistics or related subjects

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in development data analysis and Results-Based Management (RBM)
• Rigorous analytics capabilities and expertise including in data disaggregation analysis
• Experience in data analysis methodology development (Excel and Stata)
• Strong expertise in data visualization (Excel and PowerBI)
• Familiarity with operationalizing UN corporate monitoring and reporting needs
• Knowledge of and experience in RBM, including proven expertise in the design of S.M.A.R.T. indicators and the establishment of indicator baselines, milestones and targets

Language:

• Fluency in English, both oral and written, is required
• Proficiency in other UN languages is an advantage